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…drops of oil or kerosene softens the compound up enough to spread it throughout the leather. If you get compound coming off the strop on the tool being honed, then…
…drops of oil or kerosene softens the compound up enough to spread it throughout the leather. If you get compound coming off the strop on the tool being honed, then…
…lap it and correct it in order to have confidence in it. I purchased a Starrett combination square. I found the 12″ combination square to be cumbersome especially when marking…
Hi Has anyone else seen the same comments showing up multiple times on the same blog post? For example in the most recent blog about comparing saws, a comment by…
…as you come to the end of the board. A different grip on the knob can help, too. See, for example, https://commonwoodworking.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/P1000047-1.jpg . Or, rotate the front hand so that…
…Paul mentioned milk paint on his blog quite a few times recently. He has been experimenting with it and posted a few pictures. Worth checkin out: http://paulsellers.com/2014/03/milk-paint-diversely-different/ http://paulsellers.com/2014/03/another-week-seems-filled-developed/?relatedposts_exclude=19720 http://paulsellers.com/2014/03/last-day-class-today/ http://paulsellers.com/2014/03/box-building-shelves-done/…
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…use either. https://paulsellers.com/2015/03/adding-a-flush-bench-stop/ https://paulsellers.com/2015/01/closing-out-on-my-bench-fitments/ All that stuff you can add as you please, and Paul even shows how. https://youtu.be/UQPcHLcyRe0 https://paulsellers.com/2013/03/poor-man-s-dog-for-dog-loving-woodworkers/ I suspect one reason everything he does is centered around…
…the blades or chisels. I generally plane a piece of wood dead flat with a good and sharp plane. I then charge the wood with the abrasive compound. This will…
What Larry said was on point. I first used a hand countersink bit. They comes in sizes, and the major online vendors will have a set or two. Then I…
…And some of the most common blades for table saws are “combination” blades. These combination blades for table saws generally have two kinds of teeth which allow both cross cutting…