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01-22-2019 05:58 PM
by Tomy Hovington
I just added the latest build progress of the Mandocello build. In this one I’m adding tone bars, the Virzi and also making some tap tone in between steps to really hear the changes happening on the soundboard. Let me know what you think!htt...
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01-22-2019 05:35 PM
by Stofrank
Glueing the top was time consuming, I only felt comfortable with three piece at a time which was left clamped for at least 24 hours. In all total there will be 28 pieces to complete the top. During this portion of the process I sometimes wished I ...
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01-22-2019 08:46 AM
by mnguy
Last year, I bought some Artisan dyes to play with. I like the surprise, random figure I sometimes get with maple segmented pieces, and thought dye would be a great way to have some fun and accentuate the figure. This bowl was intended as a test p...
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01-21-2019 07:35 PM
by Dave Polaschek
I did some more experimenting this weekend.
First up was some spalted elm for the surprise swap. I think I’ve got some stuff I can use!
Next some rotted oak. We were interested to see just how spongy the wood could be and still be worth ...
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01-21-2019 11:10 AM
by HappyHowie
I made twenty cutting boards for Christmas gifts this year. I choose a Woodsmith plan as my basis for its design. My primary wood was 8/4 rough sawn cherry. After cutting the long timber into manageable lengths I milled them four square: a flat...
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01-21-2019 10:04 AM
by bandit571
2 hour shop time last night, 4pm to 6pm….parts for the lid were taken out of the clamps, sanded clean, and squared up. Bread board ends needed trim a bit. Found a strip of scrap that I could use to set the “meeting angles” of...
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01-21-2019 09:38 AM
by Ken90712
Outside is getting close. The weather has been challenging to say the least. The 2 sliding barn doors need to go up, gutters, some drip edging and small items and the outside will be done. Today with a light dusting of snow they’re working i...
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01-21-2019 07:30 AM
by JimDaddyO
A longer format, which I prefer doing. This one completes the vanity to a functional state. Not yet completed, but with colder weather closing in there will be less time in the shop. I am passing along some information that I have gleaned over tim...
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01-20-2019 09:43 PM
by Holbs
I had a couple PM’s asking where I’ve been. I’ve been kind of in the midst of a total make over for my 2 car garage, doing things the right way this time around instead of the hurry up way. I plan on putting things up in the pr...
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01-20-2019 07:41 PM
by Rich
I need to do a repair on a table top which involves matching the color of the filler to that of the surface. If you’re a male and — like most males — challenged when it comes to color perception (it’s a physiological reality — men are far more li...
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01-20-2019 10:14 AM
by HappyHowie
I have been making a new shop cart for my garage woodshop. I took a Woodsmith plan and upsized it. I am going to use it at times as an outfeed table from my Saw Stop Professional Cabinet table saw. I added 3 inches to the height of the original...
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01-19-2019 11:15 PM
by builtinbkyn
It’s been a while since I did an update on the shop. There’s been an awful lot of things that have demanded my attention for the past six months or so – mostly projects around the house and some family obligations back in NY. B...
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01-19-2019 05:53 PM
by bandit571
Among other things…4 hours of shop time…..wasn’t that great of a day..meh..Began by tracing around the desk, once it was as centered as I could get it….then drill a few pilot holes…
Was hoping I would miss a few t...
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01-18-2019 03:03 PM
by TrentDavis
https://www.trentdavis.net/wp/2019/01/18/choosing-a-sawstop-contractor-vs-professional/
In this article I go over the important differences in the SawStop Contractor Saw and the Professional Saw.
I’m sure I didn’t cover every...
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01-18-2019 10:53 AM
by WoodWorkLIFE
In this video I looked at a few popular hand planes in my collection and through history to show the development of the hand plane from the second century AD through the modern era.
In my collection are the Sandusky model 13, Stanley Bedrock nu...
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01-18-2019 05:19 AM
by thedude50
Found a shop rental. The owner is asking for 1500 a month. Hopefully we can do it before the first of February.
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01-17-2019 07:00 PM
by bandit571
Where was I? Had some mortises to chop?
Well, I set up the router table, to mill grooves to hold all those pencils/pens
Needed a few of these chopped out. Backer strip for the pencil holder..Was going to use the thin Ash strips…...
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01-17-2019 06:23 PM
by Stofrank
The top of the bench is made from reclaimed maple church bench seats built in 1937, that was acquired a few years ago. What was interesting was that seats had been positioned in the round, each of them had a inside and outside radius that would ha...
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01-17-2019 05:54 PM
by theoldfart
Some time ago I stumbled across a mitre jack in an antiques shop. I had read references to them here on LJ’s so I knew what it was. I had to do a repair and a lot of cleanup to get it working. After that I had to figure out how to use it on ...
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01-17-2019 04:23 PM
by woodetal
Video of fish moving in the wind. More latrer if this works.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZ41Iv8hkRUhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKYqh7cfXFk
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01-17-2019 01:10 PM
by Orvile Baker
I sent this to projects and I guess that was the wrong place to put it . I wanted to make sure my friends on Jocks got it. (no-name) to put in here or forum, hope it is right this time because 3 other Jocks said it happened to them overnight. I ha...
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01-16-2019 07:17 AM
by Jeff_harden
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01-15-2019 01:25 PM
by A Slice of Wood Workshop
This time I have two simple projects. Over the course of a year I accumulate a bit of tools and left over scrap stuff. I also have a tendency to have things follow me home from yard sales, estate sales, and auctions. Now don’t get me wrong, ...
