| This blog is written by Derek Lyons | 21 entries so far |
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Derek's Shop #7: Shop photo's
Ok Cotl, the title did get my attention! So, in response to your request here are the latest pho...
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Cutting board - a journey and a tutorial #2: Stock selection & preparation, various musings and commentary, lots of pictures.
Now, into the meat of the tutorial after the musings in part the first… Fellow LJ’s ...
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Cutting board - a journey and a tutorial #1: Introduction.
I set out this spring to make a cutting a cutting board as a wedding present for my niece, but w...
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Derek's Shop #6: Truly magical morning in the workshop....
When working in my shop, I like to keep the garage door open to let light and the breeze in. This...
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All it takes is one moment of stupid... (Or: Router Safety - don't do this.)
Well, now the cutting board I’ve been working on definitely won’t be done in time for...
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Derek's Shop #5: Good news and a little gloom.
It’s been a rough week trying to finish a piece I’m under the gun for, it’s got...
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Grumble, whine, whine
It’s finally warm enough to work in the shop, I have the materials for my next project sitt...
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21st Century Assembly Table #1: Introduction and version 1.0
Introduction: Off and on over the winter I’ve been pondering the 21st Century (or New Fa...
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Third time is the charm.
Learning experiences to date in fabricating a simple auxiliary leg for a busted couch: 1 ̵...
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It's a conspiracy I tell you...
Plywood should come in two thicknesses: The nominal thickness, and a thickness matching the dado...
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Derek's Shop #4: Five guys, two pots of coffee, one minute of actual work.
How many man hours does it take to lift a table saw two feet from its crate and onto its new base...
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Fun with a shop vac - not!
If you put too much soap in your front loading washer, and a mountain of suds overflows onto the ...
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"Tenoning Jig, will the third time be the charm?" -or- "Derek does the happy tool dance"
Some of you may remember a few weeks back when I had to toss a tenoning jig into the scrap heap.....
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Warning - avoid the big box stores, scam alert!
Thought I’d better alert you to this scam. Be careful…you could be next. A warning...
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"Looking on the bright side" or "Oh (s)crap!"
As a newbie woodworker, I’ve on several occasions joked with buddies that I was annoyed whe...
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Sweepers, sweepers, man your brooms...
Fellow Navy veterans will recognize that saying… Sweepers, sweepers man your brooms. Giv...
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Practice makes... Well, two steps forward one step back.
Out in the shop today dry fitting a small scale (6”x8”) prototype of an end grain cut...
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Derek's Shop #3: Despite a "Deadly" encounter, the garage workbench is completed!
Yesterday my lovely Lady Wife was headed down to Tacoma to help our friend Peggy set up a Point o...
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How not to troubleshoot battery powered tools, or, you are so going to laugh at me.
If your battery powered tool fails to operate, and after ten minutes of fiddling with the various...
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Derek's Shop #2: Workbench V0.0 in progress
Well, some progress has been made but less than I’d hoped. Here’s what we started ...
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Derek's Shop #1: Getting started and looking ahead.
I haven’t posted a workshop tour yet not because I am new to LJ, but because I don’t ...
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