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It's a good thing you're in Texas then.

I smoke. The doctor, and everyone else, keeps telling me I need to quit, but I haven't yet. In the mean time, I only buy the cigarettes with the warning...

I just received some Hickory, a few dowels and one board. I've never worked with Hickory before. I want to try and make a cane. To get the thickness I need for the handle, I'll be glueing two 3/4"...

Last summer I messed around with some recipes for a home made shoe polish. They also called for bee's wax and carnauba wax. The recipes also called for oils. It was the oils that made the final...

Wayne, thanks for telling me that. You know, its not the answer I wanted. I hadn't considered trying to polish it again, after the clear coat went on. That would make it much more difficult, thus...

Guys,

I'm making myself a cane from red oak. I've fashioned a derivation of a Fritz type handle for it and I'm securing the handle to the shaft with a dowel that passes through the shaft, but is...

Don't feel bad, I have trouble making a square cut also and I can't drill a hole straight even if my life depends on it (thus I bought a drill press).

After reading your question, then everyone's...

I thought I'd give you guys an update and let you know what I discovered. Instead of the finish, I think my problem was the plate.

After trying an alkyd based spar varnish and trying Waterlox...

That chair looks very nice.

When I first read your post a few days ago, I needed to look up what a fumed finish was. Since learning about it, its brought up a different question for me. For a...

Wow guys; thanks. So much good information, I'm not sure where to begin.



Wayne, I've been trying to remove most of the marks with a smoothing plane. From there I was jumping to the 220 grit...

There once was a time when I thought I knew what I was doing; that was before further education. Now I know more than I did then, so now I'm seeing more wrong with my methods. I've got a couple of...

There are people here with much more experience than I. That being said, I've had pretty good luck using Rust-Oleum Professional High Performance Protective Enamel. I haven't done it often, but...

I'm using gloss. The Polycrylic was done last year, that's why I was thinking it had something to do with the Poly.
Locally the only non poly I was able to find is Richard's Spar varnish. Its an...

I don't have much experience with the finer points of finishing and I'm still learning, so take this for what its worth. I used to have a boat with a Teak swim platform. I used "Teak Oil" on it. ...

I'm in the process of making a set of TV Tray tables, but I have questions as to what finish I should use for the tops. I've read that polyurethane is supposed to be resistant to heat, but now I'm...

Guys, I appreciate all the help. I think I will be going for something like the MotoBikeJack. My most recent problem is that the county came in and "improved" the road. In one corner, when it...

Tom,
Thank You, Thank You, Thank You.

Something like this is exactly what I need. I was not aware that something like this existed. While looking for more information on this product I...

Guys, thanks for all the responses. The bike is a Harley Davidson Road Glide Ultra, one of the big touring bikes. Prior to this one, I had the Electraglide Ultra, which essentially the same except...

Its not a one time thing. I live out in the country, down a dirt road. I live by myself, only 2 other houses on the road. Although I'm getting better at riding it in the dirt/mud; depending on the...

My problem: I need to stand upright a 950 lbs motorcycle that has fallen, I'm unable to pick it up by myself. I don't need to lift the entire 950 lbs off the ground, the wheels will stay on the...

Bob, you scared me for a moment. I had to go check. I guess my camera is better than I thought. There is not a crack, there is a small scratch though.



Hasin, sometimes I can be a little...

They're multiplying.

A Stanley Bailey No 6 showed up at my door today. I got it off E-Bay, $75 including shipping. I now have a No 3, No 5, No 6, and G12-116 block plane in Stanley and Millers...

I'm still pretty new at chopping mortises and cutting the tennons that go into them, so I practice whenever I get the chance. Right now, I'm putting together a rack to store boards on. I've ripped...

Andy, you're right of course and I did not consider that for this particular project. I'm trying to get in a little practice at making something, while at the same time finding a use for the...

Steven, is there a reason you arrange the stock vertically? I never would have considered doing that.

I'm making a couple of boxes to store some of my chisel sets in. I figure that this will give me some practice for making drawers latter on. I'm using left over off cuts from 2x4s, nothing fancy. ...