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I sanded a pine shelf through 120, 180 and 220 grit, wiped the dust off, and put on a medium-brown stain. The result looks like a map of islands: dark patches beside areas that hardly took any color. I tested a scrap aft...
Routing across the end grain of a small hardwood panel keeps leaving a chipped corner just as the bit exits. The cut looks clean until the last centimeter. The bit is sharp, and I'm not taking the full depth at once. I k...
I glued up a small solid-wood tabletop and it came off the clamps flat enough that I felt very pleased with myself. A week later there is a noticeable cup across the width. Not catastrophic, but enough that a straightedg...
I'm making a solid-wood panel for the center of a framed cabinet door. My first sketch had it glued firmly along every edge, but I'm realizing seasonal expansion across the grain could split something. How much clearance...
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