Changed the entire plan now. Decided to put the support legs back under the wing on the right side. I thought it had enough support with the rails of the fence but I didn’t think about the tipping point. So for stabilization purposes I pu...
the excitement having the first shop wall up and stable
was so much of a lift for mei went out and started the spray booththinking 12’x16’ to be a good sizebut laying out the plates for the wallsshowed how much real estate that woul...
Oh yea! Time to kick off the summer with the 2nd Annual Whirligig Wars Woodworking Event. Spend that shop time preparing for battle and build a whirligig for the event. We have some great prizes this year from our Awesome Sponsors
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The rails have been assembled, legs attached to the cabinet, a little clean up and should be ready to mortise for the slabs.
It appears I have some corrupted images on my memory card, so may not be able to show any of th...
Sorry to all you that have been expecting a new episode. Things have been getting really busy around the shop and editing a new video has been difficult. I didn’t get to touch the computer until last night. The videos are processing right no...
Installation of the wagon vise hardware – very easy to follow directions!
Gluing up the paduak for the leg vise. If you are going to use the crisscross system, ensure you have a minimum of 2 1/4” final thickness on y...
The big wall was repaired, but to get the roof on I needed to put the steel beams on the side wall, and one on the street side wall. The problem is that the street is so narrow, that if would put the roof on in a conventional way, it would stick o...
I have an old Bailey #8c, type nine. It was getting rusty, and dirty from neglect. Just don’t have projects to fit it’s size. Got to checking the iron. Out of square by a 1/16th! Hmmm, have to fix that. Then, needed ...
Hi all, So I have seen lately a lot of bitching about CL and Kijiji. Personally I shy away from CL, it just seems like people selling stuff on there are more desperate for human contact then to make a sale. However Kijiji, ”that shit is my p...
The feedback I’ve been getting on the pens I’ve been making told me that a lot of people, maybe even most, like the pens best without the band, or center ring. I wanted to go a step further though. It absolutely pains me to cut some of...
Couple weeks ago I have been making some progress on the frame.
I did the clay on the part that will be water gilded, red everywhere except on the columns which were ocre.
I also started the gilding with 23K gold until I run out of gold. I r...
I kept some stubs of perforated angle iron I didn’t need when setting up a set of basement shelves…. They’ve been out in the shed for 9 years….. I knew they’d come in handy some day, and today I used one to mount the...
Patrick has a miror in stock, real nice, with the original glass.
A guy thought he will strip it and then left it for dead. Patrick bought it and now it is on my gilding table.
As it was already half-stripped nothing could be saved, it was t...
Couple months ago Patrick acquired a console table which gilding rather than being repaired was plastered over.
The first thing I tried was to clean the plaster to save the original surface
The back feet were easy to clean as the plaster...
I did follow the WoodWhisperer’s plans for the dog holes as well as many of the other elements. I reversed the dog hole jig to make one for the dog block which was canted in the opposite direction. The only thing that accomplished was i...
Mounted the DC stubs to the bottom and then attached the bottom with TBII and screws.
Using textured one side 1/4” Masonite with the smooth side in for the sloped pieces.
I taped the transition from the slope to the bottom on t...
I have extended the length of the base to make room for more drawers, and also the length of the top to 96” instead of the WW planned 87” since my material was 10’ long and there seemed to be thought at the time that it would be ...
What a fun and busy day we had yesterday! I sent out a quick newsletter to those who are on our Mailing List announcing the updates we made to the site and spent the rest of the day cutting out my Christmas box, filling orders and corresponding w...
I always enjoy seeing slightly different designs in old bar clamps. These two were found on eBay. The top one looks like the seller put the moveable stops on the wrong way though. Wait, Stops? Plural? I guess the seller really doesn’t know ...
Now with the back wall finished, and being in the “cement mood”, I decided it was time to restore the big wall that divides the Workshop on the street-side and our B&B apartment on the other side. This wall is the biggest remaining...
I volunteer sometimes at a local community theater. Usually helping backstage or running lights or something like that. However, a friend of mine was chosen to direct and picked me to build some set pieces. Nothing really major but still, a fair b...
So last night I completed drilling all the pocket holes with my Kreg pocket hole jig. My next step is is use my table saw and dado blades to make a 1/4” slot for the glass on the the side frame pieces. My plan is to cut the slot 1/4” d...
This is part two on my journey of sharpening my lathe tools. The first part was a Fingernail Gouge.
Now on to the standard Spindle Roughing Gouge (SRG) and a Bowl Gouge. Both of these gouges are sharpened at 45 degrees. I started out making a ...
What better use for a pallet than to make a pallet! In this case I made four drink coasters. Fun project you could make with any scrap wood. More on this project and free plans.
Day 2 of the build StorMor finished the roof and installed the overhead door and left me with this.
I had an electrician install the service and rough in the wiring. I spent part of a day installing the insulation and my son came over ...
I should start by saying that I make these boards for friends, all of whom hang them up as kitchen wall art. They have no intention of ever using them to cut on. For a more functional board, I prefer a simpler design, incorporating an end grain su...
Oh yea! Time to kick off the summer with the 2nd Annual Whirligig Wars Woodworking Event. Spend that shop time preparing for battle and build a whirligig for the event. We have some great prizes this year from our Awesome Sponsors
Laguna Tools ...
What better use for a pallet than to make a pallet! In this case I made four drink coasters. Fun project you could make with any scrap wood. More on this project and free plans.
Recently I posted a video covering common woodworking joinery ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqXLYe783qw ) with the help of a few friends. In that video I talked to you all about making finger joints on the table saw and showed you a finger join...
In this time lapse woodworking video I’m using a vacuum bag to laminate 2 panels together, to create a single 3/8’’ thick panel with Bubinga and Walnut on either side. I had the 2 different veneers already on a mdf substrate, so...
Hello folks. This week’s project is a 2×4 porch swing. It will be built with eight 8’ 2×4s. The arms are going to have angled half lap joints. All the slats will be screwed in from below so there will be no fasteners showing ...
The Thorsen House is one of the Greene & Greene ultimate bungalows located in Berkeley, California, one of the only ultimate bungalows in the northern part of the state. Built in 1909 by Hall and Ott and designed by Charles and Henry Greene...
I just realised we are coming up on our 100th episode and would like to take a moment to thank everyone for watching. We would like to feature YOU in our 100th episode. Send a photo or video clip to us and we will post you in the video! Watch the ...
Not everyone has a cyclone! What about those of us with shop vacs and Harbor Freight collectors? This episode is for you- we make two different Thien baffle separators, and we talk filter upgrades.
Plus, part 4 of our bench plane series looks a...
Currently I’ve been working on my wife’s side tables for the living for over 2 months now, things have popped up and i’ve been traveling for work as of late, so it’s been a slow process and now the HEATS coming! :(
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Hey folks. Some familiar faces in the YouTube woodworking community came together to make a collaboration video featuring 4 useful woodworking joints. Check it out!
Half Lap Joints – Presented by Jay Bates JaysCustomCreations.comJay’s YouTube C...
I ask a couple of my woodworking friends to help me talk to you about some common woodworking joinery. Woodworking joinery is the method of joining two pieces of wood together to create a more complex item. Woodworking Joinery is the one thing ...
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