Q & A

Finish for Soup Bowls

What finish will work if we wanted to use the bowls I turn for hot soup?

by Reader Submitted • Aug 11, 2009 • Q & A
Control Splitting While Seasoning

I want to know how to control splitting of wood in the seasoning process.

by Reader Submitted • Aug 11, 2009 • Q & A
Clean Fir Prep for Water-based Paint

My son accidentally spilled melted butter on an unfinished countertop of bare fir plywood.

by Reader Submitted • Aug 11, 2009 • Q & A
Raising Serial Numbers

I have an old pinball machine. Its serial number, stamped in the plywood, is scraped so that only the top of three of the six digits is readable. Is there some way to raise the numbers?

by Reader Submitted • Jul 28, 2009 • Q & A
Honey Locust Wood

Can honey locust wood be used to make furniture?

by Reader Submitted • Jul 28, 2009 • Q & A
Finish for Mixed Cocobolo and Purpleheart

What finish can I use on a piece made with mixed woods that will cure on the cocobolo and retain the color of the purpleheart?

by Reader Submitted • Jul 28, 2009 • Q & A
Temperature Playing Havoc with Lumber?

Could repeated warming and cooling of the shop air have played havoc with my lumber?

by Reader Submitted • Jul 14, 2009 • Q & A
Filling the Void

When making raised panel cabinet doors, I created a void where the biscuit was too close to the end of boards being glued together. Can I salvage them?

by Reader Submitted • Jul 14, 2009 • Q & A
A Quicker Way to Sand?

Is there a quicker way to sand the many spindles on chair backs and legs other than the old-fashioned way?

by Reader Submitted • Jul 14, 2009 • Q & A
Polyethylene for Miter Guides

Can I use UHMW polyethylene stock in the appropriate thickness for miter guides to screw to the bottom of homemade crosscut sleds and the like?

by Reader Submitted • Jun 30, 2009 • Q & A