11 days ago
by Autumn |
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HOW TO CUT AND INLAY MOTHER OF PEARL— Part 2...
After completing part one of this series, Andy Depaule of Luthier Supply asked that I mention a few things. First, he asked that I reiterate the possibility of using a laminate trimmer to route out the recesses for inlay. ..“I used to do that often,” he said, “with bits that have a 1/4” shank and a single fluted 1/16” cutting tip. It will cut faster and break less often. These bits are also only about $5.00 each. Another advantage...
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386 days ago
by BigBob |
38 comments »
A few years ago, I started to think about building myself a real workbench. I had read Krenovs books and wanted to get away from corded apprentices and start to really see what I could do with out a machine screaming.The decision was made to built a Cabinetmakers Workbench. I wanted a bench to do handwork only on, no machines would ever come near this bench. I have my old bench to run routers on etc. I had a few hundred board feet of white oak in the shop that I bought a few years ago. I jus...
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369 days ago
by Randy Price |
1 comment »
I’ve had several questions about this lamp; in this podcast I show how the shade is assembled.
Frank Lloyd Wright Inspired Lamp - Assembling the Lampshade
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591 days ago
by John Fry |
29 comments »
This intricate project is a veneered, inlaid, banded, and beaded set consisting of a coffee table and two end tables. The visible woods are curly maple, boire, Peruvian walnut, anigre, figured anigre, and wenge.
The secondary woods are mahogany and poplar.
This elevated shot shows the anigre veneered drawer bottom, and the detail in the top. The end tables are 23” tall and the tops are just under 26” X 26”. All three tables are finished with five coats of an oi...
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615 days ago
by Don Kondra |
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Greetings,
Some background first, some of this information was included in a recent post but for those of you that missed it I’ll start from the beginning :)
Until recently I was having my pieces shot by a professional. He moved, sigh…
For archive type shots I was using a Kodak 2 mp P&S. For web stuff it worked fine and I even had an image printed in Fine Woodworking’s Readers Gallery. They must have REALLY liked the piece :)
I never liked the idea of the ...
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669 days ago
by Dorje |
17 comments »
I’ve been wanting to add a few saws to the “toolbox.” And, rather than spend a bunch of dough, I thought that I’d try to refurbish some used backsaws. Though I will more than likely purchase a couple older Disston or other manufacturer tenon saws, in the 12” range, I though I’d try my hand at learning to sharpen on a couple 10” backsaws with turned handles that I already have.
The only functional western style backsaw I own (aside from a flush cu...
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670 days ago
by scottb |
13 comments »
I did a little housekeeping yesterday – going along with the forum topic I posted.
I pulled all of this out from under the bed:
I was initially looking to unload some of the old copies of Wood. Maybe I need to thin the library a little more than that! My to do list is getting out of hand – in fact, I’ve decided it’s now a “just in case I run out of things to do list” – as I have a house full of started renovations to finish, so we can downsi...
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