Recently I was pressing some marquetry that was 26” long. That’s not necessarily a problem with hot hide glue unless your press is only 20” square ...
I built a new sliding hatch for Friendship last year to replace the $136 piece of medium bronze acrylic that I sat on the while setting up some rig...
If any of you are interested in trying hide glue but think it is messy or inconvenient / slow to apply on larger glue-ups. I can tell you about it ...
There have been several discussions here lately about hide glue so I thought I might post a little primer I made up a while back to answer some que...
The trip to Desolation Sound actually took only eighteen days, due largely to good weather and some scheduling requirements but was an amazing succ...
(This isn’t wood related but will take place partially on one of my posted projects ) I’m going to be away from the forum for about three weeks if ...
There’s certainly nothing new about using mirrors to check veneer matches but this week, when I needed to do some matching I had an idea that some ...
Back in my boat building days I periodically had the need to spray some very toxic paints. A fresh air supply is highly recommended for these occas...