Woodworker Digest - Finishing

Finishing articles:

Raised Garden Fencing #3: All built, 4 Footers Stained

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Published June 3, 2010 at 8:26 p.m.

Well all the frames are built, eight 2’ x 10’ and four 2’ x 4’. Next step is to stain them all and add the chicken wire fencing ... All twelve glued up ... Here are the four smaller ones stained using a all weather neutral/natural stain. It sure did bring out the red tones in the Western Cedar. I do like how that looks ...

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2x4 patio furniture

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furniture, furniture'

Published June 3, 2010 at 6:49 p.m.

These chairs and tables are made from plans from Stevie Henderson’s 2×4 furniture book ... Not pretty but rugged and surprisingly comfortable ... Dirt cheap too ... Made from salvaged treated construction spruce ... Biscuit jointed miters, glued with TB III and screwed ...

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Reclaimed Cedar Baseboards

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furniture

Published June 3, 2010 at 6:48 p.m.

I obtained some old old cedar fence pickets from another furniture builder and turned them into baseboards for the bathroom to match the vanity. They are finished with 3 coats of poly and beeswax ...

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Machine set-up #1: Double stack

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clamps, sandpaper, wood

Published June 3, 2010 at 6:00 p.m.

An excellent way to increase the speed and efficiency of your shaper when running rails and stiles is to stack your cutters ... With the right set-up and coping jig you can quickly switch from rails to stiles and back again with no down time or resetting ... It all starts with your cutters and an appropriate width spacer ... Here I am using Amana’s mission style combo with a 3/4” spacer in between ... More on this later ... After finding the spot you want for the groove, run your stiles

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A great glue which I have tested to the limit.

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lacquer, wood

Published June 1, 2010 at 8:30 p.m.

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After watching Scott Phillips on tv I got increasingly interested In this Gorilla glue. I picked up a small bottle and tryed on the first project I could. It was a box with I actualy sold so I never got to post It on here. It was made with curly maple. So a fairly standard wood ... I spread A healthy amount on each miter and brushed it out. I made this box with no splines because I wanted to put this glue to the test. And boy did I ... First the day after glue up I was outside brushing lacquer

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A good quick finish for small projects.

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lacquer, polyurethane

Published May 30, 2010 at 2:52 a.m.

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Ever wish you could spray a finish without the complexitys of compressors hoses and the clumsy time it takes to clean out the gun after? ... Ever wish you didnt have to go through the effort of the already mentioned set up just to spray something like a jewelry box or small items? Well this lacquer is for you! ... In a convenient spray can just shake it up and your good to go ... You can even turn the tip of the nozzle to change the spray from horizontal to vertical ... It sprays nice and even

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Small Skinner for my Father-In-Law

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drill, drill press, shellac

Published May 10, 2010 at 7:05 p.m.

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Well, after I finished my son’s crib and dresser, I decided a small project was the way to stay in the shop a little and still tend to my family ... Since my father-in-law has just recently taken up bowhunting, I thought a small skinner would be a welcome addition to his hunting pack ... Nothing too crazy here, just a knife kit from WoodCraft (about $20) ... I had some birch cutoffs lying around, so they became handle material ... Sanded them out on a drum attachment for the drill press, a

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Birch Burl, Belt Buckle

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polyurethane, wood

Published May 10, 2010 at 5:52 p.m.

I had lost track of this belt for a long time, but Barb found it in one of our suitcases the other day ... Quite awhile ago a friend of mine gave me some chunks of Birch burl. The original burl was from a large burl ball about 2 feet in diameter, protruding from an 8” diameter tree ... I ended up making quite a few buckles as gifts, & this is all I have left to show you ... Wood magazine had an article about, ”Making wooden belt buckles” in their Dec. 1987, Issue #20, Page 80 ... If

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Front entry way trim pieces

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shellac, wood

Published May 10, 2010 at 3:24 p.m.

The MDF in our entry way bench got wet … swelled up … and … died in hallway combat :-( ... Decided to replace the MDF with tile ... That went fairly well ... Then … of course … the white painted wood didn’t look all that exceptional ... Still sitting on various and sundry pieces of African Mahogany scrap … naturally, I figured I could trim it out like the deck of a ship ... Stile and rail panel on the end cap, with a mahogany ply center ... Three coats of amber shellac ... Two

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Hocking Valley Corn Sheller Restoration #1: Before Pics

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furniture, wood, woodworking

Published May 10, 2010 at 2:18 p.m.

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Hi everyone ... As most of you know I love scrolling and creating intarsia but in order to keep the doors open at midlothian woodworks I also do custom woodworking , furniture repair and restoration work. so here are a few photos of my newest restoration project.These are the “before ” pics of a Hocking Valley corn sheller ... (circa 1900) that I have been commissioned to rebuild and make functional.I will be using quarter-sawn white oak for the wood. Should be a fun project ... Legs have

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