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Kevan Lear did not invent the dovetail jig. Far from it. In fact, for years he did design work for one of the premier dovetail jig makers, a company that is now a competitor. The problem as he saw it, though, was that there were simple-to-use jigs, and there were versatile and flexible jigs. His goal was to make one that was both. The result of that quest is the AKEDA dovetail jig, a product which he created after a long career in engineering design.
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Is there ever an advantage to adding glue to a wood screw hole for either added strength or preventing the screw from working loose?
I'm restoring a 1950's Craftsman 4" Jointer and wonder if tools from this era were painted with leaded paint.
If a S4S board is already planed down and smooth, why is it necessary to sand the S4S board again?
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For the past quarter century, Ken Richards has been designing and making world-class furniture in the Pacific Northwest. While there are some clear nods to modernity in his work, much of it takes its influence from the classic pieces of the past. In a sense, he does too, favoring paper drafting over computers and leaning heavily on hand tools for many operations.
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As do most power tool companies these days, Makita has a line of tools powered by the Lithium-Ion battery technology that allows big power but smaller tools. In Makita's case, it's called the LXT line, and it incorporates 35 tools that will run off the 18-volt lithium-ion battery.
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Handy Containers I save the plastic containers from the individual portion fruit cups. I pour danish oil in them when finishing a project and the work well to put glue in when using a brush to glue up tenons. - Mark Seay
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Unbend it Like Beckham : from WoodCentral "I am rebuilding a couple of really old kitchen type pressback chairs for a friend. They want me to put on a pair of the bent oak 'L' brackets to support the back. I purchased a couple pair of bent oak brackets, and they are bent to about 90 degrees out of the package. I need to relax them 10 degrees or so. Am I correct in thinking that putting them in some boiling water, then, as they relax, clamping them in the new angle desired [will work]?" — Pete
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