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Dave Balderstone Dave Balderstone is offline
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In article , Roy
wrote:

On Fri, 01 Nov 2013 19:25:36 -0600, Dave Balderstone
wrote:

In article , Gordon Shumway
wrote:

On Fri, 1 Nov 2013 14:35:34 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

I'm building a jewelers bench for my wife. And I'm cutting dadoes for 1/4
walnut ply panels. And was wondering how deep should the dadoes be?

Let's see now...

One said: 1/3 of the thickness the dado is in.
One said: 1/4" or 1/2 of the thickness the dado is in.
One said: 1/2".
One asked something personal about your balls.

For me, I'd go with the 1/4" depth unless the dado is going in 1/4"
material. If so, 1/8" is adequate.

I wonder what the next four or five answers will bring.


Use brad nails, then paint the walnut so the paint drips into the dado
and holds it firmly in place.


Sound advice. Just a couple other points. For proper adhesion, the paint
must
be bright yellow in color. Use some 80 grit sandpaper and sand while the paint
is still wet to fill the brad nail holes. Any leftover paint can be used as a
fine finish on your rifle or shotgun stocks.


I've used magenta and SBB (what we used to call **** Brindle Brown)
successfully as well.

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