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Thaty is one nice looking chisel rack but for the life of me, I can't see what holds the chisels from falling through the rack. I know I am missing something but I can't figure out what is holding them up. Please tell me the secret so I can make one like it.

Just had to go back to my old college dendrology texts, to see if I could find anything additional on Osage orange. One book says the wood will yield a yellow dye when extracted with hot water, the other says the yellow dye is extracted from the roots.

Anyway, my memory of the wood being used ...

Gene, You've got my attention when you stated that you fill cracks and checks with powdered turquoise, silver and other stones. I would like to try doing this. What can you tell me about it?:o

Bois d' Acr is known as hedge apple, osage orange, bodark among others. The original name Bois d' Arc id French for "Bow Wood" so named because the wood makes excellent bows.

I found out that there is a serious down side to working with this wood. It is hard and makes fine saw dust that gets all ...

Those are some mighty nice looking mesquite boards. I don't know if you have ever done anything with mesquite before or not but if you haven't, let me give you some advice. Mesquite is prone to some serious checking and splitting as it dries. Be sure to seal the ends of the boards and protect them ...

Thanks you, gentlemen, you have been most helpful. These designs are not what I had seen but they are much better. I am going to modify both of the designs and come up with something that fits me best. I especially benefitted from seeing how the cabinet was attached to the bottom rails of the ...

I recently purchased a used Mark V. Along with it came several parrts accessories and tools. While looking through all of the literature and going on line, somewhere I ran across a design for a tool chest that attached to the two bottom rails of the Mark V. It consisted of 3 or 4 drawers aranged ...