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PLANING DIFFICULT WOODS
Excerpts from The Message Boards Rob Lee: It's not about the planes - it's about the wood, and how the wood fails. A plane is a carrier for a blade used to induce controlled wood failure. Much of the ...
Keywords: Hand Tools
WATERLOX ON TURNINGS
by Carole Valentine Waterlox gives you anything from flat to gloss depending on your taste and how much time and effort you want to expend. The most important part is prepping your wood. Any imperfect...
Keywords: Turning
WOODCENTRAL'S SHOP SHOTS - IWF 2004 STUDENT DESIGN COMPETITION
  IWF 2004 STUDENT DESIGN COMPETITION Here are the entries to this year's Student Design Competition, representing works by students from around the country. I wish I had all the names of the entrant...
Keywords: Shop Shots
MAKITA 5037NBA
Most woodworkers, both amateur and professional, have a need for a good 7 1/4" circular saw. About a year ago I had a need to replace my Porter Cable saw. I wanted to replace it with a saw that h...
Keywords: Badger Pond
TREASURE CHESTS, THE LEGACY OF EXTRAORDINARY BOXES
by Lon Schleining Taunton Press: 2001 Hardcover, 200 pp., $34.95 ISBN 156158651X From ancient to modern, from bridal chests to toyboxes, this full-color gallery of chests is truly extraordinary. Not j...
Keywords: Book Reviews
"ARBORESCENT" DESK
A magnificent mahogany creation titled, "Coming Home to Roost". SHOP OWNER: Keith Newton LOCATION: Little Rock, AR This piece evolved out a series of tables that I have been making for at least fiftee...
Keywords: Shop Shots
USING A REFRIGERATION COMPRESSOR AS A VACUUM PUMP
by Mark Mandell I use two compressors from dehumidifiers to pull for the vacuum system for my Stubby lathe. Mine have been working just fine for four years now and pull about 28" of vacuum. I get the ...
Keywords: Turning
LUMBER DRYING TIP
Excerpts From The Message Boards Jim King-Iquitos, Peru wrote: Have I been sleeping all these years? I just read a very interesting story on the internet about drying wood. It says that if you dry the...
Keywords: Jigs
MAKING A NEW FRONT DOOR
by Mike Fitterling You may recall I hit the hurricane trifecta in 2004, three of the four hurricanes that hit Florida that year having swept through my burg. I sustained considerable roof and porch da...
Keywords: Furniture
AGAZZANI 18-INCH BANDSAW
by John Preston I decided I needed a bandsaw after I saw what my neighbor could do with a 14" Grizzly and a Woodslicer blade. I'd never owned a bandsaw, or even seen anything bigger than the 14&q...
Keywords: Badger Pond
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