Let me start by saying that I was having a really good day. I had to replace my pickup and winch for hauling logs. My old pickup and winch however were undersized for what I was doing. I stumbled on to this pickup
It’s ugly but the e...
I’ve been back to doing a lot of pens at once lately. This will be the first of two posts just showing a lot of what I’ve been up to. I am going to separate the ones in this post according to style..
Tec-PensThis is a bolt action te...
After dry fitting the case together, I start making the frame and panel solid maple back. All the measurements are taken directly off the case.
http://youtu.be/RqQ4jotRhic
Picked up a fun, folding-duet-chair thingy yesterday at auction that had a bum leg. Supposed to look like this
But one was this instead
Some cuts with the gent’s dovetail saw (in creative clamping get-up) squared things up.
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I know it’s been a while since I’ve added a post to this blog but between moving into the new house (and shop), holidays, work, etc. I just haven’t had a ton of shop time. I actually put off working on the new shop until after the first of the ye...
Well, I cleaned out the local thrifts shops supply of redwood drift wood.
I am surprised they lasted as long as they did but I am not complaining as this has been a real treasure trove for me. Out of one large root section I picked up a few mo...
I have a 1.75hp PCS Sawstop. I considered the 3hp version initially, but then balked at the extra cost and reasoned that 1.75hp would be more than enough. Fast forward two years and most of my woodworking involves thick 2” slabs…even w...
Well as my journey of processing wood for use in turning continues. I have been looking for a way to cut my own stuff using the bandsaw I have. it mostly works well enough but is not great at resawing. I came across Izzy Swan great channel on YouT...
Making Progress… I’ll let the pictures do most of the talking.
Got all the pcs parts finished. I laid the unit on the ground to see how it’s going to look. (no doors or drawers)
Now I’m starting the finish. ...
It is with a heavy heart that I write this today. My mother had been in the hospital facing back surgery today. I was planning on visiting her yesterday…
Got home from work on Friday morning and found out that she had passed away in the n...
Have you ever wished to scale something up or down, either from plans or from actual objects? Then, you looked around the shop only to realize you don’t have any convenient tool other than measuring with rulers and then trying to convert using som...
This is a real-time blog, that is I am blogging as I am working on the project. As it is my own design I respectfully request that anyone wishing to copy it waits until I have posted the finished project.
I am not showing the pattern, up front,...
The writeup, as usual, is on my Blogger page, but the synopsis is…
I finally, after 17 months of on again, off again, health problems biting me in the tail work… I got the deep freeze moved into the shop.
The process was a bit pa...
This is the Morris Chair I am building.-----Well it’s time to make the corbels so I cut a tongue on some 1-1/8” thick stock. The tongue is 3/4” wide to fit snugly in the leg dado. -----Once the tongue is cut, I place the corbe...
I’m trying to pin down dates and locations for SketchUp Classes this spring. Most likely location is near Cincinnati and most likely time is April or May.
I’ve placed a form on my website to help me pin down specifics, and if you...
Found this today and it almost went into the metal recycle bin .
A fellow at the local recycle depot had them set aside and just after unloading my stuff I looked over as he was removing the tarp from these tables .I ask politely what he was go...
We built a triple bunk bed from aspen logs. The grandkids absolutely love it. The finished project is in the video. The last pictures are of a coat rack I made with the left over log.
You can go here for the video: http://youtu.be/-GjQ0wCP588
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I jumped the back fence several months ago. We have a canyon out there and there is a lot of deadfall and detritus that I like to rummage through for odds and ends that might make interesting additions to my project list.
The last adventure unc...
Hello everyone!
I’m doing a small table project with Purple Heart, and I would like to know if you can suggest what wood filler to use, I want the finish almost like mirror look.
thks in advance for your comments and recommendations!
Last week I ordered 100 BF of black 5/4 walnut
I’m hoping it gets here before I head to Chile for 11 days, plan is to begin some serious projects once I get back. Not sure what even 100 BF looks like to be honest. I figured I had to m...
