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This week’s question comes from Larry. He writes: I just purchased an Earlex Spray station 5000 and I’m very pleased with its performance thus far. I’ve sprayed shellac, water based dye, and Deft brushing lacquer, all with good results. I woulsd like to get into spraying more l...
This article was inspired by a question from Adam. He writes: “I’m using lacquer to finish a project. I’ve heard a lot about needing to use a respirator when applying lacquer since the fumes are very strong and offensive. I bought some from Lowes (Deft), and it has an almost sw...
This article was inspired by a question from Larry. He writes: I have a question about a damaged finish on antique furniture. My wife’s cousin was cleaning her house and her 3 year old daughter was “helping”. Isabel, the helpful little youngster, sprayed Windex on a number of h...
Again?!?! Every time Woodworker’s Safety Week rolls around, I can count on at least a few folks saying, “Haven’t we covered everything already?!” Yeah, I’m talking about you Shannon. Ha! Honestly though, it is a valid question. After all, how many times can we talk abo...
The Wood Whisperer is proud to announce the first annual Woodworker’s Safety Week. Every year, during the first full week of May, I hope the woodworking world will join me in taking some time to refresh our memories about the importance of safety and proper techniques. Most of you probably ...
7;t think you can go wrong with any of the above finishes. Good luck! And here is Mathew’s finished project: I finished the project a couple of weeks ago for my cousin’s wedding gift. It is a chest made of maple and cherry. When it came down to the finish, I used a mix of 50/50 bullse...
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all judging is being done by your peers.Our first voicemail was from Patrick. His question was on blade maintenance. The second was from Larry with a feedback comment on protecting tool surfaces. He had really good success using Topcoat by Bostick. With our emails we received a follow up on wood to...
Once again, Woodworker’s Safety Week is fast approaching. Starting May 2nd, you can expect many of our blogging and podcasting friends to discuss various safety-related topics and I will aggregate the links here for your convenience. As always, the goal is to look at this as a yearly refreshe...
My shop is small, so I use all available space as efficiently as possible, especially wall space. I have plenty of storage for the small hardware that usually sits on the table in the way. I use the empty space under tables and benches and also under my table saw out feed table. The shop is ...
Every year during Safety Week, I like to spread the love a little and share links from my fellow bloggers and podcasters. Last week, I was quite distracted with website trouble so here’s a quick list of links that were brought to my attention. If you have a blog and you wrote a safety-related...
Let’s check out this workbench submitted by Karen: I just had to write to you. I am fairly new to woodworking, although I started a few years ago. My time has been limited and my progress slow. I made an out feed table for the table saw. It was never intended to serve as a workbench but s...