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Comment on Rough Cut Recap: Coopered Leg Table by ronaldo

ronaldo — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 15:56:25 +0000

Yo Tommy what’s up?
“futaie” is French for a part of a forest containing a majority of mature trees (in the sense of being exploitable.)

“High forest” is a literal translation for “haute futaie” and it is not really correct; it actually means a futaie with tress with age above 120 years old (the term varies, some people say it is above 200y-o.)

-Rondo

Comment on Rough Cut Recap: Steam Bent Lounge by jason

jason — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 03:10:24 +0000

When can we get the plans this awesome project. Tommy, what you do is very incouraging to a young entrepreneur in woodwoorking. thanks looking foreward to seeing the plans and the video again.

Comment on Rough Cut Recap: Steam Bent Lounge by kentuk55

kentuk55 — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 23:53:40 +0000

Big fan, and watch Rough Cut religiously.
I have a few quick questions.
1. Which dust mask are you wearing on your show when you’re cutting wood?
2. While watching you cut on that Powermatic Band saw, (I have the same one), I noticed that the Carter Tension arm is in the “relaxed” position….. I know when my blade is tensioned, that arm is up. ???? Is that wide blade the reason, or, ???? I am puzzled.
Thank you for your answers.
If you don’t want to post your answers here, please drop me an email. I will appreciate it.
Thanks again.
Roger My email is: Kentuk55@yahoo.com

Comment on Thanksgiving and Pilgrim Woodworking by nani

nani — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 20:52:17 +0000

why when i “log in”, i go to “word press blog”. love the show but the wife hates it. what does she know.

Comment on Rough Cut Recap: Coopered Leg Table by cokenr

cokenr — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 00:26:35 +0000

Loved the episode as I am currently making a dining room table of ash that a friend gave me. He cut down a tree and had it milled. However it has considerable knots and blemishes and I missed the details of Tommy’s use of epoxy to seal a big knot in his table. What kind of epoxy was it. Is there a special kind for this. And when it dries, do you just sand it and stain it? I’m kinda new to furniture making.

Comment on Rough Cut Recap: Barley Twist Lamp by drivecenter

drivecenter — Sun, 21 Oct 2012 21:44:38 +0000

Drive centers pressed in with a vise give square firm grip.
Claw hammers have potential to fragment as well as to deform the end of the drive center.
A brass hammer will do a better job with less risk of injury or damage.

Comment on A St. Louis Radio Show Host’s Rough Cut Appearance by pat1tm

pat1tm — Sun, 01 Jul 2012 21:34:36 +0000

Hi Tommy,

As a huge fan of the show, I wanted to say what a pleasure it is to watch you do your thing. I wish you could do a new show TWICE a week! I enjoy the guests you have on the show, and the one I really want to see is Norm Abram. He is such a legend in this craft, and having him on the show would be the season highlight. But if you do get him, you have to do a 2-hour show and build something really cool!

Cheers,
Pat

Comment on Rough Cut – Woodworking with Tommy Mac Nominated for Another Daytime Emmy by frankstanford1

frankstanford1 — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 13:40:04 +0000

Sorry it didn’t work out this year. Small “rough” spot in the road. Next year……yay!!! Nice to see you the other day. Stop in any time. I have a cool red on black tank top, medium. Would it fit you??

Comment on A Closer Look at an Arts and Crafts-Style Chair by terrier

terrier — Thu, 03 May 2012 13:43:49 +0000

on the chair plans, does the finish cut size include the tenons, or should they be added to the length?

Comment on Pondering the Potting Station by kates

kates — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 21:41:41 +0000

I would love to see a real “rough cut” rustic how to where the piece is made from a tree–hickory bark and all. Just like Old Hickory Furniture Co of Shelbyville, Indiana.