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Furniture Finish
August 29, 2010

What is the best product to use as a first coat if I want to paint a furniture with latex: waterbase paint or a primer? Is there a differerence between…
Tool price check
August 28, 2010

Hello Fellow Woodworkers, Today I purchased a a 10 piece freud chisel set and a freud smooth plane. I paid a hundred dollars. I was wondering if I got…
Tools you bought, but realized later you didn’t need?
August 16, 2010

I'm thinking along the lines of "Gee, those Veritas® Bar Gauge Heads sure look nifty. They are only $14.50. I want them." Later you realize your fingers will work quite nicely. Or…
How to begin?
August 13, 2010

I saw this Maloof inspired maple chair by Robert Steckler and am amazed. I love the curving lines and the way the joints flow together. Also, the carving to recess the…
Shelf pins for bookcase – strong enough?
August 12, 2010

I'm thinking about using metal shelf pins to hold up bookcase shelves, since I want to be able to adjust the shelves. One big question is whether they are strong…
milling rough lumber
August 11, 2010

trying to get started on a work bench and found some super cheap roughsawn oak and need to start milling it. most of the boards are cupped but i want…
Workbench Layout
July 30, 2010

I've decided to build myself a proper workbench rather keep making do. I've got a basic idea for the design; sort of a cross between the Essential and Matt's Monster…
Finish on Spruce
July 19, 2010

I'm working on a modified verion of the new-fangled workbench. The framing lumber in my area is spruce, not fir. Is there something that I should know about finishing spruce?…
Spiral finishing nails
July 19, 2010

Hello all, I have a question about finishing nails. I'm a novice woodworker, and that's even being generous to myself, and am building a reproduction of a shaker blanket chest…
Dimensioning lumber
July 16, 2010

I have a 1x6x8ft piece of pine that i need to get 3 seperate pieces out of and which i will be jointing/planing to 3/4" My question is where to…

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