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Wood Stabilization on the Cheap

I have a couple of burls I've harvested from some trees on my family's property that will make nice turnings and knife scales. There are probably some voids in there and the wood is probably a little soft or prone to cracking if I try to machine…
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Sanding the final coat of lacquer?

I have a lacquered table top with some minor dust specs sitting in the surface of the lacquer. I don't want to sand it down and reapply more lacquer. Can I use a super fine sand paper (what grain?) to get rid of the dust without causing any issues?…
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Can I use lacquer over an epoxy resin?

I put an epoxy resin on a table top and it looks awesome except for a few spots that bubbled or had dust fall on it. I would like to sand the top down smooth/level and put a thin layer of lacquer on top. I would like to use spray lacquer. Will this…
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Why aren't belt sanders with sanding frames available anywhere?

I'm not sure if this question is a fit for Stack Exchange, but I'll try to make it fit. I bought a Bosch 1274DVS 10 years ago and I was able to get an accessory 'guide'. The guide was a frame that went around the belt sander to help prevent…
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Can water based wood dyes be mixed to be more opaque?

I'm working on building a Les Paul style guitar, with a figured maple top, and am just trying to figure out how to do the finish, to achieve a nice sunburst effect. I lack the equipment and experience to do the finish with an airbrush and tinted…
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Can I repair this bent part in my thickness planer?

I've just discovered a bent part in my thickness planer and I'm wondering if it's repairable. The part is the slightly orange part, between the blades and the in-feed roller: As well as having a visible kink in it, it now sits so low it blocks…
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Should I keep cherry in the sun before finishing?

I have some American Cherry boards. I planed and sanded them enough that I removed most (but not all) of the sun-darkened surface. I'd like it to go back to a nice even dark color eventually. Should I leave it in the sun for a few days / weeks…
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Do I need to thin boiled linseed oil?

I'm finishing a hard maple joiner's mallet with boiled linseed oil (BLO). The instructions on the container say to cut it with 2 parts mineral spirits to 1 part BLO. Is this strictly necessary? From what I've read, thinning the BLO will let the…
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Will these table legs support this table?

Will these table legs be able to support this table design or will they need additional supporting features? I'm specifically talking about the structural integrity of the legs, seeing as how they are angled. The "V" is secured to the table and…
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Cutting tight miter joints for a frame around an existing object

I recently finished most of a practice project (a large lap desk). It looks like this so far: I made a ton of mistakes but the only one I can't figure out how to fix next time is the frame around it, specifically gaps in the miter joints because…
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Why is this yellow colour coming through the finish

I made a coffee table out of pallet wood. If I had to guess there is at least 3 different kinds of wood here and I don't know for sure which they are. The white you see is home made chalk paint made from drywall mud and white acrylic paint. It had…
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Table saw technique, cross-cut dados on multiple boards

I bought a table saw recently and it's the most terrifying tool I own. I want to cut a 5/8" dado across four 5" wide boards in identical positions, about 14" from the reference edge. I have a 1/2" stack so I'll have to make two passes. What is the…
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How can I calculate the value for a corner radius?

I'm not asking how to solve what a corner radius is on a piece, rather how to calculate what corner radius I should use on a piece. I need to make a (negative) template to follow with my router. In order to do so, I need to use a hole saw to drill…
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Space between assembly

I'm designing wooden speakers with MDF using Sketchup. How much space is taken up by the glue between two pieces? 1mm per side? Less? I'm using biscuit joining and white wood glue. Explanation with screenshot : I have a back panel of 351x276…
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Hiding factory machine marks

After staining a piece of poplar a series of subtle, regularly spaced cross-grain markings appeared on the factory cut faces (I've attempted to make markings more visible with the green indicators): It was not on every board, only a few. I sanded…
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