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Using the Versatile Block Plane Roundovers Edges are simple to shape with the block plane. For chamfers less than 1/8″ you can usually eyeball the cut as you move the plane along the edge of the board. For wider chamfers, first draw a layout line on the workpiece as a guide. Flush Trimming There […]
(This article is reprinted with permission from the System Three Blog) The most common errors using two-part resin systems packaged in cans or bottles involve measuring and mixing mistakes. Over the years we’ve seen just about every conceivable way to make these errors. These include everything from forgetting to include either the resin or hardener […]
by Jeff Hovis (JeffH on the Glen-L Forum) You can do some interesting things with PVC. I made a stern light/flag mast from PVC and then veneered it with Mahogany veneer. I used the stuff without the paper backing. You simply roll the back side with yellow Tite Bond glue and let it dry until […]
Editor’s Note: “Things To-Do with 15 Minutes” was “lifted” from an interchange between Bill Edmundson and several of our other builders in the Glen-L Boatbuilder Forum. Bill writes: While reading posts in the Glen-L.com “Boatbuilder Forum” Sailboats section I found Robert from Dallas, Texas (forum User Name “Razopp”) and others had complained about finding time to […]
Following on from the weekly newsletter where it recommended to drape wet towels overnight, I bought a 2.5m (10 ft) section of drainpipe and connected it up to my wife’s curtain steamer using some duct tape. I let it run for thirty minutes after steam was coming out of the other end and the longitudinals […]
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