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Floating vs fixed tenon
July 2, 2008

I am considering building a door in which the design is for each rail to be joined to the stiles using floating tenons. Just wondering if I should modify the…
glue up with sliding dovetails
June 29, 2008

Right now I'm making a small cabinet to prepare myself for making a large bookcase. The cabinet is 36 high by 20 wide, having the top, bottom and two shelves fixed…
A clean tenon w/dado set
June 29, 2008

On my table saw, a new Vermont American 6" dado set leaves grooves in the tenon, enough and deep enough to make cleanup take more time than it's worth.…
Glue up desk top
June 27, 2008

Hello, I'm new to FWW and relatively new to woodworking. When gluing up a table top, or desk top how wide should the boards be? I have been using 3…
gluing up thru dovetailed drawers
June 23, 2008

In the process of making NK drawers. The drawer box is constructed of thru-dovetailed front, sides, and back. What tips are availabe for gluing up these dovetails since it appears…
Restoration – Loose Tenon & Gap
June 19, 2008

Hopefully this will read like a mystery and entertain you! I am restoring a 3-leg table. The legs are mortise & tenon. Two of the legs were loose and had…
Basic Hammer Veneering Q’s
June 16, 2008

Need to experiment some to gain more comfort with hot hide glue hammer veneering and would like to focus. Mixing water and ground hide glue by weight. 2 (water) :…
Challenging junction of stile and rail
June 15, 2008

First of all, I don't belong here. I've a shop full of tools, but don't use them much anymore. Doing all kinds of cabinet work and built-ins, I focus more…
too many miters!!!!
June 6, 2008

so i'm working on a puppet case for my dad (a very scary chinese puppet) and I have miters in the corners, then a bevel running the length of the…
rocking chair joinery
June 5, 2008

I'm trying to duplicate a very old mission rocker left to me by my grandfather. I have cut the dimensions for the new chair using those i have taken from…

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