Reply To: Help with French polishing.
…pumice to come through. Using wool for the inside of the pad is important too. It should be free of any colour. One source is fine wool from undershirts like…
…pumice to come through. Using wool for the inside of the pad is important too. It should be free of any colour. One source is fine wool from undershirts like…
…will free up loose bolts and nuts. It will turn the brown rust ( Fe2 O3) to a black film (Fe3 O4) which comes off easily. Then rinse the parts…
“Romans… inadvertently drank lead tea..” Not only the Romans, we in Britain had lead water piping for many years. Now we even have lead-free solder on plumbing for potable water….
…anything for use outdoors and I’m certain pine will not be suitable. What wood would you recommend that’s freely available from UK timber merchants and isn’t going to cost an…
…generally look for wood that is as knot-free as possible when selecting wood for projects. Knotty is also more difficult when it comes to chopping mortises/dadoes/etc. for joinery. I’m not…
Good to hear Wesley, sharpening will come via practice, especially free hand sharpening.
…it until it runs out of free-spinning backlash. Now, the location of the knob correctly registers the current cutter position. 2. Loosen the cutter retention screw. Because of what you…
…he would grind the radius. I imagine most would do it for free. Lots of small, private, auto repair shops probably have grinders and would do it for almost nothing….
@SMALLTOWNUSA Harold, the wardrobe in your photo is beautiful and I’d like to make something like that, but am concerned about making such long doors be twist free and stable…
I would think some percentage of glycerol and water would make a good non-toxic, low temperature sharpening fluid. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glycerol_(data_page)#Freezing_point_of_aqueous_solutions