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WHIRLWIND ADD'L PICTURES
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Jewelry Box
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Vee
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Walnut Bowl, and two new Hairsticks, Marking 1 year on Lumberjocks!
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Reclaimed Pine Benches
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Thank you
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Downdraft Sanding Table/Workbench
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cribbage table
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Maple display case 2, with ash floor
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Maple display case with ash floor
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Chisel Rack
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WHIRLWIND
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New Addition to my shop
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Deco-Inspired Mirroir
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Alice the Tiny Box
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Faux Raised Panel Cabinet door redo
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Urn to be
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NWTF Convention 2007 Duck Call with Lamination
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Foyer Hall tree
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Cypress Cross for Church
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MOTHER NATURE, THE TURNER
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Chip Carving Project
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Workbench
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Scroll Style Spoon
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New Wood Carving
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Oak Intarsia High Chair
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Loch Ness Box
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Greene and Greene Side table
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rustic arched king bed
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repost hanging swing
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Ezee-Feed Progress #1: New Movie for Ezee-Feed.
Hi everyone, The latest on the Ezee-Feed front is that a short video we’ve been working on for the past few months, has been completed. I’m pleased with the company that produced it for us, and if anyone is looking to have somet...
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one of my rants vs fair play merchandising
Not too long ago I purchased a pair of Ridgid lithium ion drills and diligently filled in the lifetime warranty and submitted same to the offices in the U.S.Today I recieved via my e-mail a 20% off offer from Ridgid as follows:From wood stuff 2010...
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Arts & Crafts Dining Room Set #21: Dry Fit!
I found another day off, so I immediately ran out into the shop before I could get distracted. I was able to finish the joinery on the base ends. As with everything else in life, the relative ease of the BeadLock Pro has disadvantages in repeata...
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The Studio Furniture Movement#3
My path to enlightenment appears to be rather random. LOL I am discovering the woodworkers path, and the sculptors path as well as architechs and others can be lumped into Art? Found and interview with Krenov. It was great, he was a true Lumber...
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My Journey As A Scroll Saw Pattern Designer #91: Quite An Adventure on the Horizon
Yesterday, as I was struggling with one of the warmest days here since coming to Nova Scotia, I received a thrilling phone call. It was from the Showcase Chair of the Northeastern Woodworkers Association. His name is Ken Evans and he called me r...
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Router bits #1: Paint or no paint
Anyone here ever talk about painted router bits ? I have used many types of router bits over the years and bits without paint seem to last longer than the painted ones. I have unpainted bits that are 3 &4 yrs old, still in good shape. I get mo...
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A little advice
Greetings all. Since I’ve been actively adding to my shop lately, cost has become an issue and has set me to thinking… Just how much money do we have tied up in our tool collections? I think many of you would be surprised at the...
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Just for Fun... #31: It ain't Z Z Top...
...But she’s got Legs!!Yesterday was a really good day!! My objective for the day, was to put some legs on this small table I’m building… Of course, I have no clue how to do that correctly, but nonetheless I proceeded… My v...
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Secret Soss: A simple Soss hinge jig #1: Just add Soss
In two recent projects, the Copper Patina box and the String Box II, I installed Soss hinges. I had once thought of a way to adapt a regular square hinge jig to make routing the mortises for the Soss hinge easier. It turns out, with this jig, it...
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Workbench #2: Milling the Wood
I have just started and am already realizing that this is going to take a looong time. This is the first large project I have taken on that requires all the material to be milled. I usually use a good bit of plywood because the real stuff is so ex...
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Carving a corbel #1: from start to finish
Let’s see if this works AGAIN , No It did not! IT ONLY SHOWS HALF THE PICTURE. Sorry guys I have done this 15 different ways, 50 times This is it. I will leave this one on here but I will not do this again. It is to much work with all these ...
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Extremely Average #240: An Update...
Hello All, I sold my first tiny box yesterday and decided to put up another one today. I also cleaned the shop and did some more finishing to the boxes I have now. There are lots of pictures tonight. http://su.pr/2RrGNM Brian
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AUCTION SALE AGAIN !
Who out there has a crafstman model 137.279590 band saw. I went to the auction and got this one for $120. It comes with 3 new blades, 1 1/2 hp motor. Heavy as heck. To me it is larger than my rockwell Beaver that I bought WAY back. So far I am hap...
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Guitar Build Progress Report #6: Update for 9-1-10
This is the 6th post in a series about this guitar build. 9-1-10: Well, it’s finally starting to look like a guitar. I spent today mounting the neck and the pickups. It appears that I still need to develop some sort of “string-thru...
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Workbench #1: Getting Started
My son and I are finally getting started on our workbench. I have been dreaming of one forever it seems. I originally wanted to collect enough dogwood for the top. But, after a while and a lot of effort I gave up on that. Then last year I ran into...
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Bookcase and Wall entertainment unit #5: Almost ready for finish on bookcase
This week has been spent getting the remainder of the lower bookcase units put together and ready for finishes. We have spent some time making our molding for the top band and trimming out the rest of the unit. The final assembly will get finished...
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Milling Weekend LJ event - Murchison, NZ #5: final - Forest bounty
As the last post to the milling weekend, here is the haul from the weekend, stacked and now air drying. Starting MC is well above readable range on my moisture meter, therefore in excess of 45%, so very ‘green’. All told, about 40 b...
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Maloof Rocker - Padauk #4: Setting aside for now
I have decided that I am going to put this project aside for a bit and concentrate on a different chair. After ruining my second set of back legs I need a bit of a break. The problem with Paduak is that it splinters like crazy. Love the grain l...
