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• Reveals in built-in desigh

  A while back I read an excellent article by a craftsman specializing in built-ins. He made the point, and illustrated it beautifully, that designing in reveals at every opportunity resulted…

• Saying goodby to Peter Gedrys

  FWW is being hit by the economic slowdown like many others, and is about to eliminate the Finishing Forum aspect of "Ask the Experts", which is the same as "so…

• Mirka Abranet conversion for sq. pad ros

  I converted my 5" round pad random orbit sander to the Abranet system last year, and am very pleased with both the dramatic improvement in dust collection and the great…

• Garrett Hack’s Chisels

  I'd ask him direct, but I don't find how, sooo..... In many of his video "how too" articles, such as the video "Chop a Hinge Mortise, etc with Garrett Hack"…

• The Veritas MKII and slipping chisels

  I'm getting in a lot of time in my shop, lately, so naturally, I'm confronting a lot of questions. This time it's my MKII sharpening guide.  Works like a champ…

• Sharpening the Small Router Plane

  Santa bought me a Veritas Small Router Plane. Santa must be mad at me. I can't sharpen it for beans. Can't hold it steady enough to not round over the…

• Flattening an MDF bench top?

  I built a sturdy work bench about 3 years ago with two layers of 3/4" MDF, set up nice and flat and well glued together. I've recently noticed that my…

• Old back saw worth having sharpened?

  I have an old steel spine backsaw that I think I would like to have sharpened. It has a 16" long sawplate that extends 3.5" below the spine, and it's…

• Can you make a hole in two “planks”?

  Hi, I have a "countertop" drawn on top of a "top cabinet panel". Now I want to either penetrate the two with a sink component created separately, or, alternatively, "cut"…

• Resizing a Standard Cab Door in SketchUp

  Good Morning, Please see attached sketchup model. I think that I've seen this done on the Blog, but I can't find it. I have a "standard cabinet door" that I've…