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| 432 days ago |
Some good economic news for a change. - 10 replies With all of the bad news this past week, something good is happening up here in Northern Minnesota. A company from India had ground breaking ceremonies for a 1.6 billion dollar Iron ore to steel mill. It looks like some of the money leaving the USA is starting to trickle back. |
| 433 days ago |
A Shaving Horse plan - 8 replies Lew just showed us his shaving horse. This is one plan I've been looking at.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A whole bunch of them on Google. |
| 436 days ago |
My old 14" bandsaw is sold. 11/16/2008 - 8 replies Hi,I sold my bandsaw today. 11/16/2008 |
| 459 days ago |
A couple of tutorials about sharpening carving tools. - 14 replies There are quite a few good places to learn something about sharpening. I wished there was something like this when I started carving. I’ve even learned some new stuff myself, by reviewing these sites. I’m listing a few of them. Someone else may want to share some tutorials that they know about. This is a very good Vide... |
| 459 days ago |
Congratulations, Martin & Alenka, the Newlyweds! - 12 replies Something Special for the Newlyweds! |
| 461 days ago |
These are the tools I recommend to a woodcarving beginner. - 16 replies I’ve been asked by many, what tools they should buy to start out carving. When I started carving, I bought a set of chisels from a local office supply store, that also sold art supplies. I thought they were pretty good, but we were on a tour once in Winnipeg, Canada, & I drove past this store that sold woodworking tools. I tu... |
| 465 days ago |
A very attractive Woodcarving Gallery. - 7 replies I’d like to share this Gallery of the Northwest Woodcarvers Assn. You can view some very nice carvings here. They do a real nice job of displaying the images. They show two Visitors Gallery pages. I’ve had two of my woodcarvings displayed here for some time now. |
| 466 days ago |
Photographing your work - 17 replies I don’t know about the rest of you, but I’ve always had a tough time of getting a good picture of some of my work. Woodcarving Illustrated has this pdf on how it's done. This has helped me, so I thought I’d pass it on to you Lumberjocks. |
| 484 days ago |
Check out this new electric car invention. - 16 replies A friend of sent this to me, & I thought it was kind of interesting. Electric Car |
| 495 days ago |
Google your name! - 49 replies I thought this may interest all of you Lumberjocks. I just Googled Dick Cain, carver, & I was amazed at how many times my name showed up. My Clydesdale carving, was at the top of the page Everyone should try this with their own name. You’ll be surprised. |
| 514 days ago |
Warning! Something nice happened to me at Lowes. - 16 replies This is a spin off of Toyguys topic. When my Son, & I picked up the lumber for the deck we built. We were about to load it in my van. I had built a rack, so I could safely haul a part of the load at one time. The 12 foot boards would stick out about 2 feet. Just as I opened up my van , a young man came over, & said “... |
| 563 days ago |
Dewalt cordless drill recall notice! - 5 replies I just seen a notice about Dewalt recalls. The ones I own weren’t on the list, but I thought I’d pass it on to the Lumberjocks who may have these tools. It don’t hurt to check. There’s a possibility of them causing a fire. |
| 583 days ago |
Make your own Froe! - 4 replies Reading Rusticwood, the other day, I rememebered this web site. I noticed one of our Jocks was going to make his own froe. This may help. |
| 592 days ago |
Fred Cogelow, One of the worlds greatest woodcarvers! - 17 replies I’d like to share this video, of Fred Cogelow, who I think is one of the greatest woodcarvers in the world. I put this in a blog comment, but I thought having it in a topic would give it better exposure. He lives in the Wilmar, MN area. My sister, & her husband met him in a coffee shop once, boy! did that ever make me jealo... |
| 596 days ago |
600 days!! - 17 replies I just noticed that I’ve been here for 600 days!! ”Time sure flies when you’re having fun”. According to my count, I was the 110th Lumberjock the day I joined. Now, in only a few days we get that many new members, phenomenal! |
| 605 days ago |
Make this jig for threading box lids. - 10 replies Cathy was looking for a way to make threads for her box lids. I found this site on making a jig for threading. I thought maybe more of you would see it, with a dedicated posting. It has pretty detailed images, so it could easily be built, just by looking at the images. I’ve added this to my TO DO list. It’s described ... |
| 609 days ago |
Automobile that gets 100 MPG! - 19 replies My Grandparents came to the USA, from the Isle of Man, England. I was looking at some things on their website , & came across this video of a car that was manufactured there. It was the smallest car in the world at the time, 1963. If you have some time to kill watch this Video>. It’s kind of funny. If you want to see mor... |
| 618 days ago |
Rikon 14" Bandsaw light fixture modification. - 16 replies The only thing that I didn’t care for on my Rikon, was the way the light wouldn’t stay in one position. The way it was mounted, the thing would keep sagging down. The weight of the fixture would cause the threads to loosen all the time. This could end up being an safety hazard. I changed it today, you can see by the pictu... |
| 618 days ago |
A good buy on Router bits! - 12 replies Click, MLCS has a sale on bit set, if you’re looking. That’s $159.95 for this 66 piece set with wood storage box included. That’s only $2.42 per bit!! Both 1/4” & 1/2”, the same price. |
| 629 days ago |
A good info site for Wood turners! - 9 replies While surfing this morning I came up with this site. It has a lot of free info, plus articles you can purchase. I just want to share this, Woodturning Articles with my fellow lumberjocks. |
