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Woodworking is full of different kinds of clamps that are designed to be a solution for almost any clamping or gluing situation. Sometimes we only encounter these special situations very rarely and some of us don't have specialty clamps .. unless it is something we are doing quite often, like picture frames, or even box making.
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To help solve some of these situations and to give woodworkers some ideas of what can be done, or even some thoughts that will help them come up with other solutions that work for them, here is a quick rundown of things I have encountered in the past ...
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I try and remember to add some of my well-used tips and hacks, that I have been using for years, but some of them I have been using so long, I forget that many other people have never seen or heard of them so here today are some old and some new ...
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Mixing Shellac
I love using shellac, it frequently gives and nice tone to the wood without overpowering the color and while still protecting the wood, but the problem with shellac is that it doesn't last very well and needs to be made fresh ...
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I love how innovative woodworkers are, just when we think there is nothing left to improve on, there is a whole wave of ideas and techniques that woodworkers willing share with one another ...
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This episode where are starting off with a tip from Johnny, who is gluing a couple of short - angled pieces onto a wooden base. As we all know this is a near impossible to try clamp a couple of pieces of wood like this ... and yes, there are other ways to attach them, but sometimes those other things aren't readily available, so we make do with what we have ...
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Making zero clearance table saw inserts can be quite easy, depending on the model of saw you own. Some of the portable saws and less expensive saws this is not the case, but the techniques used in this methodology can also be applied to other situations so there is value even if at this time, you don't own a table saw that can easily have different inserts made for it.
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The main purpose for having a zero clearance insert is to be able to bring the saw blade close to the sides of the insert and this is done for 2 reasons ...