elee: I don't think it matters, since I trade off when planing, myself, alternating hands whenever one gets sore. Plus, your dominant hand for writing isn't necessarily your power hand -- us...
Third on the orange stuff, plus it's pretty thick so it'll stick to vertical surfaces. Just be patient with it, b/c it doesn't work as fast as the heavy chemicals, and be ready to do it several tim...
the first time I saw clean, modern, new architecture so thoroughly filthy and debased, as in the lobby of Alex’s apartment building
Heh, my first thought: oh, look, it's t...
Add me to the votes hoping you *don't* sandblast it or repaint it. Then it'd just be a rather awkward-looking metal cart, instead of a grotesquely-yellow cart that's so ugly it's cute, especially w...
What's the difference between automotive tape and painter's tape (other than the fact, I'm guessing, that painter's tape is designed to not pull up the paint under it)? Where would you find automot...
Alternate to semi-gloss might be to try the new scrubbable flat. I believe it's Valspar (Lowe's), and it really is scrubbable -- I took a scrubby with Comet to it and no paint came off. Amazing stu...
cbauch: try a woodworking store. that's where woodworkers gather, after all, so might be someone looking to trade up (to a newer Stanley, frex) and willing to sell one of their older planes. The ot...
Kah: no kidding. Plywood ain't lightweight!
Plus a sheet of plywood's 4x8, standard, but that would make the table 48" high. Uhm. Seems like the table isn't really "a full sheet" if it...
#8 has the rather distressing appearance of looking like it's on the verge of falling apart. The angles! They're all wrong!
Damnit, someone already snagged #7. Not that I'm in need of ...
Teak oil, danish oil, linseed oil, all have good and bad. Just read up on each and that'll help you decide which will work best for you -- because there's also factors like where you use the table,...
@Jenzoe: *dies* I am so stealing that idea. If I ever come across a box of Farrah Fawcett doll heads (or any doll heads, for that matter). In the freezer they will go!, because that's awesome .
I'm a little confused:
1/3 cup evaporated milk or heavy cream
Isn't evaporated milk a non-liquid? Or is this a regional cooking term, and one where 'evaporated milk...
Masonite can get really heavy and unwieldy when you've got a long section of it, even if it does come as shallow as 1/8". Tape's not going to hold it. You'd need to wedge it in there, instead. Use ...
@mntngr: you were probably one of the folks I glared at if you didn't get out of my way fast enough.
@caminante: and you might've been one of the folks joining me in glaring-mode.
samantha9484, I doubt it's malicious, since it seems pretty common for folks to get a "don't touch! might break!" attitude about old homes. Hell, even those in the know aren't in the know, like my...
Paint buildup could be damaging? That's a new one on me, and I've lived in 7 or 8 1810-era to 1910-era plaster-walled. The 'no painting' rule makes me wonder, because if it's been more than 20 yrs,...
Holy moly, orange that goes up the wall and right onto the ceiling -- now that's dedication to a color! I like it, though I'd probably end up single if I tried it.
Is it just me, or d...
I third the Cherrydale rec and second the Breed rec, but where I am now, Breed's a fair bit through traffic, and I've managed to cultivate friendships with the retired experts who now work at my lo...
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elee: I don't think it matters, since I trade off when planing, myself, alternating hands whenever one gets sore. Plus, your dominant hand for writing isn't necessarily your power hand -- us...
Third on the orange stuff, plus it's pretty thick so it'll stick to vertical surfaces. Just be patient with it, b/c it doesn't work as fast as the heavy chemicals, and be ready to do it several tim...
the first time I saw clean, modern, new architecture so thoroughly filthy and debased, as in the lobby of Alex’s apartment building Heh, my first thought: oh, look, it's t...
Add me to the votes hoping you *don't* sandblast it or repaint it. Then it'd just be a rather awkward-looking metal cart, instead of a grotesquely-yellow cart that's so ugly it's cute, especially w...
What's the difference between automotive tape and painter's tape (other than the fact, I'm guessing, that painter's tape is designed to not pull up the paint under it)? Where would you find automot...
Alternate to semi-gloss might be to try the new scrubbable flat. I believe it's Valspar (Lowe's), and it really is scrubbable -- I took a scrubby with Comet to it and no paint came off. Amazing stu...
cbauch: try a woodworking store. that's where woodworkers gather, after all, so might be someone looking to trade up (to a newer Stanley, frex) and willing to sell one of their older planes. The ot...
That last one made me laugh out loud and scare the cats. Utterly charming!
Kah: no kidding. Plywood ain't lightweight! Plus a sheet of plywood's 4x8, standard, but that would make the table 48" high. Uhm. Seems like the table isn't really "a full sheet" if it...
#8 has the rather distressing appearance of looking like it's on the verge of falling apart. The angles! They're all wrong! Damnit, someone already snagged #7. Not that I'm in need of ...
Teak oil, danish oil, linseed oil, all have good and bad. Just read up on each and that'll help you decide which will work best for you -- because there's also factors like where you use the table,...
@Jenzoe: *dies* I am so stealing that idea. If I ever come across a box of Farrah Fawcett doll heads (or any doll heads, for that matter). In the freezer they will go!, because that's awesome .
I'm a little confused: 1/3 cup evaporated milk or heavy cream Isn't evaporated milk a non-liquid? Or is this a regional cooking term, and one where 'evaporated milk...
Masonite can get really heavy and unwieldy when you've got a long section of it, even if it does come as shallow as 1/8". Tape's not going to hold it. You'd need to wedge it in there, instead. Use ...
@zamumlala: Glitter, hunh? *sniffs* How chintzy. If this were my contact-paper 80's-era-Trapper-Keeper design, it'd come with rhinestones , damn it.
@mntngr: you were probably one of the folks I glared at if you didn't get out of my way fast enough. @caminante: and you might've been one of the folks joining me in glaring-mode.
samantha9484, I doubt it's malicious, since it seems pretty common for folks to get a "don't touch! might break!" attitude about old homes. Hell, even those in the know aren't in the know, like my...
Paint buildup could be damaging? That's a new one on me, and I've lived in 7 or 8 1810-era to 1910-era plaster-walled. The 'no painting' rule makes me wonder, because if it's been more than 20 yrs,...
Holy moly, orange that goes up the wall and right onto the ceiling -- now that's dedication to a color! I like it, though I'd probably end up single if I tried it. Is it just me, or d...
I third the Cherrydale rec and second the Breed rec, but where I am now, Breed's a fair bit through traffic, and I've managed to cultivate friendships with the retired experts who now work at my lo...