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04-20-2018 11:27 PM
by DalyArcher
Well, I certainly put this on the backburner didn’t I?
Well, following the sheathing of the roof of course I very quickly managed to throw the shingles in place. The local Canadian Tire had a coil roofing nailer on sale for around a hund...
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04-20-2018 10:47 PM
by builtinbkyn
....and having fun doing so. This morning before I had to break for contractor visits, I was able to get a coat of Hope’s Tung Oil thinned by 50% with mineral spirits, on the top. This afternoon about 8hrs later, I hit it with some 000 ste...
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04-20-2018 08:34 PM
by Mrowell
I have finally started construction on my new shop! I ended up waiting a little longer then planned because I have 4 large trees cut down first. I am planning on having these trees (2 red oak, 1 white oak and 1 beach) sawed up into boards then sta...
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04-20-2018 03:01 PM
by Jarrhead
Took my 2hp Grizzly dust collector off the stand and mounted it on the wall. Freed up floor space around my machines. Replaced the the filter bags with a canister style pleated filter on top, and a clear plastic collection bag on the bottom. Th...
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04-20-2018 01:25 AM
by Kelster58
I teach Industrial Arts at a small school in Pennsylvania. We have a wood shop teacher, a metal shop teacher, and I teach Computer-Aided Design. We try to have students begin their projects in the CAD lab and then take their plans to the shop fo...
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04-20-2018 12:24 AM
by HoosierBoy87
I accidentally posted this in blogs rather than projects… Anyway for this entry to be deleted?
Just finished a bowl I turned from a white oak burl. It was finished with a coat of danish oil and three coats of polyurethane. This is my firs...
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04-19-2018 02:28 AM
by TungOil
Rather than dive into all of the hand work to shape the crest rails now, I decide to finish up cutting the side rails. I rough cut my side rail stock a few weeks ago. Now that it has had time to acclimate to the shop, I resaw the 8/4 stock then ...
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04-19-2018 02:16 AM
by bandit571
A few years back, picked an old plough plane at a Garage sale..
Wasn’t much to look at…needed a few things done….was in a hurry, needed a way to make grooves besides a electric router….Tried to fix it up….never di...
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04-18-2018 09:48 PM
by wrenchhead
I made this ladder style bookcase for m wife’s hair salon. She needed a place to put magazines and hair products. I made the bookcase out of Sapele wood. I hope you like it. Thanks for watching!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-rKryj6ISk...
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04-18-2018 01:20 PM
by JimDaddyO
I have one. But it was just thrown together from scraps to test it out. Naturally it worked well, no surprise there, I now strop more than I “sharpen”. The problem with the original one is that it is too narrow for all my plane blad...
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04-17-2018 11:40 PM
by robscastle
Back in Jul 2012 I made a pine Pallet table and stained it Cedar.
I am not sure why I never posted it, possibly because using recycled pallet timber for “fine’ furniture is not really the done thing, and it was actually not complete...
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04-17-2018 04:46 PM
by Ron Messersmith
I’m curious about what woodworkers feel about incorporating CNC into their woodwork. I’ve always thought it would diminish the craft but I’m beginning to change my feelings about it. The potential seems too large to ignore. Any thoughts would b...
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04-17-2018 04:17 PM
by Steve
I spent the majority of the day yesterday finishing up the last elements of the wine rack I’m making from black acacia. I needed four stretchers to hold the front and back together, and as it’s been for all aspects of this project, I w...
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04-17-2018 12:11 AM
by MrLaughingbrook
I bought the HingeCrafter and did one practice set of hinges following the directions as closely as possible. All seemed to go well and indicate I could get better with practice. So, when I decided on wood hinges for my current project then I th...
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04-16-2018 07:11 PM
by builtinbkyn
Last week I picked up a really nice looking slab of mesquite from Rockler of all places. It’s nice and flat and 1.5”x18”x62” roughly. Thought before I went ahead and started work on a much larger slab table using the book...
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04-16-2018 12:54 PM
by GimboBrown
Has anyone done any testing to verify the blowers true capacity?
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04-16-2018 05:13 AM
by bandit571
And took a bit of time for a little Rust Hunting.
Corner is clean and dry…
Stashed the old bandsaw back in the hole…hopefully things won’t get tossed back there so much….I intend to park the router table in beside it....
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04-15-2018 11:28 PM
by Ron Aylor
Side Rails and a Test Drive – After reorienting the horse and the cart, I used my tenon clamp and chairmarker’s tenon saw… … to create a tenon at one end of each of the two 3/4” x 1” cherry side rails. I then cut...
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04-14-2018 10:46 PM
by Joe Lyddon
Howdy all… I guess I cannot wait for me to really cover this subject in as much detail as I wanted… So, I will short-cut it.
My Right Hip Replacement
Back around August 2017, after some xrays, it was deemed that my Right Hip ne...
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04-14-2018 08:09 PM
by Ron Aylor
Cart Before the Horse – I know I said I was going to attach the side rails next, but as I was ripping these parts … … it dawned on me that I didn’t know how long they needed to be. I wouldn’t know the length until the blade att...
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04-14-2018 08:02 PM
by dbhost
https://youtu.be/T212KPnOrnQ
In this video we get the DIY 20u + server rack for my home office / studio build out started.
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04-14-2018 01:02 PM
by EarlS
You are probably wondering why there is yet another dust collection blog, forum, review, or question. It seems like the topic comes up a couple of times a week asking mostly the same questions and giving mostly the same answers.
I was switchin...
