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I'm planning a dining table and was wondering if I should use haunched tenons for the aprons ? The legs are 3"x3" and the aprons are 1"thick and 3" wide. Am I better off using haunch tenons or not ?...

i stopped paying for the membership, dont think I can post a pic. The wood is dry, I've had it for 2 years at least. The connection is like any standard japanese chisels, it's got a metal tang that...

How am I supposed to fix a loose handle on a japanese chisel ? It keeps fallaing apart, so annoying. I tried hitting the chisel with a hammer on a piece of scrap wood with a lot of force but the...

Hi there, I'm getting frustrated by hand sanding curves after cutting them on the bandsaw. I love my 3 handplanes so I was thinking about getting a spokeshave like the veritas one but are they good...

So planer, handplaning, sanding or chemical strippers ?

Not sure why staining is impossible, when I google black stained wood, plenty of results show up. Painting is out of the window for sure. Here's what I'm looking to accomplish :

My sister has this white oak table bench that is just plain varnished from the factory. She wants to stain it black so I have to strip the finish first. What would you recommend ? I was thinking...

yep the nicholson bench was my older bench made out of spruce...it wasn't well made due to a lack of of proper tools at the time. I didn't use any plans for my bench and th overhang is actually...

i worked, thanks ! Not sure I'm following you, the top is sitting on the legs tenons and is pegged

crap...don't know why some of the pics are sideways ?

All right so I managed to build my roubo, to replace my first bench made out of spruce. Very happy with the benchcrafted leg vise, I almost bought the tail vise but I was a bit scared of all the...

better learn how to avoid tear out on a bench than on a fine furniture later on...

because I don't have a powered jointer so I flatten one face quickly then the rest is done with the dewalt. I also joint one edge with the jointer before ripping the other side. Thanks for the help...

so 52 degres total ? Isn't that too hard to push ?

After avoiding yellow birch for the last year because of constant tear out with handplanes, I got a deal this afternoon on some cheap 8/4 birch that will be used for my upcoming roubo bench build....

could you explain why please ?

So I plan to build my first roubo bench in the next couple of months after using my cheapo SPF nicholson bench for the past 2 years with a leg vise. I definitely want some kind of end vise to hold my...

well screw it, I'm bidding on a type 11 stanley on ebay..the item is located in Canada so much cheaper shipping. Worst case scenario I just sell it back if I'm not happy with it

Oh one thing I forgot to mention ! I don't have a power jointer nor do I plan to get one. Right now I buy s4s lumber but my goal is to get a jointer plane and a planer in order to buy rough lumber....

I thought that a tight tolerance was needed to flatten a board. So I guess those old stanleys (pre wwII) are properly flat ?

So wishing to buy a #7 jointer plate in the near future and I'm torn between a new veritas or getting a used stanley. So far, I've got a veritas low angle jack and a type 11 stanley #4 that I...

makes perfect sense. All right thanks for the input.

This will be my next project and I was curious on how should I fix the top to the trestles ? I am used to tabletop buttons but I don't think it's applicable to this design. Any ideas ?

As for the...

Nice desk ! I'm also quite jealous of your 2 gigantic legos in the back

wow you do a complete resharpening each time ? I'm using a bevel up low angle jack and it takes a while to grind a primary bevel on those even by using my 400 wet stone