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Here’s a slightly cumbersome test for an Engineer’s Square – it’s easier with a big wooden square – but if you are careful it does work. By Pythagoras’ theorem of…
Here’s a slightly cumbersome test for an Engineer’s Square – it’s easier with a big wooden square – but if you are careful it does work. By Pythagoras’ theorem of…
I thought it worth a little recap of the latest free tool and technique videos from the past few months, for anyone who missed them. Making and using a wooden…
I decided to try the milk jug (HDPE plastic) approach on a test chisel. While not pretty, it came out ok. I made the tip thicker to make it safer…
Just wanted to report that, for the last couple days, I have only been able to see the first couple entries in “latest activity” on the home page. There are…
…into the stop with your left hand? To test this, you might find a way to clamp the work onto the board so there’s no pressure applied to the stop…
…cement! Yes that gooey black sticky stuff you get at the Home Center. What he does is mixes a small slug of it into Naptha (high test mineral spirits) and…
…new. My main point is that this whole ordeal was first detected at a routine annual eye test. The optician discovered the pressure in one eye was very high (the…
Hi David, it does sink in, at least half to a millimetre I would think. You can test that in a piece of wood, dye it and then cut it,…
Greetings, all! I just put the finishing touches on my latest project. It is a sign to be hung on a door. This is a reclaimed piece of wood (came…
…a clear finish. With the white pigment, you should be ok. You might dribble on a little CA glue on a test piece and test the paint for coverage first….