Wood Talk Online No. 118

On today’s show, we’re talking about breaking down plywood, shapton glass stones, adapting festool hoses, some hand plane talk, and Kickstarter.

What’s on the bench?

• Shannon scrap wood chair?
• Matt cold weather glue-up and Craigslist scammer buster?
• Marc delivered bed, writing new book.

Poll of the Week
Do you like Red Oak?

• 1000 votes
• 40% – I use it for certain projects, but it’s not my first choice
• 17% – It’s spiffy – I use it a lot
• 16% – It’s been done to death – I’ll hold my nose and use it if I have to
• 2.5% – The perfect hardwood – I build ALL my projects with it

Around the Web

• Quirky Sand Paper -sent in from Kyle.
• Gary Rogowski lectures in Brooklyn, NY at Makeville
  Studio
• Benchcrafted shares pictures of a woodworker’s Dream workshop
• John Leko’s Oeben Mechanical table Kickstarter campaign
• WOOD Magazine’s “Weekend With Wood” May 17–19, 2013: “Three days that will take your woodworking to the next level”

Voicemails

• Michael – breaking down plywood in a tight space

Email

• Steve Poetzl – is looking to get a set of Shapton Glass Stones and wonders “does one need the Glass Diamond Lapping Plate to keep them flat?”
• David Ulschmid – offered a bit of useful information as a follow-up to last week’s question “How do I attach my Festool tools to another brand dust extractor?” Visit Mcfeely’s.
• Ben Daigle – asks about choosing a block plane and maybe a bench plane too!

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