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Hardwood lumber source in MA Metro West?
August 20, 2009

Hey folks, Wondering if anybody in the Boston area can recommend a source for surfaced and/or rough sawn lumber (domestic hardwoods). I moved recently from upper Michigan. I've googled and…
Coopered Bucket Material
August 19, 2009

Does anybody have advice as to a species best suited for coopering a water bucket? I've built one for my five gallon White Mountain Ice cream freezer out of improvement…
Cherry Red Rot
August 18, 2009

I recently purchased two high quality cherry logs fron a logger and had them cut by a friend. The logger had several short but decent logs that he "threw in".…
Do yew like yew?!
August 16, 2009

Great estate auction on our little island today. No woodworking tools to speak of, but underneath the antique Brunswick pool table in the workshop was this stack of yew. Probably…
Must Arts & Crafts furniture be oak?
August 13, 2009

Hi everyone: I love the Arts and Crafts/Mission style furniture and have made most of my furniture in my living room out of it with quarter sawn oak. I'm ready…
Installing Aromatic Cedar in Chest
August 12, 2009

I'm just about ready to install aromatic cedar in a hope chest I'm making and I've been told you don't want to attach it really tight. I've also been told…
wood movement
August 10, 2009

Three days ago, I finished handplaning a laminated ash workbench top (17 strips of ash - the final top dimensions are 72"x28.5"x2"), and I thought it was as flat as…
big, really big, piece of redwood
August 7, 2009

I picked this up today from a local guy who has been harvesting old growth redwood logs that were felled probably around the beginning of the last century. The logs…
Live Edge Garden Bench
August 6, 2009

Having just installed a flagstone patio, my wife thought a large slab type bench would be nice. I have proposed a live edge slab bench. Having agreed on that, I…
More on Lon Scheining’s workbench
August 5, 2009

OK, here we go, one last time on the dog holes ... errr squares. What's the general consensus -- or is there one -- on dog holes in workbench tops…

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