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    Wood moulding planes

    I am currently reading Matt Bickford's Mouldings In Practice, and I think I've been bit by the wooden plane bug.  I have been trying to acquire a "user" matched pair or two of H&R planes on E-bay, but there are very few real pairs - just odds and ends.  I even bid on a half-set, but chickened...
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    Leather writing surface on fall front desk

    I am making the Glen Huey "New England Secretary" in mahogany, and am planning to actually use the desk for writing.  I want to add a desk leather to the inside of the fall front, but I can't figure out where it should go (see photo).  The fall front is ~ 36"L x 14"W.  The hinges stick in 1-1/2"...
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    Rubbing out a lacquer finish

    A couple of months ago I completed a Baltimore card table (Steve Latta's plan from FWW).  The top coat was 10-12 sprayed-on layers of Hydrocote Resisthane gloss waterborne lacquer.  I waited several weeks before attempting to rub it out.  My goal was to achieve a high gloss (mirror-like)...
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