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Gluing cocobolo

June 26, 2007

Bonjour, I have bought a nice piece of cocobolo and I would try to make a Krenov style plane using it. Is it possible to glue an oily wood as…
Repairing a split chair leg

June 26, 2007

Hi Andy, I have a chair that was brought into my shop with a back leg whose rear bottom was broken out from a caster's stem that had gotten angled…
Need help/advise for table…

June 25, 2007

Need some help pricing a veneered conference table. It is 4 independent tables that when all together form a "donut" shape, except with 45 deg angles, not a circle. I…
lubricant for bench screws

June 24, 2007

Any recommendations for lubricating the main screw(steel?) on my woodworking bench vise ?
To through bolt a Hard Maple Bench or no

June 13, 2007

Good Morning, I have no idea which expert to ask, the question relates to a bench I am making, it is based almost exactly on the bench in Lon Scheining's…
Sealing Turning Blanks

June 11, 2007

I recently cut down a large cherry tree on my property. I wanted to bandsaw some bowl blanks out of some of the sections. Can I just use straight, melted…
Urea formaldehyde works better

June 7, 2007

I ready the email from Fine Woodworking regarding the benefits of using Urea formaldehyde glue for bent laminations. It does not mention if this glue is waterproof. I am planning…
Drawer Bottom Thickness

May 31, 2007

I am making a bed for my daughter and it has 6 drawers underneath. The drawers will be 22 1/4 inches wide and 26 inches deep and 5 3/4 inches…
bottom shelf in table

May 23, 2007

I'm planning to build a rather small table, 28 x 50 x 17 (b x l x h). The extra is there's a bottom shelf between the legs at about…
Your durable top-coat (FWW video)

May 22, 2007

Andy, I just finished a desk gallery unit in curly cherry. I applied about 5 coats of Benwood Quick Dry Varnish, thinned 50% with mineral spirits, so basically a wiping…