| This blog is written by CaptainSkully | 74 entries so far |
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Arts & Crafts Dining Room Set #21: Dry Fit!
I found another day off, so I immediately ran out into the shop before I could get distracted. I...
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Arts & Crafts Dining Room Set #20: Joinery Shortcuts
I was able to squeeze another good day in the shop around work. I ran off to buy some more oak, ...
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Arts & Crafts Dining Room Set #19: Getting Back on That Sawhorse... (or Table Legs Redux)
It’s been months since I’ve been able to do any woodworking. I guess being busy in t...
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Arts & Crafts Dining Room Set #18: A Little Progress...
I finally had a day off, so I chopped up the messed up lock-mitered legs by setting the blade rig...
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Simplicity Wooden Clock #3: Yet More Drawings...
I finally got an afternoon in the shop, so I took my drawings out and was preparing to start slic...
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Arts & Crafts Dining Room Set #17: Table Top Post Mortem
We’ve been using the new top on top of our old table until I can finish the base. Over the...
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Simplicity Wooden Clock #2: Back to the Old Drawing Board...
So, after what feels like months, I was able to do something in the woodworking arena. I ran ove...
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Darrell Peart's Aurora Sofa Table #7: Truant
Well, it looks like I won’t have the money for Darrell’s class at William Ng’s ...
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Simplicity Wooden Clock #1: The Plan
Since I can’t afford a bunch of quarter sawn white oak to finish the dining table right now...
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Arts & Crafts Dining Room Set #16: My Final Answer...
I took everyone’s advice and went out into the shop this morning to fix the lock-miter. I ...
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Arts & Crafts Dining Room Set #15: He's Got Legs...
Today, I bit the bullet and tried out my 45 degree lock-miter bit to make the four-sided quarter-...
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Arts & Crafts Dining Room Set #14: The Paradox of Quartersawn on Four Sides...
I ran over to the lumber yard and picked up some 4/4 for the base and a stick of 8/4 to make a si...
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Arts & Crafts Dining Room Set #13: It's All About the Template...
So today, I cleaned up the shop a bit and started on the template to make the back legs. Bas...
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Arts & Crafts Dining Room Set #12: Rodel Chair Layout
So I took a few minutes to draw this up in AutoCAD (sorry I’m not up to speed in SketchUp y...
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Arts & Crafts Dining Room Set #11: Next Step...
So, the new top is in daily use. I put seven or eight coats of Bristol Finish water-based po...
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Arts & Crafts Dining Room Set #10: Make Like a Tree & Leaves
I was able to successfully refinish my boo boos on the breadboard ends. I also sanded the leaves...
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Arts & Crafts Dining Room Set #9: My New Stickley Finish!
So I followed the recipe I synthesized for the pagoda tile frame and applied it to the top and br...
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Arts & Crafts Dining Room Set #8: Welcome to the Big Top
So, I decided to go with the Kevin Rodel Taliesin desk design as my table base. This involved a ...
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Arts & Crafts Dining Room Set #7: I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep...
When I bought the $500 worth of quartersawn white oak a few months ago, I promised my girlfriend ...
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Woodworker's Dictionary #10: Hide Glue
The inability to find the adhesive during the assembly process because your shop is so messy.
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Woodworker's Dictionary #9: Woodworker's Vise
The tendency to obsess about woodworking at the expense of all other important aspects of your li...
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Woodworker's Dictionary #8: Bench Dog
The furry companion that lays down in the sawdust right in front of your workbench.
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Woodworker's Dictionary #7: Router Guide
The manual that you had to read several times before before figuring out how to use your new powe...
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Woodworker's Dictionary #6: Finger Joint
The swollen knuckle you whacked with the dead blow hammer while assembling your latest project.
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Woodworker's Dictionary #5: Dust Collection System
Everything you wear while in the shop (i.e. socks, underwear, etc.)
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Woodworker's Dictionary #4: Saw Guard
When the Mrs. constantly checks on you to make sure you’re using the safety equipment that ...
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Woodworker's Dictionary #3: Research
Trying to find those free plans online of that project you want to build that you originally foun...
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Woodworker's Dictionary #2: Sawdust
The only thing that the Mrs. sees when she pokes her head into the shop to see what you’re ...
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Woodworker's Dictionary #1: Clamping Pressure
The anxiety a woodworker feels while trying to get all of the parts lined up and clamps clamped b...
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Darrell Peart's Aurora Sofa Table #6: A Class Act
It looks like we’ll be running down to SoCal at the end of February to visit family & c...
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Kite Camera Reel #8: The Reel Deal...
Here’s the kitecam footage with a little background music. If you want a funnier/naughtier versio...
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Kite Camera Reel #7: Reel Progress...
Not much to say. I’ve got some video editing stuff to figure out (upside down footage R...
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Kite Camera Reel #6: Lighten Up!
Here’s the two reels after I strategically removed about half the wood. It’s sti...
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Kite Camera Reel #5: Wright Brothers, Eat Your Hearts Out!
So today after sailing lessons, we used the boat to “test drive” our contraption....
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Kite Camera Reel #4: Almost Done!
I was able to squeeze another day in the shop. We started out by finishing up the parallel linka...
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Kite Camera Reel #3: A Day's Progress...
I finally got another day in the shop. We’re starting to run out of time. We leave in two...
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Arts & Crafts Mantle Clock #3: Ordering
I’m about to pull the trigger on my order from Klockit.com. I had a few questions about wh...
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Kite Camera Reel #2: Reel Pressure...
