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basic question
October 30, 2009

I'm trying to understand making joints that will hold up over time. Right now I'm concerned about expansion/compression with joining various woods. Can you folks point me in a direction…
Bed bolts?
October 28, 2009

I am building a bed and was looking at bed bolts. Is there a material difference between the Lee Valley bolts (4 for $15 plus shipping) vs the Horton ($3.50/piece plus…
Pocket hole joinery
October 28, 2009

I am thinking of switching from mortise and tenon to pocket hole for assembly of table leg sets for small run production. I have seen the Kreg set but have…
Clamp time for hot hide glue?
October 25, 2009

I have several chairs to reglue and since they were originally glued with hide glue, I thought I'd wade right in and get started with the real thing. So far…
Question?
October 18, 2009

I am building Lon Schillings essential work bench. The plans call for half blind dovetails on the front apron where the end vise mounts. I have not cut half blind…
too loose tenons
October 16, 2009

I'm building a chair and I've undercut my tenons such that they slide in and out of the mortise too easily. I thought I read somewhere that if that happens…
installing knife hinges
October 13, 2009

hello, within short time I'm due to install knife hinges in fairly large frame and panel doors (in oak). dimensions are 52 x 19,5 (h x b). can anyone give…
Veneer Thickness
October 12, 2009

I am going to build my son a set of Hi Fi speakers for his birthday. The plan so far is to build the cabinets from MDF & then veneer…
joining a mitered box beam
October 8, 2009

I'm boxing in a Lam beam with mitered 45* The three pieces are 7'x 7"x5" Cherry. Ive cut 45's on all sides needed. Is there an easy way to join the…
solid 1X3 edge to 1/2″ MDf tabletop?
October 7, 2009

hi, I'm building a desk, and I'm trying to use material that I have available for free. for the tabletop I would like to use a 1/2" MDF with maple…

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