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  1. General Woodworking Discussions
    Feeling pretty frustrated here. I don't have a jointer so I put together a planer sled out of 3/4" plywood and have been running my 4/4 walnut stock through it. I've cut the wood down to length, each piece is 26" (final will be 24"). I'm pressing down on the wood on one end and putting shims...
  2. General Woodworking Discussions
    I was cutting some shapes out of 1/2" plywood and noticed the slant along the thickness of the work-piece. I realize this is because the blade isn't being held at exactly 90 degrees. What are some good hand tools I could use to correct the issue on this piece? Are sanding blocks the way to...
  3. General Woodworking Discussions
    Building a dresser for the little one. Carcass is made of a combination of 3/4" ply, sitting on a 3/4" walnut base with more 3/4" walnut on the sides of the dresser. In other words, 3/4" everything. I've been assuming I'd make the walnut drawer faces 3/4" as well. But I'm curious what the...
  4. Wood Finishing
    Question in the description. I'm using some nice birch plywood that's finished on one side, but failed to account for a few small areas where the opposite side of the ply will be slightly visible. I'd like to try to match the look as well as is feasible. I have a few different finishes I can and...
  5. General Woodworking Discussions
    I've been working with this bit of plywood, and I was hoping these bluish stains would sand out, but they have not. I googled and came with information about some kind of fungus (blue stain damaged wood). This kind of looks like a drip-shaped mark though, so I'm not sure if it is that. Is...
  6. General Woodworking Discussions
    Hello all. I've been trying to build some cabinet carcasses for the shop to prepare for eventually making the real thing for the house. Try as I might, I often get boxes that are ever so slightly (or sometimes clearly) out of square (different sessions). It doesn't make that much difference if...
  7. Travellers tool box: birch and 3/8 plywood

    Milled the wood to 3:4, rubber gaskets, 3/8 ply for front and back. Latches and handle. No internal compartments yet, waiting to see need. Oak edging. Dec 2018 popular woodworking issue.
  8. General Woodworking Discussions
    Hello! I'm a fairly light woodworker who's set up for DIY weekend projects. I'm planning out a shelving using in my house and love the look of oak. After looking at the selection of solid oak boards, it may be easier for me to go with a veneered oak plywood for my build due to cost. The...
  9. General Woodworking Discussions
    I have a house with original cabinets from about 1960. All were site-built, and in great shape other than one warped cabinet door. The door is about 44" tall x 20" wide and made from 5/8" plywood with hinges on the left. It's warped over the years enough so that the top right corner is almost an...
  10. Wood Carving
    I think I'm in the right forum, but if I'm not, let me know. Thanks! I'm building a table top to put on top of a pool table. Because we're in Wisconsin I'm worried about moisture driven expansion and contraction. I want to use plywood so that it will stay close to the rails during any kind of...
  11. General Woodworking Discussions
    In a bit of a chicken and the egg situation here. I'm working on building a workbench that will double as an outfeed table for my Dewalt contractor saw. In order to do that I need to cut down some large pieces of plywood, which is difficult without any sort of infeed/outfeed! I don't have a...
  12. Wood Finishing
    So I bought a house and it has an outdoor bar that was left unfinished by the previous owner. I asked him about it and he said it has a few coats of polyurethane on it but that's it. This may be a stupid question, but do I need to sand down and remove the polyurethane before I attempt to stain...
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    Old toy box
  14. General Woodworking Discussions
    We're going to build a large desk using birch and want to keep the edges exposed but paint the top white. We're planning on rounding over the edges a little, maybe using just a 1/8" bit to smooth out the sharp edges. Should we paint the top first and then round over the edge or will that make...
  15. Wood Finishing
    Hello, I am restoring a roughly 50 year old trailer my great-grandfather-in-law built. I am using a sheet of 5'x10'x1" baltic birch exterior plywood for the floor, The 2' tall sides will use the same type 1" thick plywood, cut from 4'x8' sheets. Metal trailer frame will be painted gloss...
  16. Design & Plans
    I am trying to build a single cabinet door for a special project at home. The dimensions of the door will be about 32" wide and 46" tall. The door will also be like a picture frame, with the center cut out, the frame being about 2.5" wide around the perimeter (leaving about 29 inches cut out in...
  17. Design & Plans
    I'm looking to upgrade the look of my bathroom vanity. Instead of replacing it completely I thought I'd just swap the panels. So instead of the plastic-like white, I'd like it to be a nice walnut wood. Basically simple flat panels, like the existing ones. Question is, how? (I'm not experienced...
  18. Design & Plans
    Hello all, First time poster here. I’m ramping up to make a bathroom vanity, simple shaker style. But I’m struggling with how I handle the difference between actual wood thickness and nominal thickness. My background is mechanical engineering and I’ve fully designed the cabinet in Solidworks...
  19. General Woodworking Discussions
    I am making a torsion box using 3/4" plywood and overlapping the boards by cutting slots using my dado blades. In most instances, everything works great. I have run into a problem where the blades will not cut through a few of the boards. They stop and spin against the wood. Anyone have an...
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