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What's the best way to remove varnish from recycled wood flooring?
I've got a bunch of recycled hardwood flooring that I plan to use for shop projects and possibly nicer furniture.
How should I remove the varnish? Would it be preferable to use the thickness planer or rip it with the table saw? Or is it worth…
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How can I design a large cherry table with no aprons?
I am trying to build a cherry table. I will be creating the top out of multiple 8/4 boards using standard techniques. The table will be 42" wide by at least 68" long. I have come up with the idea to not use aprons.
My question is how should I…
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Treating pine for partial burial
I'm replacing my garden edging (the separator between lawn and flower beds), and I have some treated pine I would like to use.
Like this:
What's the best way to stop the pine from rotting?
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In what cases is it NOT useful to have more than one of the same tool?
I want to take In what cases is it useful to have more than one of the same tool? and flip it around to find out what tools are NOT useful in multiples.
In other words, I'm now looking for cases in which a woodworker eventually might own two or more…
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What are Rockwell points?
I was looking at scrapers and some of them mention their Rockwell Point value. Pertinent information from that page:
They are a nice complement to our other scrapers and just a couple of Rockwell points harder (Rc51-53) to compensate for their lack…
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How to shape a toy boat's hull accurately?
I would like to make a series of boat's hulls from a single block of wood. My first consideration is how to semi-accurately model the complex geometry of the stern and bow of a ship. The models only have to be optically accurate and will not be used…
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Can some woods just never have a clean finish after sanding?
I am cleaning up pallet wood to be used for miscellaneous projects. Right now I prepare the wood with minor variations on this process. The wood I get varies depending on what pallets I end up with. More often they are softer woods.
Wash if…
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Drilling very small holes in softwoods
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Recently, I was restoring a small spice rack made of very thin and very soft wood (pine-like) - I unglued it, restored pieces and was about to glue it back together. I saw that the best way to go was to glue it all in one go, since it…
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How can I avoid tear out and get a smooth side on a circular plywood cutting board where the grain runs in various directions?
*UPDATE: For those interested in how I achieved the design, skip to 'CONSTRUCTION'.
I've constructed the following circular cutting board out of hexagonal sections of plywood and I'm trying to get the smoothest possible sides. As you can see based…
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How to make this setup to break down timber safer?
My dad has decided to turn this:
into this:
using this setup:
When I saw this, my eyes almost dropped out of their sockets.
I am an amateur, but I know that:
Your piece should be flat and stable.
Use riving knife for ripping.
Rip fence should be…
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Is it OK to re-use an old iron wedge when handling an axe?
I've got an old axe that has a handle slipping down the head. This danger sign means the axe needs a new handle right away. Looking on Ebay the iron wedges that I'll need are about £4 for 4. This seems like a bit much for four tiny pieces of iron,…
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Is it needed to have the lever cap flat against the blade in a shoulder plane?
I bought an approximately cheap small (1/2" width) shoulder plane from Dictum.
However I observed that only the toe of the lever cap presses on the blade (see picture above).
Should I tree to grind it to maximize the contact surface or it's no use…
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Can I use a conventional oven or toaster oven as something similar to a dry kiln?
While researching the answer to the question about What are the techniques to seal or remove sap? I found that putting the wood in a dry kiln, under specific circumstances, is one sure way to bake/seal the sap.
While there might be an accessible dry…
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How can I apply finish/seal inside a narrow crack in walnut slab?
I have a walnut slab that I'm using for a coffee table. It has a small crack at the edge that at it's maximum is maybe 1.5"-2" wide, but quickly narrows to a 5" long .25" or less wide crack. The slab is 1.5" thick. More for aesthetic purposes…
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How can I trim plywood flush to an edge that is not 90 degrees?
I am building a small door. I have a frame that is glued and nailed together that is 1 inch thick shown here:
1/4" birch plywood will be glued to both sides of this. The plan was to glue oversized pieces and then trim them to the frame. The…
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