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   JQL | Jan 21, 2017 06:54am | #1

   OK Ben, you show in the show notes: "•Segment 1 – All Time Favorite Articles of All Time… for this week, ◦Tom – See below for Issue #1!" Sorry but I do not see it. Thank youall. JQL//

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   BenStrano | Jan 23, 2017 10:06am | #3

   You're right. Fixed. Sorry about that.

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   bob_barnett | Jan 21, 2017 07:31pm | #2

   Guys, I must be really strange because I use epoxy in lieu of glue. It comes from a wooden boat background. After all, do you want to cross an ocean in a boat built with Elmer’s Wood Glue? (No offense intended to my friends at Elmer’s, they make great products.) I try for lots of squeeze out. Any squeeze out gets wiped up first with a putty knife to get the major squeeze out off, then a paper towel or rag for final cleaning. I always use wood flour as a filler with the epoxy which has great gap filling capacity. So, if your dovetail isn't quite perfect, the gap gets nicely filled. I normally use an oil or varnish finish with no stain. The beauty of the epoxy is you never see the squeeze out line or smear. It blends perfectly with the oil or varnish regardless of how much you smear the epoxy over the face of your chest or table. If you find squeeze out on a table top, under a clamp or some other random place you can clean it up with a chisel or a plane. Just be sure to do it as soon as you can. A week later it is much harder work for you and your tools. There are a couple of disadvantages. It is toxic, you have to wear gloves and sacrificial clothes. You need to wear breathing mask while sanding, of course you should be doing that anyway. The big disadvantage is you have to leave the clamps on overnight. That generally isn't a problem for me, there seems to always be other things to do in the shop. If not, I enjoy the break and search for old articles in Fine Woodworking Magazine. Love the work y'all do, thanks for providing quality articles.

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   donpanic | Jan 26, 2017 09:13pm | #4

   I enjoyed Mike's article and video on holding jigs. I do have a comment about his v groove block. I use these handy things on every power tool I own. They are great for round stock as well as 45 degree angles. After breaking dozens of blocks I started making them across grain.Much stronger and don't fail right when you don't want them to. Rich

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   jcwnr | Jan 30, 2017 11:55pm | #5

   Ben, not French, the label was Italian.

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   BenStrano | Jan 31, 2017 10:02pm | #6

   I'll never be able to show my face in my parents house again if I in fact said it was from France. Ug!