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  3. Large Wall Mirror 1 2

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  4. From log to workbench journal 1 2 3 4 6

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  5. Texas Trivet - No CNC

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  10. Hanging Hand Tool Cabinet 1 2 3 4 5

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  12. My split Roubo workbench 1 2 3

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  22. Michigan Chocolate Table 1 2 3 4 5

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  24. Helical Drawer Cases (Finished) 1 2 3

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    • Immortan D
      Large Wall Mirror

      By Immortan D · Posted

      I used a similar approach for a large mirror I made 10 years ago. It may be a bit over-engineered, but it’s time-tested. Here's the journal:   
    • fcschoenthal
      What did you do today?

      By fcschoenthal · Posted

      Well, not today, but over the last two days, I thought I would get a leg up on my wife's Mother's Day present. She's been asking for a potting bench for the last year, so I figured I better get around to it. Just quick and simple, built with 2x4's screwed together. One feature that I threw in was the removable portion of the top that holds a 12 gal tote for potting soil or whatever. I also made a little tool holder out of a cedar picket that she can move or take with her. Now she's happy and I got enough husband points for her to leave me alone for a little while.
    • Tom King
      Help choosing handsaws

      By Tom King · Posted

      Handsaws are 26" long and some longer. Panel saws are shorter versions of handsaws typically 20 to 24" long.  I don't own any, never having a good reason to need a shorter saw. Backsaws have a stiff extra piece over the top of the saw plate. 8 pt. is a good handsaw for shortening boards.  I use 10 pt. for cutting wood siding boards.  12 pt. make nice clean cuts on finish work in hardwood. Sometimes a 7 pt. for soft (softer than Yellow Pine) framing lumber. 3-1/2 pt. is a beast of a rip saw, especially if you are trying to rip hardwood thicker than 4/4.    4-1/2 might not sound like much difference, but it is and is my most used size.  I especially like a Disston D8 with 28" plate and thumbhole for the second hand thumb in the handle.   A 6 pt. is okay, but slow and slow is harder on the arm than getting it done. Since the question was about handsaws, I won't get into backsaws.  A lot of new woodworkers call backsaws handsaws.  Don't. The second picture shows a saw box that I built in 1974 and still use.  I sat on that box eating my lunch many days.  The picture with more saws in it was made maybe 20 years ago just to keep the accumulation in a safe place. I also like Sandvik saws.  I think they stopped making them in the late 1980's, so I've bought up some unused ones to keep as spares-ones still in new sleeves in the newer box.  I also have a number of others other than the Sandviks that work good too.   If you use a handsaw to amount to anything, you need to be able to sharpen them. Long backsaw in old box came with Langdon-Acme miter box that I bought new and still use sometimes.  
    • gee-dub
      Large Wall Mirror

      By gee-dub · Posted

      @wtnhighlander - In my area, at about 30 minutes there is no adjusting anything although at this dimension and length there is some spring.  The parts are safe to handle carefully though and could be pulled apart if required.  I do use clamping squares or whatever you want to call them. I also have little squares of MDF or tempered hardboard wrapped in packing tape.  These are used to press the corner flat at the glue line, to the reference surface I am using for glue up.  I put a bit of wax paper between the material and the surface.  The clamping squares assure things are at 90 degrees and the little blocks and associated clamps assure the surfaces are in plane. y Helps to give you those nice air-tight corners whether mitered or not.  
    • wtnhighlander
      Large Wall Mirror

      By wtnhighlander · Posted

      @gee-dub, does 30 minutes of dry time leave the first corner's glue soft enough to fine-tune the squareness when joining the final corners? I usually have more luck achieving square when I can compare corner to corner measurements, than by using a reference square aganst the 'L'. I like the idea of making the frame in two stages, though.

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