I have added quiet a few saws to my collection over the years. Been trying to snag a saw vise off eBay for some time. Found me one while roaming through n antique mall this afternoon.
Ok, first rust hunt of this season is done. Picked up an old Plow plane for less than$15
Kind of nasty, though
That metal stril is called the skate. Shouldd be a nice, bright, and shiny steel, NOT a rusty slab of…
The wedges w...
Good morning ladies and gentlemen, my name is nick white. I am seeking the help of anyone interested (ideally in michigan) in helping me make a wall mount gun case for one of my buddies that I served with in Afghanistan. He is an amputee and...
An older couple were lying in bed one night. The husband was falling asleep but the wife was in a romantic mood and wanted to talk. She said, “You used to hold my hand when we were courting.” Wearily he reached across, held her hand...
This one is pretty self explanatory. A hold down jig that can be used for countless items. Joint one edge of pallet wood. Hold down hard to hold items to make angled cuts. Or anything else you can think of. There is a 3” x 3” grid of h...
Well – I spent the day yesterday finishing up the other version of the little cookie cutter animal basket that I showed you a couple of days ago.
The first version (pictured above) was done using the new DecoArt Chalky Finish Paints, ...
Well, I’m up late as usual , researching old ideas that will inspire me, and put me on course fornew ground breaking ideas in furniture design . I ran across the piece above and was amazed !Such a fine example of Mid-Century Post Industr...
Well the progress of my final project has once again been postponed and modified to better accommodate my for the third marking period; as I need to diligently work on my pine box…. Which I will post a final picture of to display that I at l...
Hello to all lumberjocks!
As the title says, I am pretty new to woodworking. I have a lot of questions about techniques, tools, and ideas for projects. It seems as one question gets answered another one peaks my interest. Right now I am interes...
After dry fitting the case together, I start making the frame and panel solid maple back. All the measurements are taken directly off the case.
http://youtu.be/RqQ4jotRhic
We built a triple bunk bed from aspen logs. The grandkids absolutely love it. The finished project is in the video. The last pictures are of a coat rack I made with the left over log.
You can go here for the video: http://youtu.be/-GjQ0wCP588
...
This one is pretty self explanatory. A hold down jig that can be used for countless items. Joint one edge of pallet wood. Hold down hard to hold items to make angled cuts. Or anything else you can think of. There is a 3” x 3” grid of h...
For the first project of 2014 on JordsWoodShop we will be making a simple yet beautiful dining room table with matching bench seats.
In this video we make a solid base for our massive table top.
Email your project photos to: “viewersco...
Hello fellow woodworkers,
I love quilted maple and nothing is more fun than putting some finish on it….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaIzinaIhDs
Thanks for watching
Step 1- find a giant elm
FOUND ONE!
I believe it to be a piece of this one. I’m working on confirming it.
http://www.canada.com/story_print.html?id=ed5f1cca-2ff3-4a5c-a572-e59f074d0bca&sponsor
step 2 – find a giant ...
Weekly Woodworking Wrap-up Review is a video I release every Friday morning where we talk the the latest news and videos in the woodworking world. I also answer viewer questions and discuss what’s going on in my workshop. You can watch the latest ...
This was a simple project using left over end grain butcher block from a previous project! For this interested in viewing the build, check it out here: http://youtu.be/S38ByU6iZys
Thank you and Enjoy!!!
This project is coming along! In this video, I start making the cabinet from hard maple from the base up. All the joinery for the cabinet is held together with dominos. I then route the back of the cabinet to accept the solid maple panel back.
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I needed a new table saw sled for a different saw i’m using. I’m currently finishing a miter saw cut station I built & needed a sled to make small cuts. After having made a few others I notice how wooden sleds react to moisture con...
This month I created a tribute video to Edward Barnseley, one of the last Arts and Craft English woodworkers who created furniture with only hand tools until 1951,. The video captures some iconic photos of woodworking that remind us why we got in...
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