Some woodworkers like to sand and finish their projects until they are "as shiny as plastic," and that's just fine and dandy. But there are other options to try.
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Q. I am a novice at woodworking. I have a table saw, a table router, and a cordless drill. What exactly does a jointer add to a shop? I have not even settled on what projects I wish to do.
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A wooden mallet is an essential tool around a woodworking shop, especially when cutting mortises and dovetails by hand. I use the type with a rectangular head and flat surfaces because it is best for assembling (and disassembling) furniture without marring the wood. Round-headed mallets are principally a carver's tool so you may need to have both in the workshop.
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Sanding Holes "In the Web Surfer's Review in issue 214, the question of sanding holes in a game board arose. For me, one of the obvious solutions was overlooked: rubberized abrasive wheels."
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Sometimes great inventions emerge out of little frustrations. That was the case with Michael Bucci, the inventor of a simple, versatile, stackable, colorful and astonishingly helpful little tool called the Painter's Pyramid. Don't let its modest looks fool you. Though it is merely a small, hollow plastic shell with three holes, it has helped countless finishers save time and annoyance, and freed its inventor from a corporate cubicle.
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I want to reproduce an old finish with period materials. What clear finishing products were available 60 years ago?
If I change the shape of my bevel during sharpening, do I just keep going and just make a new angle?
I'm thinking about building a mirror frame with a gooseneck molding as seen on period furniture such as highboys. I would appreciate any information you could give me as to proportions, cross-sectional shape, but most of all any suggestions on how to rout the curved molding.
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Martha Roberts, or Marty to her friends, is definitely a latecomer to woodworking. In fact, she sees herself as just starting out, but in spite of that, she's managed to develop her own niche, and parlayed it into a working business.
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There are tools you need for a certain function, and there are tools you "need" because, well, you just need them! Just like you need that extra dollop of whipped cream on top of your chocolate sundae! Or that fancy sports car inside your garage - except that you've used up all that space for those cool tools. . . Read more. . .
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Dowel Woes: from WoodCentral "I'm joining two pine boards together at right angles using a butt joint reinforced with dowels. The joint is over six feet long. I'm drilling the dowels 11 inches apart. I start on one end, drill a hole, move the board 11 inches by inserting a dowel in the hole and pushing the dowel up against a stop. Then I drill another hole, put a dowel in it, re-register, until the end of the board. I do that on both boards I'm joining. When I finish and go to dry fit the two boards tog...
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