Issue 157
Issue 157
Bon Voyage
It’s time for me to get ready for some serious road rash! This coming Saturday (September 16th), I — along with my trusty photographer, Donna Chiarelli — will board a plane headed for China. It will kick off two weeks of traveling from tool-making plant to tool-making plant to see how our favorite woodworking tools are made. The trip will be a challenge. I won’t stay more than a couple of days in any one place, and I am flying on airlines with names like “Outer-East-Mongolian Airline and Storm-Door Company.” Even so, I know that many of you would like to be going with me. Well, I have great news: you are invited … virtually, that is. Just click over to the Woodworker’s Journal Asia Travel Blog for daily updates and images of my trip. (www.woodworkersjournal.com/asia).
I will do my level best to make sure that the blog is as entertaining as it is informational. I am sure that the trip will be a big adventure (which, as Frodo’s companion, Samwise Gamgee, came to understand, “An adventure is just something terrible happening to someone else!”).
So I really must run. I’ve got tons of things to do before I go. But be sure to stop by the blog and see what sort of trouble I’ve gotten myself into.
See you on the web!
– Rob Johnstone, Woodworker’s Journal
What's In Store
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Rockler EZ-Mark: Mark Makes Marking Easy
As Mark Ziegler was building cabinets last winter, he got a little bit tired of having his tape measure out all the time to get the shelf locations right.
Today's Woodworker
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Hammering Out a Woodworking Business, With Lots of Strings Attached
Freemont is home to Dusty Strings, an enigmatic acoustic music store that is a primary outlet for the magnificent Celtic harps and hammered dulcimers made by owners Sue and Ray Mooers and their crew.
Q & A
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Waterbased vs. Oil-based Stains
Could you discuss any pros and cons regarding waterbased versus oil-based stains?
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Sanding Veneer
I’m refinishing 40-year-old plywood kitchen cabinet doors and am nervous about sanding through the veneer, but it appears to be about one eighth inch thick. Is that possible?
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Air Supply Line
Can I use half-inch copper water line to run an air supply line about 45 feet?
Industry Interviews
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A Fitting Name for a Finish that Locks Out Water
There’s no sin in sincere, no good in goodbye, and no water in Waterlox, and there never has been. What is…
Feedback
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Homestead Heritage
Thanks for the article on Homestead Heritage. Could you share the names of the 10 tools and three joints?
