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Dovetail Tearout Using Baltic Birch Plywood?
…a bit wider than you need and trim off the torn out edges with a saw. Ian Kirby: You don’t need to change the bit angle or the score the…
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Long Fence or Short Fence?
…is because for grooving you can exert pressure for the entire length of the work . What do you think? Ian Kirby: You can perform four operations on a table…
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Building an Extension Table on Planer?
…up? Ian Kirby: The snipe is a result of incorrect pressure on one or the other end of the rollers inside the machine. You will need to look at your…
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Glue Up Checklist for Minimum Sanding?
…Ian Kirby: Presumably these are butt joints on a tabletop. The first way to keep the pieces flush is to glue only two boards at any one time. There are…
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Shaper Versus Router?
…router table design without much hassle. Ian Kirby: A good quality shaper is preferable to a good quality router. The shaper is more sturdy and should have a better fence,…
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Building Lumber Storage?
…fine. With only 18 inches between pipes, you could probably support quite a bit of lumber. I wouldn’t recommend pipes that are more than about 20″ long. Ian Kirby: First…
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Have You Ever Used Black Epoxy?
…a scrap of MDF or other flat material until the epoxy cures. Ian Kirby: Colored epoxy laid in router cuts or saw kerfs has been used as a design element…
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Using a Strobe Light with a Lathe?
…by turners with a little less experience. Ian Kirby: It’s a technique used in quite a number of industries to observe the behavior of materials or parts in motion. If…
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Ripping African Mahogany?
…piece of wood in shorter sections. Ian Kirby: Sounds like the board is case hardened because of lousy kiln drying. It also sounds like the saw has no splitter if…
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More on Using Hand Planes
Learn how to set up and and use a hand plane from master woodworker, Ian Kirby. This is a free preview episode from The Way to Woodwork: Essential Starters series….