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Thanks Lee. Living in Pennsylvania is great for the cherry available.



Thanks Paul!

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Dinette table, cherry, finished with Original Waterlox gloss. Mortise and tenon joinery. Probably not going to use glue blocks to reinforce joints.

Agreed Charles. And I have experimented with several Japanese saws for crosscutting hardwood. Even though razor sharp, the pull saws just don't crosscut 12 inch hardwood boards as easily as a good...

I have been using General Finishes Outdoor Oil. It seem to work but I recoat often. And sometimes have to use bleach solution if if rains for several days in a row without sunshine to dry things...

Alan, you did it! Persistence. I know of no finish that will stand up to the Florida sun for any length of time. Use an outdoor oil, recoat every few months & get a cover for that bench - you...

Very true.

Back pain is VERY common. Most of us will be afflicted with back pain at one time or another in our life. Usually we cope, and it passes. When it does not pass, see your doctor. If there are...

Good advice. And as a physician, my advice to old people ( like me ) is to be aware that overmedicalization is a major problem today. Prednisone dose packs and antibiotics are handed out like...

Nice work Mike - very practical. I am sure your handsaws cut through that pine like a knife through butter. And love that smell afterwards.

Picked up an old chest of drawers ( circa 1940 ) to rehab and donate. Noticed these holes in some areas of chest. I do not see any termites and the chest is in good shape - no rotting, collapsing...

Very nice Christian. The figure adds interest!

Jim, I see you have found the dummy tenon useful!

That is a nice addition to the dummy tenon Warren. I am going to chop 8 mortises for a table I am making. Pavlak also describes a mortising technique where he starts close to the near end with the...

Yes Jim. Pavlak has some of the best advice I have seen recently.

In this month's FW magazine, Bill Pavlak of Colonial Williamsburg has a very informative article on mortise and tenon for a frame and panel door. I have been mortising by hand for years and sawing...

Thanks Lee, I think I will glue some strips on



Mel, you are right! My mother told the story of living in an apartment in Washington DC and using the bottom drawer for a crib for my older...

I do like that tool he uses to help tighten his Veritas hold down. For us over 60 we need all the help we can get. And I like the fact he is sitting while dovetailing. Once again, the aging...

Bought old chest of drawers for rehab/refinish for donation - spent $60. Wild guess is it is from 1910 -1920? It has these vertically oriented steel clips
on the front rails. I have never seen...

Thanks for your method Charles!



Interesting Jim, I do not have a lathe.

Thanks for the suggestion Derek. Yes, no table saw!

Thanks Warren!

Good information Chris!

Thanks Gary, I was looking at that Sellers article last week but I think it is mostly for narrow end grain pieces.

Beautiful shoe rack Mike - very useful! I have made several and they are popular.

Thanks for the advice Rafael & Jim.

Any good methods of squaring the end of a 3 by 3 inch board used for a leg of a table?

CHARLES! Glad to see you! Just when the thread devolves into shiny, fancy, expensive tools required, or jigs made of ivory or brass, you and Warren come in to
get things back to woodworking.