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I have had luck with the shaper fence in conjunction with the drum sander to sand straight areas between curved sections. It takes careful set-up of the spacing of the shaper fence but it worked jsut fine on a number of boxes I made last year.

Actually it be 'stoddard solvent' of which mineral spirits is one IIRC. Stoddard Solvent Myth: WD-40 contains Stoddard Solvent. Fact: Over the past few decades, the name Stoddard Solvent was synonymous with all mineral spirits. Today, the mineral spirits found in products like ours are more refined...

Here is a good source for a lot of information about the Mark 2:

http://shopsmith-tool-hunter.blogspot.c ... rk-ii.html

Here is one way to do it:

http://www.highlandwoodworking.com/manu ... 26tpi.aspx

I am joining some narrow strips of cedar for my long-delayed canoe project. The strips are 6 to 9 feet in length by 0.25 inches thick by 0.75 inches wide with bead and cove on the long edges. The scarf is supposed to be across the 0.25 inch thickness of the strip and is about 2 inches long (1:8 rat...

The headstock is not on the Way Tubes backward but the tailstock is in the wrong location (for normal lathe operation) and I would put the extension table where the tailstock is. It may be there for reasons unknown to us. I'm sorry but I still think the headstock is on the wrong way around. If you ...

Is it my eyes or is the headstock mounted backwards?

I have been told (perhaps incorrectly) that biscuits don't really add much structural strength (mostly alignment). In the past I have used other joinery for strength like dowel and bridle joints. But lately I've switched to pocket hole screws (where they won't show). I made new storm windows a coupl...

Gee, and they can't change their name back to what it was to begin with: Boston Braves (and Boston Redskins).

While the idea of a roll around clamp cart is very appealing, my shortage of floor space requires that I hang my clamps on the wall and from the ceiling.