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Wood Talk No. 133

May 23, 20130 Comments

On today’s show, we’re talking about sharpening a Benchcrafted Skraper, purchasing the right rip blade, Sweetheart vs Bailey planes, “correct” way to store bench planes, upgrading a random orbital sander, coverings on assembly tables, & outdoor finish or pressure treated wood? News **Announce Keystone Pub live show on Sat 10/19 from 7-10 Food and Drink [...]

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Wood Talk No. 132

May 16, 20131 Comment

On today’s show, we’re talking about die grinders and burrs, PVC pipe, Forrest vs Freud, scraping after tearout, jointer bed length, granite top retrofits, back bevels, blade height, effects of finish on wood movement, and buying wood just because. Around the Web Vic sent a link to a fundraiser for the Robohand Kickback Stan – [...]

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Wood Talk No. 131

May 9, 20130 Comments

On today’s show, we’re talking about restoring a cupped table top, a box for severed fingers, using router bits with shapers, t-slot miter bars, compact table saws, bevel angles on bevel down planes, jointer options, dado blade safety, and designing difficulty. Around the Web Popular Woodworking Build Contest – win an all expenses paid trip [...]

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Wood Talk No. 130

April 24, 20130 Comments

On today’s show, we’re talking about Nordfab ductwork, European style saws, availability of quartersawn wood, round vs square dog holes, thin kerf blades, smoothing expensive wood, cutting up burl, and graduating from shop projects to real furniture projects. Around the Web Sent in from Ken on Facebook “The Project Gutenberg eBook of Woodwork Joints” www.gutenberg.org/files/21531/21531-h/21531-h.htm [...]

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Wood Talk No. 129

April 18, 20130 Comments

On today’s show, we’re talking about one plane to rule them all, leaving dovetail scribe lines, the difference between some common saws, inspecting an old table saw, using B-grade wood, fixing a warped chair seat, and using epoxy. Around the Web Daniel, a Guild member, started a new woodworking community site www.woodscommunity.com Mark sent in [...]

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Wood Talk No. 128

April 10, 20130 Comments

On today’s show, we’re talking about green mineral spirits, wood floor coating options, designing for strength, fixing a hand-cut mortise, Arm-R-Seal alternatives in the UK, riving knife usage, carving tools, radial arm saws, cross-cut sled usage, steel hardness, butcher block finishes, using good old elmers glue, and sprung joints. Around the Web Graham wrote a [...]

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Wood Talk No. 127

April 3, 20130 Comments

On today’s show, we’re celebrating 6 years of Wood Talk, by doing absolutely nothing out of the ordinary! Today we’re talking about circular saw blades, liability insurance, cutting face frames without big tools, upgrading your chisels, planing thin stock, choosing a shop space, creating stopped dados with hand tools, and applying Arm R Seal over [...]

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Wood Talk No. 126

March 28, 20130 Comments

On today’s show, we blasted through some emails with our 20 Question Quickfire Challenge! Topics ranged from grain direction, to wood selection to dust collection to tool-buying circumspection! QUICK FIRE – 20 Questions in about 1 hour! Chris – “I have a thickness planner, and a shaper that I use to joint edges. Is it [...]

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Woodworking Wednesday Starts with Wood Talk Live!

March 27, 20132 Comments

Just a friendly nudge and/or reminder that tonight at 6PM Eastern Marc, Shannon and myself will be recording the weekly Wood Talk episode. It’s safe to say that Wednesday nights aren’t just for sitcoms and wishing the weekend would hurry up and arrive. I’d go so far as to say it’s “Woodworking Wednesday”! Do you [...]

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Wood Talk No. 125

March 21, 20130 Comments

On today’s show, we’re talking about getting back into woodworking, channeling the Schwarz on pine, drying wood in Texas, and shipping furniture. Around the Web Shannon found some vintage Roy Underhill video featuring screw cutting Barnes lathe, metalworking but gear head goodness! Cliff sent in a link to some amazing Wooden watches Marc recommends a [...]

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