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Rectangular designs #1: Sinusoidal concept - the COSINE CURVE
I started this blog separated from the spiral design because all the designs that will be posted here will be in a rectangular form. If you extend that circular arc by projecting it linearly, then a Sine wave will be produced. The distance of ...
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SPIRAL DESIGN #3: Endgrain discolorization ..... solved.
I have experimented on how an endgrain can retain its original color and grain pattern. Here are some observations: 1. Oil based stain, tung, linseed, and others … will absorb more and will be very dark than as expected base color even h...
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Morris Chair Project! #13: That stripper works wonders!
That stripper works wonders, but I got lot more work to do.
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My Radial Arm Saw- Not just a cross cut saw
Ever since I bought my first house a few years ago I had always wanted a nice sized workshop in my 2 stall garage. This year I was able to really get going on it. My dad who is also a woodworker was kind enough to give me his Radial Arm Saw which ...
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Desk Build #4: Episode 10 - Drawer Box Construction
As we continue on in our build we get to where we need to build the boxes for our drawers. I run through it and explain about setting up for the drawer slides.
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Getting into carving
As most of you know my Grandmother passed away in July. Well. this past weekend was her memorial service. The Grandkids were allowed to go through her stuff and grab some momentos. Well, I really loved all her carvings. Noone else touched her carv...
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A journey into the workshop. #66: More cleaning, oh yeah, I remember that stool!
So with what little time I could eke out for myself again last night, I managed to get out to the shop and do a little tiny bit more cleaning, I finished moving a stack of lumber from next to the workbench only to find that it was hiding a GIANT m...
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Some new planes i found on craigslist
Yesterday afternoon I responded to an ad incraigslist. No pictures, it said: “I have a large collection of antique wood working tools, planes, levels, augers, etc. that I need to sell. A few modern as well. All original and in great shape...
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Floors part 2: some finish pictures
We put 4 coats of WaterLox Tung Oil on them and they turned out great….well at least we think so…my wife says she feels like she is in an antique store the way our floors look…... The pictures don’t do the floor justice...
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Floors part 1: Floors.......problems?? what problems? I'm not sure what your talking about!! Part 1
I know this isn’t really woodworking to the level most of you do….but it is wood and I am working…...I don’t get to do much built in work lately. This is as close as I get…......this is part of our “Whole hous...
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Desk Build #4: Episode 10 - Drawer Box Construction
As we continue on in our build we get to where we need to build the boxes for our drawers. I run through it and explain about setting up for the drawer slides.
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127 - To Kill a Vampire
Right Click to DownloadRight Click to Download in HDSubscription Options Turning on the lathe is one of the most relaxing and enjoyable parts of woodworking. Every time I turn I ask myself, “Why don’t I do this more often??”...
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Sandpaper Tip
Here’s the last tip for those scrap blocks laying around your shop.
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Daily Update #80: August 30, 2010
What’s happening in the shop for August 30, 2010. Just got back from the IWF show. It was a lot smaller than in the past. Usually there are three buildings. This year there were only two. Some of the companies I make a point to see each...
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A Keychain is Born ~ 8/30/10 ~ With Video
I must apologize for my lack of interaction here on LumberJocks. I am on the night shift at the paper mill and my neighbors don’t dig the 2:30 am woodworking bit, so I have been limited to my keychain work and ya’ll have seen that. It ...
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Clown toothpick holder
Like, how many times have you wished for a clown toothpick holder but didn’t have one? Here’s my clown template if you’d like to download it and use it for this or anything else.
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My Shed #2: A quick walk around.
Here be the second episode… just some of the tools I have and a quick walk around the shed.
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Let's Build a Magazine Case
As featured in the Let’s Build series... Many of woodworkers receive woodworking magazine subscriptions in the mail each month and as the time goes by these magazines accumulate. These magazines are a great source for reference and als...
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Gift Plate Part 1.
After the end of the potato harvest,I finally got to work in my woodshop.The first turnning was this plate made as a gift.
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Torque Workcentre at work.. #29: Sorry about that?
Sorry about the PINK bearing covers… The guys who are making the covers thought it would be a little bit of fun to make a set in PINK.... I don’t care who you are… that there was funny…Here are the real covers in BLACK .....
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My Shed #1: A short introduction....
Well, after a lot of soul searching and many requests… I finally made a small video introduction… Now you will know what my ugly mug looks like and whether I have an accent or not… depends where in the world you hail from… ...
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Woodwork Projects For Any Skill Level #1: Try To Build A Bed
I have attached a video to help the beginner try and build a bed. It’s a relatively easy project even for the amateur. This was one of the first woodwork projects I ever did. If you need any help, send me a message or comment on this blog. H...
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Flush Trim Saw Maintenance
Have you ever noticed that over time your flush trim saws begin to not behave very well? With repeated use the teeth can begin to get slightly off set and can mar the surface of your work piece. To get around this problem I use a water stone. ...
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HOW TO REPORT A SPAMMER ON L/J?
I got an email from http://lumberjocks.com/didierld this person today: didierld. This guy (or girl) is a horrific spammer.. beware do not reply to this guy unless you want to do as I did- tell him to GET OFF THIS SITE. I don’t know how t...
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Firewood sawing & Storing #1: The Original Woodcutter's Helper
The Original Woodcutter's Helper is precisely that, it measures the log you are sawing to your exact specifications. Its simple & effective. Firewood the same length stacks tighter & neater saving space. Never struggle with trying to fit a...
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