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NomNomNom posted:What is the mythical "lint free" cloth that can labels refer to? Surgical or huck towels
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Stultus Maximus posted:I started cleaning out my mom's garage this weekend. She said I had to finish up actually cleaning the place before I could start going through my father's tools, otherwise I'd never get anything done. I’ve used a brass “toothbrush” with a mixture of gum spirits and jojoba oil to clean my old planes. The spirits break up the gunk, the oil prevents rust. I don’t think it needs to be jojoba, but Lie-Nielsen recommends it for rust prevention on planes. I have a #45 that needs more cutters, and I’ve been told the cutters for the veritas combo plane will fit, but I haven’t tried yet.
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Oct 13, 2021 00:31
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Kaiser Schnitzel posted:Thanks, I hadn't seen him before but it's great to see one all apart. I'd loooooooove to have a slider and if I built cabinets all day I could probably justify the space and money, but I think for the time being I'm stuck with the Unisaw. Still awaiting diagnosis from the motor shop but I found a guy with some spare motors for $300 if it comes to that. If you’re near Maine, I’ll give you one for free, as long as you take them all.
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Oct 27, 2021 12:03
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Kaiser Schnitzel posted:New/used normal motors still aren't exactly cheap here, but this is a discontinued funky motor with funky mounts that was only made for this saw. I doubt it, but I'll check. We were throwing them out at work, and I only took the ones that I thought I could use, and I don't have the slightest hope of getting three-phase.
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Oct 27, 2021 15:48
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A granite counter offcut is more than flat enough
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Oct 30, 2021 15:13
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I finished a shelf with shoe polish and mink oil, which is basically a wax finish. Use wax, rewax every time it looks a little sad, and enjoy the patina. Or, just read https://blog.lostartpress.com/2020/11/30/rip-the-anarchists-finishing-manual/
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Nov 9, 2021 19:10
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oXDemosthenesXo posted:Is there a straightforward way to consistently darken wood just a little bit? I like minwax "natural" stain as a way to give pine a little depth and darken it under a clear finish.
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Feb 12, 2022 22:54
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Kaiser Schnitzel posted:Anyone ever seen/tried 3d printing small hand planes? I'm really more thinking of like, scraper/scratch stock holders for moulding profiles, where the moulding curves along the work and the plane needs to be slightly rounded like a coachmaker's plane. The 3d-printed (or wood, tbh) part would be roughly the same profile as the finished molding and support the scratch stock or scraper to hold it at a consistent angle to keep the profile consistent. I’ve printed a bullnose plane that uses double or single edge razor blades, and I’m modeling a new wedge for my wooden skewed moving fillister plane.
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Mar 28, 2022 00:18
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Stultus Maximus posted:Do you know how to get a pristine Stanley no 45 with 20+ cutters for a steep discount? I got a 45 and a pair of dynaco a25 speakers for $10 at a yard sale some years ago. The speakers work great, the 45 only has a 1/2 inch flat cutter.
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I’d use clear poly over latex with primer or black spray paint over primer.
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Kaiser Schnitzel posted:Home depot red oak? Check. Home Depot red minwax goop? Check. Classic early days woodworking project-we all started here, and you have great things ahead of you! My first project, I finished with the Home Depot red oak with shoe polish. It worked way better than I expected.
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Jul 6, 2022 17:54
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Meow Meow Meow posted:I think Chris Schwarz did a blog post where he compresses round tenons using a pair of channel locks so they swell up with glue. A metal working vice would probably do a good job on compressing loose tenon stock a bit, but I imagine that would get old pretty quickly when you have a couple dozen to do. I wonder if the cheap Harbor freight arbor press would do it?
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wesleywillis posted:Do you guys really have to hide stuff from your wives or am I just not in on an in-thread joke? Christmas presents?
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Dec 23, 2022 00:27
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its $8 for a pad and block at home depot, with the same screw fitting as a roller. Just get the block. I polyied a ceiling last fall, and a block on a broom handle cut short worked perfectly, and the pad was much easier to clean. https://www.homedepot.com/p/Applicator-and-More-10-in-Lambskin-Pad-with-Block-11001/100585512
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Calidus posted:I am putting a counter top in my laundry room. Couple follow up questions on wood counter tops: Do you have a habitat ReStore near by? They often have very nice used counters near me for decent prices. A couple times I've even bought ones with the right sink cutout, even.
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Kaiser Schnitzel posted:Selling plans now for my infinitely adjustable tablesaw taper jig: I’m already getting ads for bootleg versions on Instagram
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Jan 17, 2023 18:04
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Calidus posted:I’m definitely not cutting undermount sinks any time soon. I used fostner bits to drill out the 4 corners and get the radius required, then used a jig saw and straight edge to make 4 cuts. One of the cuts isn’t great looking, I was trying keep saw pushed against the Straight edge I hit a knot. The blade ended up cutting at an angle. I think I might try to do it in multi passes if I was doing it again. For undermount cutouts, you cut undersize, then clean up with a router template bit.
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Casimir Radon posted:I’m considering buying a premade maple butcher block from Lowe’s, sawing it down to the size I need and putting some metal table legs on it. Every time I go back to my hometown I end up taking over my mom’s dining room table with my WFH setup and after 3 years it’s getting pretty old for everyone. In my old room there’s a 33” wide space I can use, and that doesn’t lend itself very well to anything you can just go and buy. I had an ikea cardboard honeycomb desk built like that, it worked. I moved the legs over to a $10 solidcore door with oak veneer from the local Habitat restore and that was great. I didn't use inserts to hold the legs on.
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Build a Chris Schwarz staked bench, they’re awesome.
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Only good thing I’ve heard about elm is the same properties that make it hard to work make it good for stick chair seats. We have a cutting board of reclaimed urban elm. After it warped, I tried to plan it flat again, and it was brutal. Tear out from every direction.
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epswing posted:Ok, thanks! I should have specified water based, too, it won’t yellow like oil base. If you use an alkyd enamel instead of latex, you won’t have to topcoat with poly. I like Ben Moore advance. Plywood should be fine with heat cycles.
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Kaiser Schnitzel posted:What kind of paint did you use and how long ago did you paint it? Most paints take like 30 days to really fully cure. Latex paints always stay a little gummy like that. Sherwin Williams makes some alkyd or urethane enamels that dry really hard and not tacky that are great for furniture. I wouldn’t top coat it with another product, but if you want to go that route definitely wait the full 30days for the paint to completely cure before you topcoat it. I would recommend an alkyd enamel instead of poly over latex, but its better than bare latex. We did our 4 year olds bookshelf with it, and it’s holding up great.
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EPICAC posted:Does anyone have plans for a small workbench that they like? I’ve been using an ancient table that the previous owner left in the basement. In general I have roughly 48-64” in width available. The The Anarchist’s Workbench is free, and a great read, even if you aren’t planning to build a workbench.
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ColdPie posted:Anyone have strong feelings on air filters? For my small shop with only a bandsaw and hand sanding, I'm thinking of getting the smallest ceiling mounted model from Grizzly. It's not HEPA, but that's a big bump in price & noise. Calidus posted:Related, has anyone made a https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corsi%96Rosenthal_Box for their shop? I have a squirrel cage blower from a furnace in a shop made box with a 20x20 high MERV furnace filter. Works great!
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Becksvoort goes to 400 or 600 on cherry. https://blog.lostartpress.com/2019/02/26/on-craftsmanship/
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Masonite/hardboard?
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It’s amazing what some scotchbrite and oil can do for a cast iron table.
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I’ve used shoe polish and mink oil for some quick and dirty apartment furniture, and it’s worked great.
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