| This blog is written by Al Navas | 44 entries so far |
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A small conference table - the build #8: Finish the underside of the top, and get walnut ready for the legs
From my blog - Friday's work: After applying four layers of the Target Coatings’ EM2000wvx top...
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A small conference table - the build #7: Apply varnish to the top, and more on the legs and aprons
From my blog: Where I was a while ago: Application of the Zinsser SealCoat™ (an alcohol-based,...
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A small conference table - the build #6: Start applying the finish to the top, and set up legs and aprons
I continue work. For the upcoming several days I will continue applying the finish to the top; to...
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A small conference table - the build #5: Glue-ups, surface flatness, anxiety, and 100X-200X magnification
On a previous post, on another forum, my friend rhino commented that removing the glue prematurel...
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A small conference table - the build #4: The top is ready for finish
From my blog: Progress! The table top is back, cut to final length, and sanded (sorry, no...
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A small conference table - the build #3: The top is ready for sanding
From my blog: Whew! Today was time to glue up the two halves of the table top. I trimme...
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A small conference table - the build #2: The full-size table: Gluing up the top
My thanks to all who read and looked at the beginning of the build of the full-size table. Now...
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A small conference table - the build #1: Preparing the boards
From my blog: Now I start the full-size conference table for a client. This table will be 2X t...
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My tools #1: Adding long legs to the Leigh FMT
From my blog: Sometimes a project calls for drastic action. This is exactly what I had to do, ...
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Woodworking in America 2008 #12: Bevel-up vs. Bevel-down Planes
From my blog: Christopher Schwarz moderated this session on the second day of Woodworking in A...
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Woodworking in America 2008 #11: Video Episode #39 - Advanced Dovetailing with Frank Klausz
This is the latest video from the series Woodworking in America, in Berea, KY. From my blog: ...
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Woodworking in America 2008 #10: WIA: Part 3 of 3 - Forgotten Workbenches and Workholding
This is the last video on my blog on the session on Forgotten Workbenches and Workholding. More t...
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Hand-cut dovetails #2: “Cutting to the line”
From my blog: This one is for Betsy, at Lumberjocks.com. Betsy has had trouble cutting to t...
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Woodworking in America 2008 #9: WIA: Part 2 of 3 - Forgotten Workbenches and Workholding
From my blog: In this video episode Christopher Schwarz, Editor of Popular Woodworking and Woo...
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Hand-cut dovetails #1: Graduation day: Hand-cut dovetails 101
From my blog: I started my hand-cut dovetail journey this past September. In this post I share...
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Workholding #1: New Leigh hold-down clamps: Workholding made easy
From my blog: Christopher Schwarz made a terrific presentation at the Berea Hand Tool Conferen...
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Woodworking in America 2008 #8: WIA: Part 1 of 3 - Forgotten Workbenches and Workholding
From my blog: Over the years, Christopher Schwarz has built many benches – from the Roma...
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Woodworking in America 2008 #7: The Schwarz dances
From my blog: For your viewing pleasure: A very short video. I extracted some of Christopher S...
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Woodworking in America 2008 #6: WIA - Scrapers: History, Preparation and Use, Part 3 of 3
From my blog: ===========This is Part 3 of 3 of the session on Scrapers: History, Preparation ...
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Woodworking in America 2008 #5: WIA - Scrapers: History, Preparation and Use, Part 2
From my blog: ============== Background: By the end of Part 1, Christopher Schwarz had c...
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Woodworking in America 2008 #4: Scrapers: History, Preparation and Use - Part 1
Scrapers are often misunderstood, and many of us produce mostly dust instead of nice, thin shavin...
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Woodworking in America 2008 #3: In 2008, the Neanders came to Berea...
From my blog: Ahhh… Nostalgia time! Hopefully this will give some people who use hand tools...
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Woodworking in America 2008 #2: Bench planes, with Deneb Puchalski
From my blog: I want to share with you this terrific session, which I captured on video and is...
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Woodworking in America 2008 #1: Dovetailing: Pins vs. Tails with Klausz and Underhill
From my blog: I have posted three entries, each with video, of the Dovetailing: Pins vs. Tails...
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Design #1: A conversation with Neil Lamens on Design: Form
I am happy to share with fellow Lumberjocks my first audio podcast. My special guest is none othe...
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Tips #2: Suntan your cherry, #2
From my latest blog entry, First, my thanks to all who read my earlier entry, and sent me e-ma...
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Children and woodworking #3: All skewered up on the 4th...
Well, not really woodworking, but fun stuff nevertheless :) From my blog. NOTE: Several more p...
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Tips #1: Suntan your cherry; make your own buttons
From my blog: Total video length: 22 min, 51 sec. In this episode I show: Why you should ...
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Test for abie - Do NOT open...
OK, since you DID open this, you will given 5 lashes with a wet noodle. This is strictly a...
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My hand tools #1: Stanley 66 Universal Hand Beader
From my blog entry: A-beading I will go… I had a dilemma to solve: How to decorate th...
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Children and woodworking #2: Mulberry trees, and berries!
Well, not really woodworking, but there IS wood in them thar trees! From my blog this past wee...
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Krenov-inspired cabinet #3: Overlapping rabbets to fit the doors
From my blog: In this episode I show how overlapping rabbets provide one solution to fitting t...
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Krenov-inspired cabinet #2: Knife hinges
For the hand tool users: If you have any suggestions on how I could improve my chisel technique t...
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Children and woodworking #1: Three girls, three hammers, and a Catamaran
From my blog: I had an opportunity today to take three of our granddaughters to one of the loc...
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Krenov-inspired cabinet #1: The doors
From my blog: This time I show how I made the frame and panel cabinet doors, with emphasis on ...
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Cool stuff for Leigh jigs #2: Isoloc templates
From my blog: Available in six joint patterns, Isoloc joints and templates are unique to Leigh...
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Cool stuff for Leigh jigs #1: UGS and VRS
Before proceeding with more videos on the Leigh jigs, I want to share some cool stuff that has ma...
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Dovetails on the Leigh D4R jig #5: Summary
From my blog This is final episode on the D4R jig. It shows the Technical Bulletins that are a...
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Dovetails on the Leigh D4R jig #4: Sliding dovetails
I just added this episode: Sliding dovetails on the D4R jig. You can see how easy it is to make t...
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Dovetails on the Leigh D4R jig #3: Half-blind dovetails
I think many of you will enjoy this short video, too: Making the Half-blind dovetails in the D4R ...
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Dovetails on the Leigh D4R jig #2: Through dovetails
This episode shows in detail the procedures to make Through dovetails on the Leigh D4R jig. Th...
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Dovetails on the Leigh D4R jig #1: Start of a new series - the Leigh D4R dovetail jig
Instead of posting these to the Forum, I found from others’ posts that it is a better pract...
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An Intro to the Leigh FMT
I want to share with you my latest: I have created a short video, An Intro to the Leigh FMT, the ...
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A Bookcase Entry
Here we go, folks – this time for real. Someone must be first, and I volunteer. This is...
