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Not in "the flesh", but below is an example where the corner mitre accommodates the tongues/ovolo mould of a solid wood box lid to account for cross grain expansion and contraction. Also, note a mitre worked in the run of the through dovetails works as a way to create a neat appearance on the...

Jacob's comment isn't factual. It's close, but the name he was probably seeking was secret mitred dovetail(s) - the missed key word is secret. Slainte.

I think it's been almost nineteen years since I started contributing here. Apart from this forum I only really visit a couple of other woodworking forums, and rarely post at either. I used to respond to questions here more frequently than I do now, although I don't think I could ever have been...

The chain smoking grumpy Scot was just one of the miserable (joke) old farts in the workshop I learned from. As to the lesson in sharpening, in common with all the other makers in the workshop, he had nothing more than a combination oilstone and a couple or three oilstone slips to hone his plane...

You might find this discussion useful, about half way down the page is the bit particularly relevant to your first question. Slainte.

My thoughts turned first to finding a local glazier. Most glazing businesses are almost certainly focused on window installations and repair, I admit, but it seems likely that a call to one or two might elicit the necessary expertise in-house, or the business you approach might know someone with...

Neatly executed. I'm curious about the video because everything is a mirror image horizontally, e.g., you appear to be left handed but I'm pretty sure you're right handed. How did that happen? Slainte.

I think I might have phrased that more along the lines of: "one of the leading makers of extravagant giftware for the filthy rich" followed up with, and good for him to be able to find a niche in that rarefied market. Your claim to humility expressing your opinion didn't fool me in the...

Yes, The Intelligent Hand. Slainte.

Yes, after Rupert's presentation I learnt that I should probably stop sitting on top of the chest of drawers and storing all my clothes on the handy spots available on the bedroom chair, i.e., the back, arms, and the seat. Slainte.

I recall the furniture designer maker Rupert Williamson visiting the furniture course I was on. In his presentation on his work he said he approached the design of a new piece by "designing from the handles back." He expanded on that to say that obviously not every piece of furniture has handles...

I find this whole old revived thread fascinating. It's interesting to me primarily because this subject of YouTube woodworkers/'gurus' (whatever you want to call them), plus blogs on the topic is almost completely unseen by me, yet it discusses in a one-step removed way the subject that has been...

Thanks for the description of the finish. I don't think I've come across that here in the UK, which doesn't mean it doesn't exist. The nearest I can relate to regarding the look are brick walls that have been whitewashed. Through neglect, damp, and time the whitewash tends to degrade and flake...

Of course, you're almost certainly right. The tulipifera name probably derives from the tulip like leaf shape, as you say, hence the common names of tulip wood or tulip poplar. I meant to say, but forgot, a cleanly executed job with the architrave by the way. I was also impressed with the...

I'm assuming your last comment was jocularly intended, but botanically tulipwood, aka poplar, plus a bunch of other names, is Liriodendron tulipifera, in the magnolia family. I suspect you're likely to infer, as I did, that the tulipwood moniker is derived from the tree's botanical name rather...

I didn't want to say it before because I thought I might have misunderstood you but, I'd say your first sentence in the quotation above is also not quite right. I think you are simply wrong. As to bendy (flexible) ply, it doesn't always have all the layers assembled with their grain running...

Are you sure about that? That seems to be saying that the two outer veneers of a sheet of plywood should be set at 90º to each other, which is never (as far as I'm aware) how such boards are manufactured: the two outer skins have their long grain orientation set parallel. The same grain...

Spindle moulder and 80 mm spiral planer head, a snip at just under £200 from Wealden. Board edge down, set head low, make first cut. Use an 8 mm spacer 50 - 70 mm wide which you attach to the bottom of the outfeed fence of the moulder to hold the profiled end of the board parallel to the fence...

I thought it was just starting to get interesting, ha, ha. Slainte.

As you have a vac press rather than a vac bag it's relatively easy to veneer both faces of the ground at the same time, so I can't see any good reason not to do so. That would minimise the chance of the panels developing warpage due to imbalance. It would also save time because you veneer two...