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04-23-2018 04:05 AM
by Holbs
Back at it… dimensioned the 4”x6” legs and feet. Hand cut tenons (practice, practice, practice). Initially, tried the Veritas tenon saw at 12 TPI but it struggled through the massive depth. Pulled out a backsaw I cleaned up a...
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04-23-2018 03:53 AM
by deejay34
I should preface this with, this is going to be a long one. The jointer is reassembled, but I’ve run into a few issues, as documented with explanation and a series of videos later in this post. Please feel free to provide any comments, cri...
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04-23-2018 02:04 AM
by Rich
When replying to posts about repairing defects or other voids in wood, I often suggest using epoxy putty. The problem with that is that unless someone has used epoxy putty before, it can seem intimidating. It’s really very simple to use, a...
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04-23-2018 12:42 AM
by Tomy Hovington
Build update on the mandola… Added the Binding, frets, and dot markers. to finish this video with the glue up of the fretboard on the instrument.
https://youtu.be/xr6TVdj_SwY
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04-22-2018 03:58 PM
by WILFREDO
Hello, Im a begginer woodworker and I am having a problem with my dust collection system, to begin is a home depot rigid 16 gallon shop vac, with a dust deputy and a 30 gallon plastic container with a wooden lid. my problema is that it has a ten...
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04-22-2018 03:58 PM
by Rodzilla12man
This is the frame for my new Outfeed/Assembly Table for my Grizzly G0691. I’ll be finishing the top today and will post those pics when completed. It is constructed with glue/pocket screws And 16ga Finish nails shot with my finish gun to attach th...
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04-22-2018 05:36 AM
by highlander33
This table I originally made into a coffee table , but after building some taller legs ,
I think this will make a really nice breakfast or dining table for 2 . The beauty in this California Coastal Live Oak is all in the grain .
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04-21-2018 06:07 PM
by Lalen
So… moved into a new house a few months ago and my wife needs some more storage for her serving dishes, bowls, cake plates and so on. (She has a lot of things to set up for parties etc)
We looked at a lot of things on line, then put toge...
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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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04-23-2018 03:53 AM
by deejay34
I should preface this with, this is going to be a long one. The jointer is reassembled, but I’ve run into a few issues, as documented with explanation and a series of videos later in this post. Please feel free to provide any comments, cri...
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04-23-2018 12:42 AM
by Tomy Hovington
Build update on the mandola… Added the Binding, frets, and dot markers. to finish this video with the glue up of the fretboard on the instrument.
https://youtu.be/xr6TVdj_SwY
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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...
392 views |
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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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