I glued up the blanks for the second reel this morning, hoping they would be ready to cut out thi...
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Arts & Crafts Mantle Clock #2: Disappointment
I finally received my shipment from Rockler. I opened up the packaging for one set of the AA pow...
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Kite Camera Reel #1: Day 1: No Rush...
I have a buddy who won a sailboat charter in the British Virgin Islands. I started off promising...
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Barrel Wine Rack #2: Inside Job...
I glued support ribs along the insides of both sides to support the top and shelves. I also had ...
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Barrel Wine Rack #1: The Sides...
It’s been at least a day since I started a new project/blog. My buddy Eric always says...
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Limbert Lamp Table - Stickley #240 #9: Finish Line
I finally had a day to work on our stuff. With a little urging from my girlfriend to finish ...
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Arts & Crafts Mantle Clock #1: One for You, One for Me...
I figured it was time to start another new blog. We’ve got friends that are getting marrie...
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Arts & Crafts Night Stands #8: The Pour
If I didn’t pour today, it would be several days until I’d have time to do it, so I s...
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Arts & Crafts Night Stands #7: Glue & Mold
After finishing the parts with TransTint #6003 Reddish Brown and three coats of hand-rubbed p...
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Arts & Crafts Night Stands #6: Almost Done!
Today, I made the drawers, using a square lock joint on the table saw. It was trickier than I ex...
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Arts & Crafts Night Stands #5: Dry Fit!
I was able to plane the stock for the shelves yesterday. I glued up a large enough blank for...
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Limbert Lamp Table - Stickley #240 #8: Ammonia Fume Finish
Well, after three days in solitary, I decided to pop the the weasel. The different boards fu...
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Arts & Crafts Dining Room Set #6: The Hard Part
So, today I ran over to Plywood & Lumber Sales in Oakland, CA and purchased about 100 board f...
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Darrell Peart's Aurora Sofa Table #5: Breadboard Ends
While I’m ammonia fuming another project, I figured I’d make progress on this one. I...
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Limbert Lamp Table - Stickley #240 #7: Fumearama
After letting the glue cure overnight, I took it out of the clamps and gave it a final hand s...
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Darrell Peart's Aurora Sofa Table #4: Table Top
As I was waiting for another project to dry, I did a little work on the table top. I had cut it ...
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Limbert Lamp Table - Stickley #240 #6: Final Glue Up & Finish
At the urging of my girlfriend, I fumed a small scrap of QSWO and then went over it with amber sh...
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Darrell Peart's Aurora Sofa Table #3: Wood Selection
Being as it’s Labor Day Weekend, and I’m out of QSWO, and my lumber yard isn’t ...
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Darrell Peart's Aurora Sofa Table #2: Virtual Design
I’ve spent a couple of hours in AutoCAD trying to find the right proportions (using the Gol...
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Darrell Peart's Aurora Sofa Table #1: In the Beginning...
This is my most ambitious project to date. I’m going to make a Greene & Greene sofa ta...
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Arts & Crafts Night Stands #4: Sides...
I sanded the appropriate parts of the parts (don’t sand anything that mates with another pa...
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Limbert Lamp Table - Stickley #240 #5: Progress as Promised...
Today, I was able to glue up the top, cut it out, and sand it. It looks pretty damn cool. ...
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Arts & Crafts Night Stands #3: Some Assembly Required...
Today, I took the rough parts and managed to achieve a few dry fits. The first one was to make s...
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Arts & Crafts Night Stands #2: Going Topless...
I’ve been working the graveyard shift all week (which has seriously impeded my woodworking ...
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Arts & Crafts Dining Room Set #5: Slight Change of Plans
Just a short update. While surfing plans, as I am wont to do, I stumbled across these trestle ta...
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Arts & Crafts Night Stands #1: Ripping the Legs
As you may or may not know, last year I cut off my middle finger while ripping the legs out o...
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Limbert Lamp Table - Stickley #240 #4: Template Routing
I was able to get back out into the shop and make some progress on this project. This was my fir...
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Stickley Sideboard #1: Selecting the Plans
At first, I was enamored with #802, as done so well by Dale I looked it up in Robert Lang&...
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Arts & Crafts Dining Room Set #4: Change of Plans?
Thanks in large part to WhatTheChuck, I’m giving serious thought to changing the design of ...
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Limbert Lamp Table - Stickley #240 #3: Jigs & Dry Fit
Following TreeFrog as closely as possible, I cut out the blanks for the sides. I cheated a tad a...
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Limbert Lamp Table - Stickley #240 #2: Glue Ups
Yesterday, I milled up four long, rough boards to 3/4”. The Robert Lang book uses thicker ...
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Arts & Crafts Dining Room Set #3: Rationalized Need
After working in the Valley for a couple of weeks, I decided to spend some of my harder than ...
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Arts & Crafts Dining Room Set #2: Template Adjustment
So, we decided that 72” was a bit overpowering. I yanked the pseudo-top out into the garag...
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Limbert Lamp Table - Stickley #240 #1: Templates
So, between TreeFrogFurniture.BlogSpot.com and Robert Lang’s book “More Shop Drawings...
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Arts & Crafts Dining Room Set #1: Test Drive
The first installment of this blog is here due to LJ blogging technical issues… To make ...
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Back on that Horse - Arts & Crafts Mantle
So, today I did my first woodworking in the shop since I cut my finger off. I installed the spli...
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Craftsman Dining Room Set - In The Beginning...
Due to my ignorance with LJ blogging, the next installment is here. So, I’ve got my girl...
