Issue 183
Issue 183
Shop Projects Sharing Time
Last time out, I asked what sort of woodworking projects you all were working on this fall. Thanks for sharing – you’ll find some of the answers I received in the Feedback section. It used to be called Reader’s Response, but with the recent redesigning of the eZine, we changed the name. (I mean, come on, there’s more than one reader of this thing!)
I’m kind of envious of a lot of the projects you’re describing. My own latest was not so much built for the love of woodworking as for the resale value of my home. (That built-in cabinet is featured in the December issue of our print magazine, which will be mailed soon). Getting ready to move house, by the way, means getting ready to move shop – which, of course, means less time to actually do woodworking. Bummer.
You can, though, get a glimpse of a couple of my projects – I may have to gaze at them myself from time to time, just to vicariously experience woodworking – on the Reader’s Project Gallery page in our Premium eZine. And if you feel like sharing pictures of all those great projects you’re working on, you can put them in the Reader’s Project Gallery, too – or share your favorite shop tricks in our online Tricks of the Trade department. It’s your eZine, and we want to hear from all of you! (Wait… a quarter million emails in the next two weeks? Maybe some of you should hold off a week or two.)
Rob Johnstone, Woodworker’s Journal
What's In Store
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PennTek VersaClamp
The PennTek VersaClamp changes from a bench-mounted vise to a standard bar clamp.
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TurnLock Base Plate and Metal Nose Bushing Set
Milescraft’s TurnLock Base Plate and Metal Nose Bushing Set lets you change bushings with a quick turn: no tools, whether you’re installing or removing.
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Carter Products Ratchet-Rod
Carter Products’ Ratchet-Rod Quick Tune Bandsaw Tension Rod Assembly replaces the adjustment knob on most 14″ band saws.
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Quadra-Cut Router Bits
The new Quadra-Cut router bits from Freud have four cutting edges rather than two: two upshear cutters remove most of the stock.
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G0651 Left-Tilt Table Saw
Grizzly’s G0651 Left-Tilt Extreme Series 10″ Table Saw comes with a riving knife, quick release blade guard, digital tilt gauge for blade angle and extension and outfeed tables.
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Fixo Clamping Biscuits
Fixo Clamping Biscuits from Colonial Saw connect and clamp with one strike of a hammer as curved ridges pull the work pieces together.
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Drilling for Dollars
Rockler Woodworking and Hardware has a new Forstner bit in its lineup that may help you support two of your hobbies — woodworking and coin collecting.
Today's Woodworker
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Steve Strickland: The Puzzling Rise and Fall of a Unique Business
Faithful readers of the online woodworking forum WoodCentral.com may well remember a somewhat cryptic but decidedly sad announcement by one…
Q & A
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How to Conditioning Pine?
Should I put wood conditioner on pine molding prior to staining?
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Cleaning up Squeeze-out
When gluing joints, what is the best way to clean up the squeeze-out: wipe with a wet cloth, scrape when dry or something else?
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Buying Figure Eight Fasteners
Where can I find figure eight fasteners? No one in this town even knows what they are.
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Alleviate Sticky Shellac
After a few days of drying, my shellac still has a tacky feel to it. What causes shellac to remain sticky and is there something I can do to alleviate this problem?
Industry Interviews
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Wood Essence: Canada’s ‘Go To’ Supplier of Hard to Find Finish Materials
Wood Essence is the ‘go to’ company for the finishing materials you can’t find elsewhere in Canada.
Contributing Bloggers
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I’m a Woodworker
“I’m a woodworker.” That’s my answer when someone asks me what I do; “I make things out of wood.”
Feedback
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Sharing Memories, Making Plans, and Clarifying a Quiz
It was with great sadness that we wrote about the passing of a fine editor, an outstanding woodworker and a dear colleague, Mike McGlynn, and it came as no surprise that others outside our circle admired him deeply as well.
