Questions tagged [hardwood]
Wood from dicot angiosperm trees, generally leafy trees.
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Restoring the finish on linseed oil-finished cabinetry
Thirty years ago I built two bookcases from an unknown tropical hardwood. I was in a tropical environment, but knew the cases would end their lives in the Midwest. Given that, I chose to finish the ...
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Head board with shelves, what joinery would you use for wood movement?
I made the platform/bed area last year out of cherry and now I'm making the head board section.
I am a little perplexed on the correct methods to use. I know when I did the platform end that the ...
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Drying European hornbeam for knife handles
I have a piece of hornbeam wood which was cut green. I plan to make a couple of knife handles from it. Now it's extremely wet.
Does it make sense to try to force dry it? If yes then do smaller pieces ...
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Cracked Hardwood Desk
So I'm a bit of an novice woodworker who's taken a class only done one or two small projects from there. I recently bought a desk from a seller online and it arrived with a small crack in it. They ...
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Can you use a jointer and planer on hardwood with gnarls?
I am trying to smoothen an oak board with a huge gnarl.
I just put in brand new knives and set the difference between the infeed and outfield tables to 0.25 mm, which I think is quite small.
Even so, ...
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Sanding woods of different hardnesses perfectly flat
I'm making a chess board from jatoba and maple. I made a mistake in my planning stage, and mis-interpretted the max width of my planer. As such, the board top is now just a bit to wide to go through,...
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How to smooth out an inside cut?
I found this image online (https://www.tattootribes.com/multimedia/110/Ilaria-BE-heart-tattoo.jpg) that I have traced onto a piece of oak about 1 3/8" thick. I used a bandsaw to carve the outside ...
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How to fill 2”x12” gap in hardwood floor with something that looks nice
I have a 1-2" gap in my hardwood floor after I needed to swap a larger register with a smaller one.
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I need to replace a 12" x 10" supply register grill with a 12" x 8" ...
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How To fasten rubberwood desktop to electric motorized steel base, in easy detach/ knock-down way using Fasteners? e.g. Wood inserts?
How To fasten rubberwood desktop to electric motorized steel base, in easy detach/ knock-down way using Fasteners? e.g. Wood inserts?
I'm designing & putting together a workstation desk with the ...
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Plywood or Pine for bed base sub-structure
I'm planning on building a base for a queen-sized mattress, and need to decide on a material for the base's sub-structure frame. I am planning on covering/cladding this frame with a hardwood like ...
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Connecting a 2x4 to hardwood floor.. without screws?
I would like to put up some glass walls in a rented space that has hardwood floors. The issue is that the hardwood floors were replaced right before our lease and management is reluctant to allow ...
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What is a good US Wood to repair some Jarrah furniture?
We have a table and set of benches in the garden, made of Jarrah wood. The only treatment they've had is regular coating with Jarrah oil, so they are nice and dark.
Some of the benches have recently ...
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I'd like to make 3" thick table legs using 3/4" oak veneer core plywood. Will this design work?
I'm designing a red oak table with 3" thick legs. I haven't found anywhere local where I can source 3" thick red oak boards, and the cost would probably be prohibitive anyway. So I thought I'...
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I want to know the total wood requirement for my sofa set [closed]
I want to make one three seater and 2 single seaters. the dimensions of the same are attached.
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Expansion of wood countertop with built in bookshelves resting on it
We are installing some cabinets with built in bookshelves and like the look and durability that a hardwood countertop would provide.
Our question is how to replicate the example installation above and ...
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