Reply To: Wood Moisture and Acclimation (Midwest)
Hi Ben, As already mentioned, a moisture meter is handy. They’re not, however, essential and you can get by with a set of bathroom scales. Bring the wood into your…
Hi Ben, As already mentioned, a moisture meter is handy. They’re not, however, essential and you can get by with a set of bathroom scales. Bring the wood into your…
…scale. It’s how I was trained and what I am most comfortable with. Mostly it’s a personal choice. There are benefits to drawing to scale though. You can get a…
This is very common amongst inexperienced planers but the remedy is quick and painless and I’m sure after you do this your planing will greatly improve. You are working with…
I’m not so sure about the importance of the stretcher, Matt. We made a coffee table in Paul’s class that is a scaled down version of the trestle dining table…
…I made current P.S. bench, I tool in cosideration 1) apartment 2) scale of work. I haven’t really thought about scale of work in regards to the vise. It would…
Just as an aid to price comparison, I bought 20cuft of wood recently, scawton quoted £70 for delivery and Timports £100. I went with Scawton as cheaper all round, even…
I was taught to use the Veritas MK2 jig with scary sharp papers on float glass. personally the veritas jig is a faff and scary sharp, while initial outlay is…
I found some rave reviews for a product called Evapo-Rust and have been trying that. It seems to work nicely and, much like Diet Coke, it is not scary unless…
A while ago, I have seen a video about making an old style bucket (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GE7QA1chUzw) and I thought, that it would be a wonderful project to make one by myself….
Let’s see… my first impression is That if the stiffness of the top is what it comes down to for you, just build what Paul drew. If your bench is…