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04-14-2018 12:43 AM
by Dave Rutan
The only part of this violin kit that was not included, not mentioned in the auction description, not in the photos, etc., was the saddle on which the tailpiece anchor rides. I decided to make one from a piece of cherry that I got when a tree was ...
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04-13-2018 11:49 PM
by htl
Wanted some spoke wheels so tried out what I thought would be simple but not having made any before they weren’t!!! LOLI started by cutting out some blanks and then using my tread making jig with my drill press to drill for the spokes holes,...
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04-13-2018 06:59 PM
by Ron Aylor
Handles - Having cut out the first handle with a coping saw, I used files and rasps to further define the shape. I then transferred the shape to another cherry board and started all over again. I think these two handles are pretty...
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04-13-2018 05:27 PM
by IantheTinker
I found a brace and some bits at my local Restore yesterday, at a pretty good price to boot! I haven’t found much for identifying marks yet. Just a few “Made in the USA”, pretty sure one says Irwin, some say “cast iron”, and then a few have number...
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04-13-2018 04:05 PM
by Steve
Some time last year, a local lumberyard cleared out the last of their black acacia for dirt cheap. The lumber wasn’t great—lots of splits and narrow pieces, but for the price, it was worth a gamble. After a few months in the shop, I fi...
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04-13-2018 03:01 PM
by Ron Aylor
The Want - For years I have been resawing stock with a rip cut handsaw … both hardwoods … … and softwoods. Although this has proven successful, I have always wanted to add a frame saw to my arsenal, for this purpose. I have hesitated, up t...
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04-13-2018 02:13 PM
by MrLaughingbrook
I’ve been learning to inlay crushed turquoise and have had some problems with the CA glue staining the adjacent wood. I read somewhere that a turner used Deft to protect the surrounding wood during his inlay. It works great and I’ll ...
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04-13-2018 01:49 PM
by MrLaughingbrook
I’ve had a couple of Tagua nuts laying around the shop for at least ten years. I received them as a gift and was not sure what to do with them. Well, I decided to cut one into 3/16 inch thick wafers to see what was inside. I found a very ...
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04-18-2018 09:48 PM
by wrenchhead
I made this ladder style bookcase for m wife’s hair salon. She needed a place to put magazines and hair products. I made the bookcase out of Sapele wood. I hope you like it. Thanks for watching!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-rKryj6ISk...
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04-18-2018 01:20 PM
by JimDaddyO
I have one. But it was just thrown together from scraps to test it out. Naturally it worked well, no surprise there, I now strop more than I “sharpen”. The problem with the original one is that it is too narrow for all my plane blad...
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04-14-2018 08:02 PM
by dbhost
https://youtu.be/T212KPnOrnQ
In this video we get the DIY 20u + server rack for my home office / studio build out started.
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04-10-2018 10:50 PM
by wrenchhead
I made a couple simple end grain cutting boards to use up some scrap maple and walnut I had in the shop and put my new drum sander through it’s paces. Thanks for watching
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6tYldscRZY
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04-10-2018 07:56 PM
by DaveFFMedic
LOML asked me to make a pallet wood accent wall in our kitchen. I set to task of recovering boards from discarded pallets. I searched around and didn’t find any definitive information on the best way to disassemble the pallets. I did some...
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04-10-2018 03:23 PM
by MtnViewWoodcraft
About 8 months ago I began my new journey into woodworking. I had dabbled in the past, but last year (2017) I hit the ground running. Today I have a small, very small, but growing business. During these past few months I have expanded to woodtu...
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04-09-2018 10:04 PM
by Tomy Hovington
I just upgraded the Mandola to a Carbon fiber truss rod! Check it out… https://youtu.be/YJ2A-siNn4g
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04-09-2018 01:18 AM
by YesHaveSome
I had piles of f style clamps laying all across my shop and a couple months ago I decided to figure out the quickest, easiest, and cheapest way to get them on the wall. Here’s what I came up with:
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04-09-2018 01:00 AM
by Tomy Hovington
in this video I’m adding a making and adding a fretboard extension to the H5 Mandola and also Inlaying Abalone to a brnd new Ebony fretboard. Check it out.
https://youtu.be/N-u1g6hZLZQ
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04-07-2018 02:56 AM
by JimDaddyO
Well, I got it all done. A little longer video, but I wanted to get to the end of it with this one while I was editing. Man, you wouldn’t believe the hours of footage NOT shown….lol. Anyway, the build was a fun one and I tried a cou...
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04-05-2018 11:51 PM
by Jerry
So, for all my box making buddies out there, I thought this video I just found today would really speak to you, especially the hand tool purists. This Japanese woodworker steps you through his build from beginning to end, and it’s a fascinat...
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04-05-2018 01:53 AM
by rustednail
One thing I have learned with the youtube channel thus far is that you never know which videos are going to get more views than others. I have made a few videos that I felt were going to do well and get lots of views, likes and comments but got al...
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04-04-2018 02:01 PM
by wrenchhead
I made these bat houses over the weekend. Mosquitoes get pretty bad where I live and it is beneficial to have bats around as natural insect control. These definitely are not fine woodworking projects but they are fun, cheap and easy to make. I hop...
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03-30-2018 04:37 PM
by rustednail
So i recently began making videos and posting them on YouTube. I didn’t really have high hopes for the channel because i know very little about making content that people may actually want to watch. I also was concerned about shooting videos...
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03-29-2018 10:46 PM
by JimDaddyO
Starting to tackle the base of the guitar stand. The piece of walnut came from the firewood pile. This is a recurring role for this piece as it is the one I used in the video checking out the 6” Bosch 1250 DEVS sander. But since you’...
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