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You must remember it is the glue line which exerts tension in lamination. A single layer will always warp the piece so you need at...

The former Irish Prime minister, Garret Fitzgerald was a noted academic and in a crucial debate he stated that 'that's fine in practice...

You will make your 1.8 mm veneers this way certainly. However they will come out of the pressing form like a banana. Only useful if you...

The truth is that the vast bulk of Americans are poorly educated. They don't live in a cohesive society and resent paying taxes to...

Anyone got a good book or article on this subject. ? I find that preparing the oysters is very difficult without them splitting or...

I tend to cut solid wood veneer to 4 mm on the bandsaw and then tack it to a piece of flat ply with just three bits of double sided...

If you are getting back into turning you might consider a battery powered chainsaw. You can cut firewood blanks to size more or less and...

If you have room for a table saw then that would be my choice. I'm assuming you want to make furniture and not just turn wood...

Check out the Beadlock system sold by Rockler the US.Two mortises sre drilled out and the special loose tenons are inserted. A simple...

3M make a rust stripper wheel but also a paint and varnish stripper wheel which is a bit softer. Run it at fast speed in a lathe or...

large drill bits soak up power and I once burned out a .motor in a drill press doing just that Hole saws are crude tools and leave...

Sorry, I can't agree If the blade is above the outfeed table you will get snipe. As the piece leaves the infeed table it will drop...

Mortise and tenon joints rely on absolute precision.Tlhey should be a ' piston fit" Machining is the easiest way ro this.I despair when...

Another job for a tablesaw Just make a jig with two toggle clamps to slide along the fence. The piece is held vertically A Tablesaw...