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      johnnyb replied to the thread Primer question.
      I'm guessing here but power will be an issue spraying anything thicker than milk(water base)! Primer is particularly thick. Being honest...
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      johnnyb replied to the thread Oak bench finish (outdoor).
      https://www.makewoodgood.co.uk/product/cpes-clear-penetrating-epoxy-sealer/?gad_source=1
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      johnnyb replied to the thread How to enthuse a 4 year old.
      The primeval pleasure of making things usually emerges when someone retires from there lucrative job in IT et al.......
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      johnnyb replied to the thread How to enthuse a 4 year old.
      Humanity is making things and it has been that way for thousands of years. It's a bit like the primeval pleasure from a fire. But let's...
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      johnnyb replied to the thread Primer question.
      Bit of a vague question tbh what type of spray gun. What sort of doors? Interior exterior. Water base solvent base.
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      johnnyb replied to the thread Oak bench finish (outdoor).
      The only method that lasts a bit longer I'm aware of is preserver, clear penetrating epoxy sealer then le tonkinois et al. Yacht...
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      johnnyb reacted to ade99's post in the thread Looking for an elegant joint solution with Like Like.
      * Me too... I really enjoyed making those. :) *I'm now thinking I may make the tenons longer on the long stretchers; as through tenons...
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      Ps I'm not trying to lead you from your ideas just suggesting how they may be conventionalised resulting in that joint being made...
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      That really lends itself to fast and accurate making as the eight leg parts will basically be identical and much stronger. Joining those...
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      I love making those type of things using mitred corner posts. So the corners end up like L shaped with a single blind mortice in each half.
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      I started redwood pine ones with par 9 by 1. Maybe 6 or 7m. Preferably 22mm sometimes 8 by 1 as it gives less sapwood. Don't use spruce...
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      I would also consider how thin the legs are OK for single blind mortices but to thin for intersecting corner mortices. So basically...
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      Ps the whole assembly is not unlike clothes drying racks I make(and sell) Mortice and tenons whilst neat and strong on small frames are...
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      If I gave anything so much thought I'd struggle to make anything! That little top won't move much. If I'd made that shoe rack I'd just...
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      johnnyb replied to the thread How to enthuse a 4 year old.
      I once did a soap carving thing for a large scout jamboree. They all loved it. Next year ooh let's try proper wood and horror sharp...
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