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I’m refinishing my front door, am planning on multiple coats of a good marine varnish, but after sanding all the old finish off I realized it would look much better with a stain to darken it a little...

To give another example of cut angles and depth of the bevel, check out the bench top that Daniel Chaffin made in FWW issue #207. He used the table saw to cut a 30 degree bevel, that bevel was the...

Apologies if this has been asked before, I didn't find anything with a forum search.

i would like to dye some holly stringing that I have, but have never dyed wood before. Is there a dye that I...

I'm looking for suggestions on how to best stain/finish pommele sepele. I'm working on a bed, the frame will be cherry, the panels will be pommele sepele. I usually work with Cherry so I'm used to...

I'm finishing a cherry hall table, after reading Bob Flexner's book I'm thinking of using Gel Varnish as a finish. I can't find much outside of his book about it, has anyone used this stuff? I've...

Thanks for the responses, I'll give the 1-2 degree microbevel a try.

Ken- FYI, it's the LV version, paperwork calls out a 15 degree bedding angle.

Thanks,

Jake

Just became the proud owner of a shoulder plane, looks like the bedding angle is 15 degrees and the blade primary grind is 25 degrees. Do most folks just put a 5 degree secondary bevel on, giving a...

Jacob-

I let the lumber acclimatize in the shop for ~ 3 weeks before cutting. I don't have a moisture meter so I was just guessing. I wish I would have left it longer; after I glued up the top I...

Yep, the shop is inside the house. The previous owners had a 2-car carport that they walled in & installed an HVAC unit for, they used is as a play room for their kids. When I bought the house I made...

Thanks all for the kind words! To answer the questions:

- The top is 3.75" thick, was supposed to be 4" but I got a little carried away with the flattening... I wasn't sure about stretcher length...

Thanks! Some answers:

David- It's mostly southern yellow pine. I live in Louisiana, we are awash in the stuff. I got some great lumber from a supplier 2 miles down the road, started with 8...

I found Sawmill creek recently, don't post much, but have become very familiar with the search function in getting info on hand tools & techniques. I recently took the plunge & started a Roubo, after...

25 degrees plus a small microbevel it is, thanks for the help,

Jake

What angle do you all sharpen your low angle block plane iron to? I'm a fan of the David Charlesworth approach for sharpening plane irons, but starting with an iron grounded at 25 degrees and putting...

Not a very pretty solution, but a very pratical way to store 6 bikes:
http://forum.slowtwitch.com/gforum.cgi?post=1240616#1240616

Congrats on the new Felt, keep the rubber side down,

Jake