Andy Rae Archives - Page 2 of 6

Bonjour, I have bought a nice piece of cocobolo and I would try to make a Krenov style plane using it. Is it possible to glue an oily wood as…

Hi Andy, I have a chair that was brought into my shop with a back leg whose rear bottom was broken out from a caster's stem that had gotten angled…

Need some help pricing a veneered conference table. It is 4 independent tables that when all together form a "donut" shape, except with 45 deg angles, not a circle. I…

Any recommendations for lubricating the main screw(steel?) on my woodworking bench vise ?

Good Morning, I have no idea which expert to ask, the question relates to a bench I am making, it is based almost exactly on the bench in Lon Scheining's…

I recently cut down a large cherry tree on my property.  I wanted to bandsaw some bowl blanks out of some of the sections.  Can I just use straight, melted…

I ready the email from Fine Woodworking regarding the benefits of using Urea formaldehyde glue for bent laminations.  It does not mention if this glue is waterproof.  I am planning…

I am making a bed for my daughter and it has 6 drawers underneath. The drawers will be 22 1/4 inches wide and 26 inches deep and 5 3/4 inches…

I'm planning to build a rather small table, 28 x 50 x 17 (b x l x h). The extra is there's a bottom shelf between the legs at about…

Andy, I just finished a desk gallery unit in curly cherry. I applied about 5 coats of Benwood Quick Dry Varnish, thinned 50% with mineral spirits, so basically a wiping…