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I have come to rely on CA Glue, or Cyanoacrylate glue in my workshop as a big time saver, especially in fixing little problems that arise from working with wood, but many other things in the shop as well and it's no secret I prefer Starbond because the variety of glues and it's freshness, and I enjoy working with businesses that provide quality products.

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There are just so many uses for an instant bonding glue in the workshop, I seem to find some new use for it almost every week ... 
And thanks to the nice people at Starbond who have sponsored this video, AND they are offering 15% off Starbond CA products by using discount code 'Woodworkweb' at checkout - - https://www.starbond.com/?rfsn=2309039.76b483 

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The one thing that every woodworker has in common is what woods to use, and for those who are new to the hobby and often working on a limited budget because of ... maybe some investment in tools ... is the cost of wood. And one of the more common woods that new woodworkers will select is pine for a number of reasons.

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Pine is easy to find almost everywhere, it's fairly economical, often quite flat, light to handle, and easy to work with because of the softness of the wood and it can be transformed into many looks with stains and dyes, but Pine has one drawback ...

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In this episode I have a mixed bag of my own and other peoples tips and tricks to share, for all around the workshop to save you time, sometimes save you money, and always to help get the job done more conveniently ...

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The first tip is something I learned a long, long time ago and haven't used for many years, but popped back into my brain a few days ago when I need to draw some parallel lines and I remembered this trick ... 

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I always love working with people who have more experience than me because that's how I learn new things, and when it comes to pro woodworkers and master carpenters, they have all sorts of little tricks and ideas they use on a daily basis to get quicker and more accurate results, so it saves them time and helps them get top quality results, what could be better??

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The first person I learned so much from was my High School woodworking teacher, "Charlie" Whittaker. When I joined his class he had already been a woodworker and a teacher for a number of years and had many little things he taught us that have served me my entire life ...

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I'm sure the wood jointer was the most frustrating tool for me to figure out how to set and use, but I stuck with it because I understood it was the foundation of everything I wanted to make that was straight and flat, and so I had to make sure I knew how to set up and use the jointer ... but I also learned there is a lot more to jointing wood  ...

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And one of the first things I learned was that setting up the jointer is job number one, and it needs to be done correctly or nothing else matters ... 

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