Recent content by AMarshall

+1 on TheWoodWhisperer.com and his videos. He's super accessible too, and e-mails will get answered personally. All the forum recommendations were good too, but the best forum for beginners (IMHO) is woodtalkonline.com.

I have a couple shop cabinets in my woodworking shop that have a lever system like you describe. I use them as the base for a woodworking bench so I wanted them to be very stable when the wheels are up. Here's a SketchUp pic of the underside. On each side there is a hinged board with two...

This one too...

Thanks!

Oil based poly starts off being slightly amber and will yellow further over time. Traditional water based poly starts and stays clear. Furniture builders actually like the ambering effect that oil based has - we say it adds warmth to the wood. So we are starting to see water based finishes...

Tung oil or something similar will be easy to resand and fix later. This is the traditional finish for woodworking workbench tops that get flattened every year or so. It will soak in without building a protective coat. Poly or any other varnish will form a film that is much more durable, but...

A similar situation happened in my neighborhood recently when a new house was built which was too tall for our local codes. We're in an older neighborhood with a lot of 30's bungalows, and the current trend is to knock down older houses (most are poorly maintained and not much of a loss) and...

I will second the idea of purging materials you may never use. I have a small 16x20 garage/shop and I hate to throw out anything larger than a toothpick! I built a plywood storage rack that hugs one wall and holds about 8 full sheets, about the same thickness of cutoffs, and lots of small...