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I'm an amateur at this, but working on a freestanding ("cheval"-style) mirror frame as a christmas gift for the girlfriend. The mirror itself will be about 2ft x 6ft (rectangular) and fully enclosed in a solid walnut frame. Given the style, the back (of course) will be visible. So, I bought...

I received an email about a month ago about this huge Oil deposit in the USA. I checked it out with snopes.com, to see if it was true. The reason it peeked my interest, is when I was working as a mechanic in a diesel shop, back in 1956 & 1957. An oil man had stopped in about getting some...

For the past few times I've used my Sawstop, I wasn't getting good square cuts. I checked to make sure the blade was square, measured, checked alignment etc. I finally discovered that the laminated wood on either side of the fence was coming undone. The glue was failing and the result was...

I'm building something out of QSWO and need to match the color to the existing furniture. I've looked over my copy of Charles Neil's Finishing: Simply Put and looked at a number of web resources. So, I'm not interested in ammonia fuming or any other technique that gives QSWO "the best" color...

I'm designing a pub table as a wedding present, and have a question about what thickness I should use for the glass table top. The design will be conceptually similar to this table witha 24" diameter piece of glass supported all around the circumference by the bordering wood. The clear part...

Hey guys, I have been thinking about trying out a bench grinder for sharpening. I've always just sharpened by hand, but I want to give a grinder a try. Maybe the grass is just greener, but it seems like a very controlled way to establish/re-establish a bevel without having to go thru the whole...