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Thanks everyone for your thoughts.

Good questions about the project. The young man running it is doing a great job for those reasons. He took on a massive amount of work in restoring the whole...

Thanks for the thoughts. That was my instinct. I did a test run already on my drill press and it worked very well at 4 inches. It was quicker than I expected. With the pine the drill press cleans it...

I am trying to copy the original but I certainly don’t have to do the through mortises. They will be functioning and will open and close.

I had thought about plunge routing to 2 inches and then...

I am helping make reproduction exterior shutters for an old school house as part of an Eagle Scout project.

It is a raised panel design with mortise and tenon joinery of the rails and stiles. The...

I like a natural, close-to-the grain finish. I made an oak table and applied two coats of Tried & True Original finish (linseed oil and beeswax.) I've since realized, however, that the T&T won't be...

I just installed a Jorgy 7" inch bench vice. Any suggestions on how to install wood jaws? It's not abundantly clear from the set up and instructions.

Thanks.

I was fortunate enough to buy an American chestnut drop-leaf table at a local antique auction (Pennsylvania) for $90. My guess is that it is at least 100 years old. Right now the finish is very...