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Thanks Neil

The time you put into answering queries is very much appreciated.

Matt

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As I understand it, one of the benefits of shellac as a finish is that it 'melts' in to previous coats so there are no witness marks when sanding out the finish. In the case of 'Hard Shellac'...

Thanks Derek

Hi Derek

I am wondering what the advantage is to having the fence extend past the line of the stops?

As I see it this then requires all the stops narrower than the board to be screwed all the...

Thanks all. That is what I would have expected, strange to find a few pieces letting down the rest of the work in that setting. If it were a craft store selling various items would sort of be ok but...

Aargh! Time for the sander:doh:

My finish was: Sanding Sealer>Prooftint>thin coat of poly. The intent being that the poly would protect the stain (glaze really as I had put down the sanding sealer...

As an amateur are my expectations of professional woodworkers too high? Why do I ask - over the weekend past I had the unexpected opportunity to wander through the gallery of a well known furniture...

Thanks for the input. I was guessing from the facets on the bit, the way it seemed to simply wedge apart the bit of pine that I was trying it out on and only ever having seen diagrams that showed...

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I recently received some a brace and auger bits to go with it. The brace is great (Stanley #78) but someone had carefully sharpened most of the bits - by removing the spurs! Aside from this...

Hope these help.

Matt

It is also possible for the quadrant to slip sideways off the worm gear if the alignment bolts have moved.

It is easier to remove the sheet metal surround if you fully remove the height adjustment...

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Just moved into a new house with solid jarrah floors - now to try and cleanup after the tradies. Iknow the floor was finished with water based products but no further detail. The question is:...

Thanks Ravi, exactly the type of info I needed. Worked out that wider than the kerf would be bad :oo: but wasn't suer whether it needed to be balde kerf or body thickness.

Matt

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I have an old Durden combinatin machine and was contemplating a few minor home upgrades. One question is how thick should the riving knife be - should it match the blade thickness or be...

I would try the timber the AWR article used for the gears, jsut use as wedges rather than as the external edges to the ply wheels (from memory).

Good luck
Matt