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The Jack Rabbit Deluxe Set provides an excelent solution to endlessly swtiching from drill bit, to counter sink, to driver bit.

In my earlier post on Behlen’s Rockhard Table Top Varnish, I talked about a finishing schedule of mineral oil, shellac, then varnish. HOLD THAT THOUGHT! Here’s the problem: the first coat of varnish doesn’t adhere properly to the shellac if you do it the way I described.

I came home with a Rigid 4 gallon wet dry vac and the hope that my $70 purchase would be everything I wanted. What I wanted was a shop vac that was quiet, small, cheap and filtered fine dust.

By popular request*, I decided to add an email subscription to Nothing Severed Yet. You can use this to get the latest NSY articles sent directly to your inbox, bypassing that pesky “web” thing completely. It’s sort of like when the boss in Dilbert has his secretary print out his emails, except that I take…

In the process of talking to Dave Wright, I realized that he was the author of the greatest chisel review I’ve ever read. It’s so good, in fact, that I wanted all my readers to have a gander at it too, so he gave me permission to reprint it here.

Just ran across a great deal on a Sjoberg workbench from Woodworker’s Source.

Dave Wright has had one of these saws since about when I posted my “SawStop?” piece. Real reviews by regular woodworkers who paid their own money are starting to trickle in.

Darn it, I completely forgot to tell you all about the winner of the apron from the NSY Free Tool Review. Richard S, in Williamsport, TN, was the lucky winner.

My walnut dining room table needs a little tinge of red. I’ve been mulling over how I’m going to do that for a while, and per my usual habit, I’m going to share my thoughts and findings with you.

I found a real gem I had to share. It’s called “Understanding Wood Finishing: How to Select and Apply the Right Finish”, by Bob Flexner. It’s been out of print for a while, and copies were going for $30 and up, but it was recently reissued as a paperback.