What is Shellac?
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This 11-minute video excerpt, featuring the one and only Don Williams, is a fairly complete answer to a common question, what is shellac? I say "fairly complete" because the video generated a couple follow-up questions in my mind. Fortunately, theres WIA, our annual woodworking conference. Don spoke for 4 hours at the conference this weekend, covering shellac and a lot more. It was a real pleasure to sit []
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posted at: 12:01am on 16-Sep-2014
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Dovetail Joints: How Tight is Too Tight?
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Last weekend I built a dovetailed campaign-style officer's trunk for the San Diego Fine Woodworkers Association and several of the members were shocked when I drove the carcase dovetails together. What was shocking to them was how tight my fit was between the tails and pins; it required a few hard whacks with a dead-blow mallet to seat the tails into the pins. The members asked me a lot []
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posted at: 12:01am on 16-Sep-2014
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Dovetail Joints: How Tight is Too Tight?
Furnished content.
Last weekend I built a dovetailed campaign-style officer's trunk for the San Diego Fine Woodworkers Association and several of the members were shocked when I drove the carcase dovetails together. What was shocking to them was how tight my fit was between the tails and pins; it required a few hard whacks with a dead-blow mallet to seat the tails into the pins. The members asked me a lot []
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posted at: 12:01am on 16-Sep-2014
path: /Woodworking | permalink | edit (requires password)
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