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Gluing odd shapes

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(from Lumberjocks.com)


Nothing new or earth shattering here, but I thought it might be helpful. I needed to glue the two halves of a door harp frame together. The top of the frame wasn't clampable. I thought about gluing on a couple of pieces so a clamp would work, but then remembered some old inner tubes I had from gluing a guitar. I wrapped the end in wax paper and then tied the tube on one leg and then tightly wrapped it around the top. It worked great.

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Past Imperfect

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(from Popularwoodworking.com)


If anyone ever sees that, they're looking too closely. I spend a lot of time looking at antique furniture, often from below. My interest is pieces made about 100 years ago, from the Arts & Crafts period of the early …Source

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Front-facing Child's Bookcase

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It's hard to believe my son is 7 years old since I built this bookshelf for him, but if there's one project that continues to get a lot of use it's this bookshelf… I made it out of one sheet of furniture-grade plywood and that cost me about $40 back then.I've seen pictures of similar front-facing bookshelves, but I wanted to design one myself. It took a little while to figure out how things would go together, but I'm totally satisfied with the result. I even made use of the open back by adding some shelves to store unused books. The top is a nice shelf to put things like a clock, pictures, etc.If I made one again I think I'd use a sprayer to paint it. From what I remember it wasn't easy to paint with a brush, let alone with two different colors. But it really did turn out great and still gets used 7 years later.

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Carbide Mini-scraper

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A friend needed a small tool to clean out glue inside small places. So I made him a mini-scraper using an indexable blade from my planer, screwed to a turned handle. Each blade is about $3, plus the screw and …Source

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