Category: Woodworking
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I’ve been wanting to do a miter sled for a long time. I have a cross cut sled and I use it constantly and in fact, my Ryobi table saw is almost exclusively for cross cuts after I got the Craftsman from my father. However, I’ve always struggled with 45s on the table saw and…
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Clamps are off. I was dealing with a bit of illness, so I left the clamps on for 3 days. At least I know the glue is good and set. I have been leaving the glue beaded instead of trying to wipe it off because it ends up being easier to knock off with a…
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I removed the clamps after the glue had dried. The glue squeeze-out knocked off pretty easy with the hand planer. I sent the boards through the bench-top planer to ensure the next clamp up would be flush. Next I cut them down to 1.75″ strips. I used the miter saw because the cuts tend to…
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I’ve had a 2″ x ~10″ x ~5′ walnut board hanging around for a couple weeks with the intention of making walnut cutting boards out of it. I spent the morning planing it down and thinned it to around 1 3/4″. I cut off the edges and then cut it halfway to make it more…
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I have installed hinges and a latch to the box. The old pine absorbed the danish finish, so I decided to finish it with some paste wax, which I am hoping will settle on top and closer to the surface. I buffed it with a soft shop towel. It has a better glow now. I…
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We installed the walnut mantel on the fireplace and to my satisfaction, I got the measurements correct. The original mantel that I built this in top of was not as level as I had remembered it. I need to always check that measurement during the prep if I do another project like this. Regardless, we…
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Sanded the curly pine and walnut box. Put on two coats of Danish finish. The walnut insert is sticking up on that front end, but it will be on the bottom of the box. The curly pine has a lot of depth now that there is a finish. Hardware tomorrow, I hope. The next project…
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After 15 minutes of delicate sanding, I managed to mallet the piece of walnut into the top of the box. The curly pine is so old and dry that it is pretty easy to sand, but still shows a lot of imperfections, which I like. I sanded the whole thing with 60 and then 220.…
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I liberally brushed on a coat of Danish finish and let it absorb for 30 minutes and then did a second coat and waited 15 minutes. The grain really shows up now. The corners look decent. From the front, it almost looks like one solid piece of walnut. Not working with a lot of walnut,…
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The joints on the mantel dried overnight. However, the 45s were a little messy when I took off the 90 degree braces. I found a YouTube video that showed a great technique for fixing them using a screwdriver: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyHtW_x8Y64. They look ok. I sanded with 60 in specific places, then 220, and then 400. There…