Agreed, Heneage. Vile is exactly the word.
If it's right now, it's trying really hard to be the 70's -- that's an LP sitting on the ottoman in the foreground.
The ...
Once I figured out shellac wasn't nearly as intimidating as it might seem (due to its connection with finer woodworking and the horrors of padding as a finish), I fell in love and use it on pretty ...
Hah. My grandmother gave me a book of etiquette that she'd been given upon getting married. Second printing, 1921, I believe. I took it home and promptly began reading random passages out loud to m...
Following links: my mother's Lennox pattern is very similar to Noritake's Atlantique. It's not a bone white, but a creamy almost-yellow, and she's mixed it with a variety of platters, bowls, and wh...
My mother's china is Lennox, but it's a pattern very similar to Maestro, and she's had it for almost 40 years now -- and it doesn't look dated at all. It's simple and elegant, and while fashionable...
My first reaction: what is that thing in the middle, just floating there!? The angle of the photograph (and the sheer color of it) makes it look like it was superimposed via bad CGI. I mean,...
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...
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Agreed, Heneage. Vile is exactly the word. If it's right now, it's trying really hard to be the 70's -- that's an LP sitting on the ottoman in the foreground. The ...
Once I figured out shellac wasn't nearly as intimidating as it might seem (due to its connection with finer woodworking and the horrors of padding as a finish), I fell in love and use it on pretty ...
Hah. My grandmother gave me a book of etiquette that she'd been given upon getting married. Second printing, 1921, I believe. I took it home and promptly began reading random passages out loud to m...
Following links: my mother's Lennox pattern is very similar to Noritake's Atlantique. It's not a bone white, but a creamy almost-yellow, and she's mixed it with a variety of platters, bowls, and wh...
My mother's china is Lennox, but it's a pattern very similar to Maestro, and she's had it for almost 40 years now -- and it doesn't look dated at all. It's simple and elegant, and while fashionable...
My first reaction: what is that thing in the middle, just floating there!? The angle of the photograph (and the sheer color of it) makes it look like it was superimposed via bad CGI. I mean,...
You can have him if I can have the jointer he's using.
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...