Recent content by feanorelf

Actually I am still hunting here in Italy, but really paste fillers seems not that common: either traditional pumice filling (which is quite diffuculte) or plain shellac / cellulose-based sealers are the used techniques. Now, reading that paste wood is mentioned everywere in US books, I am very...

On a Taunton book about finishing, I have read about this so called "paste wood filler" as great for filling pores, and I got quite curious as it is not that common in Italy (at least, not among hobbyists). I have found some sites selling it the US, but I'd rather not going for it overseas and...

Actually I believed it international, here it is quite common: it is said that Columbus during a dinner challenged several spanish nobles make an egg stand on its end and no one succeeded. Then he broke a bit the shell, and the egg stood. The others complained that this way it was simple, and he...

You think right. And yes... I believe drilling it out would be my egg of columbus. Thanks!

Hallo... I happened to reach this site, being one of the few results googling for Marples M148. I have bought one a couple of years ago, and loved it from the first dowel. But now, for the first time, the 6" rods are not long enough for the work I am going to do. I planned to buy a couple of 1cm...