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I have finally bought this vice and I have installed it today. It is a quick-release type. Quick-release works and holds well and it does not rack, but I am rather surprised that I need to exert a lot of force to pull the vice open. I have sprayed some WD40 onto the rods and thread, but it did...

I will first plane the top oak board flat, as it is cupped. It may remove some or most of the oil. Then I will see what else should be done.

Thank you for your response. Workbench looks heavy, but actually isn't. I can put the top on the base myself fairy easily, and I am no Rambo III. I am a little bit afraid that it will run across the workshop during heavy planing. But a fair share of furniture was built on in. So maybe it will...

There are plenty of them, especially in oak. But I think that worms are long gone as well.

Thank you John, I have a lot of oak sawdust saved for glueing repairs, so I may try your advice as well. The top is cupped, so there is a hump in the middle of the oak board. There is another softwood board in the well. It looks like it has been added afterwards as a repair. My biggest...

I will try the coke and bicarb on a small area and I will see how it goes and how it affects the oak. Thank you.

Hello, My father gave me a workbench, that was built by my great-grandfather and it is at least 40 years old, probably more. My grandfather worked on it as well and it was gathering dust for more than 15 years. I would like to restore it and I would like to ask for an advice if it is feasible...

Thank you Derek, I have never heard about pre-gluing the end grain. Thank you for the trick. I will try to cut a few test dovetails, but I am more than sure that they will not be good enough to be showcased, so I will eventually end up with the rebate + dowels. Here in Slovakia, I cannot buy...

That is a very good idea. I have two of them, so I can use them. but I should probably put some paper around the corners so that the strap will not damage the corners.

I will actually glue two 20 cm boards to make the top and bottom, but there will be some cupping for sure. Maybe the dowels will break. I have around 70 - 80 percent humidity in my workshop and 35 percent in the house when using the fireplace in winter, so there definitely will be wood movement.

Hello Jacob, I got an additional requirement to match the height of an existing cabinet that is next to it, so I need to remove the plinth anyway. I will probably screw only 4 little square boards to the bottom, as I only have 2 cm height for the legs. WIth bracing you are right, I will put a...

Dowels were my original solution, I have a dowel jig as well. I will practice dovetails on test pieces and If I will not get it right in few times, I will use double rabbet with dowels. Sash clamps are a bit of issue for me right now. I have those quick grip clamps up to 750 mm, but I will not...

This woodworker has a lot of stuff of similar quality, but he definitely enjoys what he is doing, and if only does work for himself and not paid commissions, it should be fine for him, as long as he is happy. My strategy is to plane two pieces of wood and make first dovetail joint. Then cut it...

Hello All, Thank you very much for your recommendations. I would like to answer a few questions. I already have oak, so I am not going to buy a new lumber. I have made an elevated garden bed from it a few years ago, so it was outside for a few winters before I disassembled it and now I am...

Hello, I was given a second order for a woodworking project from my wife (the first one was a coat hanger for my sister). It will be a toy cabinet. A simple open shelf cabinet with one divider. 120 cm long, 40 cm deep, and 35 cm tall. Will be made of 25 mm oak boards. I will use stopped dado...

Thank you for the site link. However, I have already ordered my stamp.

Isn't it possible to use a card scraper to finish the surface after stamping? I have seen many neat stamps in the past, so it must have been done somehow.

I requested a quote for a small 9 character custom punch with font Arial 12pt size (letters are just above 3 mm high). The punch area is 12x25 mm. The price without shipment was just under 40 EUR. However I got another quote for 160 EUR for the same thing. I have already ordered from the cheaper...

Thank you all for your recommendations, I will have something interesting to watch in the next few days.

Hello, can you recommend to me some good woodworking documentary movies? Either about some notable cabinetmakers of the past or about woodworking in general. I am interested more in historical videos than current ones. Thank you very much.