Comments on: 98 – Low Entertainment Center Pt. 2

By: thewoodwhisperer

thewoodwhisperer — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 01:34:52 +0000

I definitely don’t mind the questions. That’s why the comments are always left open. The depth really depends on your bits and the material even more so than the router. I usually don’t route anything more than 1/4″ at a time. You can certainly go in 1/8″ increments but for some applications and materials, you just don’t need to be that cautious. But knowing your tools and knowing how they behave is what helps you make smart decisions in the shop. So if you don’t think your router would respond well to it, then you’re probably right. Better safe than sorry.

By: Jaze

Jaze — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 00:50:07 +0000

I’m sure you are getting tired of my comments on these old episodes by now, but I have another question.

You did the dados (dadoes?) for the vertical pieces all in one shot? I thought the “conventional wisdom” was to take no more than 1/8″ off at a time? Is it a function of how powerful your router is?

I think my poor little router would have walked off the job if I had asked it to do that whole thing in one pass.

By: thewoodwhisperer

thewoodwhisperer — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 04:50:39 +0000

Hey Bill. This was discussed above. Scroll up to Waid’s comment. Its about 6 comments down from the top.

By: Bill Velivis

Bill Velivis — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 02:37:07 +0000

Mark, excellent job on the podcast and the project, as usual. I’ve got one of those duhhhh questions. You pushed your router backwards sometimes and forwards at other times. Howscome???

By: thewoodwhisperer

thewoodwhisperer — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 01:53:07 +0000

Hey Bryan. I don’t think Amazon carries any ebony blanks. At least I’ve never seen any there.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 01:49:27 +0000

Mark, I was wondering if you could buy the actual long ebony sticks you used in your green and green ebony plug episode premade from your amazon store,

By: thewoodwhisperer

thewoodwhisperer — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 21:35:03 +0000

Its not really an either/or question. If you want to stain the wood, I recommend doing both. You need the stain to color it and the varnish to protect it. But when it comes to zebrawood, I highly recommend NOT staining it. The wood is far too beautiful to have stain on it. So a few coats of varnish should give you the protection you need. And happy birthday to your mom! :)

By: david

david — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 21:08:59 +0000

what would be better for zebra wood a varnish or a stain cuz i made a picture frame for my mom her bday tommrow so im rushing

By: Chris

Chris — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 00:10:27 +0000

Marc,
I can’t tell you how much I appreciate a professional woodworker showing how to get professional results with a few basic tools. I started woodworking about a year ago and despite the opinions of some woodworking journalists and bloggers who seem to think you can only do decent work with a cabinet saw, I managed to make two nice coffee tables (well really one nice and one not so nice)and a bed stand using only a circular saw, a router, a drill and an RO sander. I especially appreciated your detailed explanation of squaring your dado. This led me to wonder if when making mortise and tenon joints you choose to square the mortise or round off the tenon. In your, or anyone else’s opinion is there an advantage of one method over the other? I would appreciate any feedback. Thank you once again. Video’s like this are EXTREMELY encouraging for anyone who is new to woodworking and I hope you will do a few more.

P.S. I just bought my first table saw this past labor day weekend and have also appreciated the video’s in the archive on basic ts safety.

By: Jon S

Jon S — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:20:27 +0000

Another way of getting it off the floor is to use the 2-3″ hard foam insulation so the entire piece is supported underneath. You could also secure your pieces that will be used for the trim to another board and still cut them with the circular saw (you might have to have another board next to it to rest the saw on)