Reader Submitted
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Cottonwood, Cotton Duck, Gorilla and Thrift
A question about appropriate uses for cottonwood prompted these responses.
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Matching Dado Cuts
Anyone who uses stacking dado cutters soon discovers that “x” inch stock may not exactly match your “x” inch dado setup.
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Improved Band Saw Tensioning
For over 50 years, I’ve been scraping my knuckles on the blade-tensioning knob of my 14″ Delta band saw.
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Sharpening Curved Cabinet Scrapers
How do you sharpen curved cabinet scrapers?
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Planing with Grain: the Right Direction
When planing a board with the grain, there is clearly a right direction and a wrong direction, but how can I tell by inspection which way to push before I begin?
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Talkin’ About Tormek
We merely talked about the Tormek in the last issue, but some of our readers wrote in to rave about it.
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Where to Use Wiping Varnish
Can wiping varnish be used over oil-based stain, waterbased stain or both?
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Explaining Planes
On a jointer, the infeed and outfeed tables are offset, but plane beds are flat. If the plane iron is taking a .002 cut, it seems the back of the plane should be clearing the wood by the same amount, and yet it works even though that is not the case. Can you explain?
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Best Wood for Dropped Ceiling Panels
What type of wood would work best to build T-rails for dropped ceiling panels?
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Hobbies, Compressors, Plugs, Bait and Schadenfreude
In Issue 195, Rob admitted that he often wears more than one hat, pairing woodworking and fishing by crafting wooden lures, and asked if others mix hobbies. Some of the responses were surprising.