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01-15-2019 12:09 PM
by Emanon
While goofing around with my drill press (aka The Beast), I was amazed that it required a bunch of clamps to get the wood to be still enough to actually do some drilling. Bolstered by the encouragement from some friendly folks on this site I deci...
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01-15-2019 09:53 AM
by Tomy Hovington
So, after weighting the pro and cons I’ve made up my mind and will install a Virzi in my M’Cello. Although it will be my first time playing around with one, It is something I want to ,First, have in for the sound it produce, second to ...
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01-14-2019 07:43 PM
by Stofrank
While I was milling the components it took me a few months to decide on suppliers for the leg vise screw and I found one on e-bay and I have to say for the price and quality I was completely blown away. You have to check it out. See (bricklicken)A...
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01-14-2019 03:15 PM
by woodetal
Wooden fish weathervanes: Fish Story
This may not be a fish, rather an icthyosaurus that paddled the great Basin in Nevada/Utah and the rest of the world forever ago. This is a photo from Burning Man, 2013 that was created and installed at t...
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01-14-2019 11:42 AM
by woodetal
Wooden Fish Weathervanes
Wooden Fish Weathervanes: New here. Thought I would add to the discussion. This chronicles the path that it took to make the wooden fish weathervanes that are moving as the wind blows. This is truly a work in progre...
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01-14-2019 09:45 AM
by bandit571
Figured I could at least finish the dovetails. Had the pins from the front done earlier. Used those to mark out the tails, and the bandsaw to make a few cuts….easier than using the handsaw, and I can see the cuts better..
Used a board ...
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01-14-2019 09:29 AM
by mnguy
About a year and a half ago, a friend who is a tree trimmer gave me a ~5’ length of cherry log that had saved and stored by his garage for many months. I cut it into lengths roughly equal to the diameter and let them sit. I figured since the...
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01-22-2019 11:58 PM
by Tomy Hovington
I just added the latest build progress of the Mandocello build. In this one I’m adding tone bars, the Virzi and also making some tap tone in between steps to really hear the changes happening on the soundboard. Let me know what you think!htt...
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01-21-2019 01:30 PM
by JimDaddyO
A longer format, which I prefer doing. This one completes the vanity to a functional state. Not yet completed, but with colder weather closing in there will be less time in the shop. I am passing along some information that I have gleaned over tim...
346 views |
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01-17-2019 11:54 PM
by theoldfart
Some time ago I stumbled across a mitre jack in an antiques shop. I had read references to them here on LJ’s so I knew what it was. I had to do a repair and a lot of cleanup to get it working. After that I had to figure out how to use it on ...
1013 views |
25 comments |
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01-17-2019 10:23 PM
by woodetal
Video of fish moving in the wind. More latrer if this works.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZ41Iv8hkRUhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKYqh7cfXFk
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01-15-2019 07:25 PM
by A Slice of Wood Workshop
This time I have two simple projects. Over the course of a year I accumulate a bit of tools and left over scrap stuff. I also have a tendency to have things follow me home from yard sales, estate sales, and auctions. Now don’t get me wrong, ...
830 views |
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01-15-2019 03:53 PM
by Tomy Hovington
So, after weighting the pro and cons I’ve made up my mind and will install a Virzi in my M’Cello. Although it will be my first time playing around with one, It is something I want to ,First, have in for the sound it produce, second to ...
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01-12-2019 07:48 PM
by LastingBuild
In the last post, we assembled the flywheel and mounted it to the frame.
The treadle pedal mechanism is made up of an oak offset block housing the flywheel axel and offset axle or crank (not sure the correct term).
The pedal is made ...
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01-12-2019 02:21 PM
by WoodshopTherapy
I recently finished some drawer organization work using 1/2” maple. I wanted to divide up the space in the cutlery drawer in our newly remodelled kitchen. I figured out a way to put the organizer in without having to put holes in the drawe...
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01-10-2019 11:07 PM
by JimDaddyO
I am finally getting a chance to get more up to date on things. In this video I start building a vanity for the bathroom we are renovating. Made from mostly solid cedar to go with everything else we have done so far. I go through the process of...
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01-06-2019 10:13 PM
by A Slice of Wood Workshop
Quick and Easy build to add onto your table saw.
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01-06-2019 02:32 AM
by JimDaddyO
The last project of 2018. Doing a bunch of changes to a nice Strat. Making a nice guitar a beautiful guitar. Happy New Year everyone! Thanks for looking in on my videos. Every view counts.
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01-02-2019 02:28 AM
by LastingBuild
It took some sweat equity but the flywheel is finally done. I ordered a few extra bow saw blades this time in case of another blade failure. Now that the flywheel is mounted in the lathe frame, it is really starting to take some shape. Once I get ...
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12-29-2018 05:31 PM
by Krunoslav
A colleague from a similar forum was given the task of making a cupboard with 36 mm thick walls and doors that would completely cover the walls. Of course, hinges can not be seen. Blum does not have the original hinge for such a thing, so today I&...
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12-28-2018 09:31 PM
by Tomy Hovington
Here is the latest video in the Mandocello build serie! in this video i’m cutting out the apertures and prepping the edge of the rim for the soundboard to Rim glue up.
https://youtu.be/pk_kwW5pYMA
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12-22-2018 03:35 PM
by JimDaddyO
My neighbour asked me if I could build a table for her TV to sit on. Originally, she wanted it painted, I talked her out of that after I milled up the stock for the legs. A lot of work using re claimed and left over wood but it turned out pretty...
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