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Comment on Bar Clamp Appreciation Week by Brian

Brian — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 22:24:10 +0000

Hi Jeff, yeah, they aren’t cheap. The problem with clamps is that it seems that you can find lots of them cheap at yard sales and the like, but you end up paying for a new one every now and then because you don’t have one at the time that you need it.

For pipe clamps, if you need to make stands for them, try boring a hole into the center of a 2×4, then sawing it in half.

Comment on Bar Clamp Appreciation Week by Jeff

Jeff — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 21:45:57 +0000

Just found your blog. I purchased 6′ pipe clamps to help with my last project and did some quick on-line shopping especially since FWW magazine had recommended some particular ones, but they were expensive. So I went with the standard pipe clamp kind of like what you have and they were still about $60 for two.

Comment on Making Low-Profile Bench Dogs by Brian

Brian — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 19:18:51 +0000

Hi Steve, I’ve not only done them in different heights, but also with different woods and profiles. The biggest problem I have now is where to put them all…

Comment on Making Low-Profile Bench Dogs by Steve Branam

Steve Branam — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 11:32:26 +0000

That’s a very nice solution to an annoying problem! It’s also simple enough to make them for a couple of specific thicknesses.

Comment on Nightstand: Panel and Groove Work, Router Plane Fence Changes by Brian

Brian — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 05:09:53 +0000

Hi Larry, it’s also possible that I just like using my saws too much! I had originally considered using a rabbet plane to do this (because it’s kind of like a rabbet with a groove in it), but the rabbet plane wasn’t set up, and the saw was right there.

I find all of the different techniques that people use very fascinating even if I’ll never use them. The woodworker in Japan that’s featured over in “other wood blogs” is an example–even though he uses a lot of power tools and I don’t understand what he’s writing half of the time (yay for machine translators), he really comes up with some neat solutions.

Comment on Nightstand: Panel and Groove Work, Router Plane Fence Changes by Larry Marshall

Larry Marshall — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 14:02:33 +0000

Brilliant combination of your tools. I’ve never strung enough neurons together to include the backsaw into the mix when doing deep rabbets. Thanks.

Cheers — Larry “aka Woodnbits”

Comment on Nightstand: Decoration by Brian

Brian — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 23:24:59 +0000

Hi Michael, check out Krenov’s books if you are interested in knowing where this came from. If this were a wood such as douglas-fir, maple, or oak, I wouldn’t really be concerned about movement. Flatsawn beech is notorious, though. On the positive side, it is also really flexible.

Comment on Nightstand: Decoration by Michael

Michael — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 06:17:24 +0000

wow, that’s beautiful, a very pretty design! Congratulations!

I think I have seen something similar (but on a much larger scale) on Tom Fidgen’s page, it was part of a bed, if I recall it right.

I don’t think that wood movement will be much of an issue here, the parts are too thin. I’d glue both tenons on each side. But then, as you said, it’s not a structural part, so you might just as well leave it.

cheers,

Michael

Comment on Nightstand: Frame Joinery Complete by Brian

Brian — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 04:01:13 +0000

Hi Larry, yep, practice is great. If anything, I’ve gained a newfound appreciation for my cheap Crown gents saw. There are still so many details to take care of though, it seems. One step at a time!

Comment on Nightstand: Frame Joinery Complete by Larry Marshall

Larry Marshall — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 02:49:11 +0000

Your nightstand project is coming along nicely. Sounds like you’ve gotten a lot of mortise and tenon practice. Practice is good

Cheers — Larry