Reader Submitted
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What Ruined My Sander’s Hook-and-loop Pad?
Now the pad won’t keep any sanding disc on it anymore. I wonder if it was the effect of him using the sander to sand filler?
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How Flat Should My $400 Workbench Be?
Shouldn’t workbenches be dead flat? Why am I told that a $3,500 workbench is going to warp and change with the weather just like the one I purchased for $400?
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Reusing Food Containers: Keep It Safe! (Plus: Saw Blade Pics)
Use Caution When Using Food Containers.
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Cleaning Band Saw Blades
Chris Marshall has another handy reader tip to share. This time, he uses ordinary cooking spray from his pantry to clean off his grimy band saw blades.
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Toy Biplane
Here is a plane I built for my grandson. It is made of Zebra, Walnut, Maple, Wenge, Oak, and Bloodwood.
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Red Oak End Tables
I built these from red oak with oak veneer ply tops and shelves. They are coated with a golden oak stain, and then clear poly with paste wax top coat, all hand rubbed.
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Setting Spindle Stock
When spindle turning, I like to make a shallow X shaped kerf cut on one end
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Abrasive Stick Sanding Blocks
Like everyone else I have several rarely used abrasive belt cleaner sticks lying around my shop. I found an additional use for them.
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Walnut and Oak Sofa Table
Here are pictures of a Sofa or Console Table made of solid walnut and oak with inlay banding and maple leaves that are a quarter of an inch thick not veneer!
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Why Did CA Glue Set Off My Smoke Alarm?
Does anyone know why this is happening? Am I using too much CA?