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Yes - I think that the resinous rosewood provides an oily interface. I was dissapointed that wiping with acetone until the cloth I use top wipe cloth did not pick up any pigment did not help.
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2 Ukeleles - 1 glued without wiping with acetone and subsequently failed - reglued after wiping with acetone and failed again. second ukulele was glued after wiping with acetone to start with and it...

I'm a novice luthier of only two ukeleles. A cedar top and a bunya pine top. Both have indian rosewood bridges. The PVA glue on both bridges has failed after a short time. One of them twice.

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Great looking Uke! A joy to look at... Do you find that the different timbers make much difference to the sound?

I finished a ukelele several months ago... Bunya Pine top, Tassie Blackwood back...

Why aren't you happy with the sound? (It may not be the thickness of the top at all)

I finished my first Tenor Ukelele very recently (so I only know what I read on the internet). I used...

I made a ukelele with a bunya pine top and finished it with tung oil and liquid beeswax.

I later burned a celtic dragon fly on the top near the bridge using a laser etching machine. I am wondering...

Yes I often thought that PE is a wonderful materials for runners etc - as it has a low friction coefficient.

I think that plastic cutting boards are sold in many stores and supermarkets... They...

Uhmmm... this cabinet is for your workshop, right?... Puts my household furniture work to shame...

And therefore the sled should be small(ish), like Lance suggested.

Ok you've all convinced me! Small sled back on the list!

If I had a Kapex SCMS I probably would not have asked the question! �� Mine is a no name hand me down... which probably answers my question right there... (but its still good to hear other's opinion)

I have a small workshop/storage shed. and for this reason have a Metabo TS 254 worksite saw that I bring out to the carport on Woodworking days. Large jigs/ cutting guides would be a pain to use and...

An outfeed table is on my list... but thanks for the reminder/suggestion.

Just about the first recommended table saw jig is a cross cut sled... but is there a real need for one if you also have a compound mitre saw?

Cross cuts across wide panels is not required that...

Assembly is a bit tricky (not too much). The legs go on first and the side rungs then the back rung and finally the center rung and step. I "dry assemble" everything before gluing, and therefore the...

Finished! It took a while, as I only work on projects occasionally and for short periods as a busy life allows.

Here is Shed Stool II standing next to Shed Stool I.

Shed Stool I has legs made...

I sent you a private message - I hope you got it... Unfortunately the client changed his mind... Thanks for reaching out!

Do you want me to put the client in touch with you AUSCAB? Seriously...

The fellow who is asking for the cabinet to be restored is the electronics hobbyist - I believe he got the "guts" working.

The crux is that it's not a job that I would enjoy doing - and no matter...

We are on the same wavelength :-)

It's not mine... and sanding etc is a job I love to hate... The timber is nothing special...

The would be client is... persistent.

After seeing some of my furniture projects, friend of a friend asked me whether I would take on the restoration of the wooden box for this old valve radio.

It's supposed to look like this:
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Sometimes the cheapest tools are the most valuable and useful...

This time around I was not able to recycle so much - Even though it was bought for another purpose and is now looking for another...

Here are the plans for the seat and foot rest. I used a CAD program to draw them as I did not want to get into trouble with copyright

The timber thickness and the diameter of the holes can be...

Hidden away in page 26 of Issue 52 (April/May 2007) of Australian Woodsmith you will find plans and step by step instructions for this little beauty:

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It's not announced in the cover of...

Well worth the effort

All good Wongo - After all you are right! Wood does warp, expand and contract and there ARE several techniques designed to ensure that that does not result in catastrophe! Above all it was not you...

This thread is getting a bit frustrating! Of course wood warps, twists, and expands in response to changes in temperature and humidity... particularly if it was not well dried or is heavily figured,...

I put a dowel on the tenon side of the mitered tenon. This can also be drilled out for repairs...

Can always have you repair it :-)

I've made similar projects before. On one occasion it was a glass top coffee table with a rebated and biscuit reinforced mitered ash sorround - NO clearance between the glass and the timber frame....

Hi Rob,

Kind of you to post.

The finish is "Burnishing Oil" which I believe is a blend of Tung and Linseed oils, but I did not burnish. I sanded to 400 grit and applied a liberal amount of oil...

No WIP pictures because there is nothing fancy here.

The design was kept deliberately simple so as to allow the timber "do the talking"

I have this thing against slab tops... so the top...

Standard DAR is 12, then 19, then 32 mm thick. If after planing the grooves off you got boards that are 18 mm thick, then that's very close to the "standard" 19 mm thickness.

Many woodworking...

Yes... drawer runners... any type you like if cost is a problem due to the number of drawers, There are some inexpensive ones made of plastic. They are more sturdy than you might think, and would be...

The joint on the you tube video is not the same as the one in the original post... There's no load on that joint, so it doesn't have to be very strong.

What about a Y shaped loose tenon? The Y...

Made this for a work colleague... The drawers are soft close and were quite tricky to align as they are trapezoidal in plan view, and the faces are angled.

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Sorry should have taken care to have read the other posts...

Jealous... I started a couple of Ukeleles like 3 years ago... Using the "proper" luthiery techniques, but not sure it will be worth the effort, either musically or aesthetically. Of course I am both...

Thanks everyone for the thoughtful replies

After reading them, I am starting to think of the project in a different way

The crossed finger joints are there to provide both strength and a...

No ... I think that the client will not appreciate the wheels...

Colleagues,

I want to build a folding table for my sister similar to the one pictured below - It won't be too big 600mm x 1200 mm when folded and 1200mm x 1200mm unfolded.

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I'm toying...

That's a very nice table... I read through the posts and I'm glad that you didn't **paint** the legs. However there are some dark red, brown and even black stains that you can then finish with either...

OK I found it, but it's very obscure and hard to find! Right at the bottom of the Forum listings among the company forums and ads and such - following the market place banner! Compare with the (quite...

Years ago there was a forum called Big Stuff for furniture making posts. More recently there it was moved to a forum called "General Woodworking" or some such... Now (Oct 2017) I can't find it...

Those are excellent... I made a Double Bed about 10 years ago and used these end brackets. Still solid - no squeaks or movement what so ever. Buy with confidence.

Here are some pictures of the finished desk (finished today!)

The finish is Teak Oil... The grain on the victorian ash comes up a treat, as you can see.

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If you glue two thinner boards and cut out a circle to make a round top, some of the edge will be end grain and some of the edge will be side grain. If you make a hexagon or octagon and cut the...

This would look great... You could also cut a circle out of the octagon, and even put a glass top mounted on a recess...

I can't really agree that the kitchen is a tough environment for kitchen doors. For the counter tops, maybe, but not the doors. That door that you made is a work of art, I have to say and I would not...

I could not resist a dry assembly run before sanding and finishng.

The end frames and stretchers are made from 32x65 mm Victorian Ash. There are three stretchers - two are under the desktop and...

You could try some plugged long shank screws to prevent the top from cupping - the plugs can be cut so as to be near invisible OR you can cut the plugs from a contrasting material and pretend you...