Pat thanks for the kind words....
Bob, thanks for the positive feedback on the loading dock construction... It took longer notch the legs, but it made it easier to assemble and keep the legs straight while the Gorilla Super glue Gel cured and the joint is a lot stronger. I made a small jig (1/4 inch luan and some 3/4 inch pine which I can push through with the miter gauge on the table saw) to cut them and make the notch cut safely on the table saw, so once I got going it didn't take too long. Just made the one blade-width cut for the notch and then clamped them 3 at a time in the vise and used a utility knife blade to remove the rest of the material...
In a prior post, I mentioned that for cutting all these small pieces of wood and styrene plastic parts, I changed out the 10 inch table saw blade for a 7 1/4 - inch 60 tooth Freud blade. It slows the blade speed down and the kerf on the Freud blade is really thin less than 1/16". Removes less material and feels much easier to control the material during cutting.
Mike, I am not really sure about the ratio any more. I made up two olive jars of the wash, one is very diluted and not too dark, the other is probably 2 to 3 times as dark. Some jobs and materials get too dark and I didn't want to keep changing the strength, so I figured better to have two different strengths..... I make them up in small Olive jars. I switched over to using the stronger 91% alcohol about 6 months ago, it dries faster, and then I have from time to time had to replenish it, so I just kind of "wing it"..... I think if you do a google search, you'll find some recommended ratios to get you in the ballpark....
