Mechanical Drawer Slides
Furniture maker Mark Edmundson explains the differences between the three basic slide options: basic bottom-mount slides, side-mount slides, and undermount slides.
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Extracting Screws from Reclaimed Wood
Yoav Liberman demonstrates a few tried and true methods for removing stubborn screws in reclaimed lumber.
Read moreReplacing an old Hope Chest Lock – Part 3
After reducing the volume of the original half-mortise using two strips of wood and addressing the crack in the shallow recess of the catch plate (read part two of the story here), I decided to fill the old screw …
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Replacing an old Hope Chest Lock – Part 2
After fine-tuning the quirks with the new replacement lock and its brass catch plate, I turned my attention to the cedar hope chest’s half-mortise. I measured and compared the existing depth and width of the half-mortise with the dimensions …
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Replacing an Old Hope Chest Lock, Part 1
Last winter, a friend gifted me an old cedar hope chest. The piece was made by her late father-in-law, an amateur woodworker. Since she and her husband were preparing to sell their home and move to a smaller place, she …
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