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adventures in woodworking and home maintenance, from my shop in an oversized backyard shed

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Furniture Polishes

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Dip Stick Cartoon002I spent most of the decade of the ’90s trying to make sense of furniture polishes. Claims from manufacturers were (and still are) all over the map. Even worse were all the contradictory opinions of my professional-refinishing colleagues, museum conservators, furniture-store clerks and my customers. I figured out pretty quickly that furniture polishes couldnt possibly replace the natural oils in wood because only a few exotics, such as teak and […]The post Furniture Polishes appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.

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Small Changes to my Moxon Vises

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moxon_overall_IMG_0097Since I began making Moxon-style vises in 2010, Im made several dozens for students customers and have made some small changes to the way I build them. Above all, I try to keep my Moxon vises as simple and compact as possible, which is why I havent added tables or other gizmos. Here is what my latest one, which ships out today, looks like. The most significant change is that […]The post Small Changes to my Moxon Vises appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.

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Furniture Polishes

Furnished content.


Dip Stick Cartoon002I spent most of the decade of the ’90s trying to make sense of furniture polishes. Claims from manufacturers were (and still are) all over the map. Even worse were all the contradictory opinions of my professional-refinishing colleagues, museum conservators, furniture-store clerks and my customers. I figured out pretty quickly that furniture polishes couldnt possibly replace the natural oils in wood because only a few exotics, such as teak and […]The post Furniture Polishes appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.

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