| This blog is written by David Grimes | 12 entries so far |
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Non-Kit Original Guitar Builds #1: The "Highway 51" Pecan Top series electric guitars
This blog will include various build pictures and/or information for the three nearly simultaneou...
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Mini Blog - Something I said I'd never do: A box.
I pretty much ruled out small boxes, pens and cutting boards as something that interests me. The...
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Guitar build and finish practice run for the real thing
It will be awhile before I have the tools to build a true replica guitar from total scratch. I n...
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A Chest to Remember
My grown daughter asked for a “hope chest” some time ago, so I reckoned it was time t...
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Moving on to the Bandsaw Table
I’m nearly done with the drill press table, but am stalled waiting on some t-track for the ...
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My Cobbling Together of a Drill Press Table
I now have a floor model drill press in my home shop. I just added wheels, so now it still looks...
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Learning to Turn... the slow journey begins.
I finally got a chance to play with the lathe for a few minutes a couple of times this week. Jus...
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Lathe Stand from Scrap (Almost)
I just received a really inexpensive (less than $90) 40” lathe (not HF). To try it out, it ...
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2 Part Floor Epoxy for the remaining two bays of the garage/shop.
We spent the day moving everything out of the “automotive side” of my garage/shop so ...
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Toy Box Project for Grandson
This toy box is for my Grandson Alex (he’s two) that I have been waiting to finish for far ...
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Rolling Island for Benchtop (small) Tools... An exercise in Ad Lib and Repurpose *COMPLETED*
I have a Porta-Mate 7000, so had already added the Portamate mounts to all of my benchtop tools. ...
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"Scroat" the Plane... A swan song in the making
I made fun of a Stanley 4 1/2 C plane on Ebay. It looked terrible in all ways to me at the time....
