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Church Furniture #1: Locating the XLR sockets
Part of the lectern design brief was to incorporate microphone cabling within the structure. ...
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Myrtle Anniversary Shaker Table #19: Filling
Link to the original blog post The first thirty minutes of shop time I’ve had in 6 weeks...
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Myrtle Anniversary Shaker Table #18: So that's what it'll look like...
The Anniversary table has been a long time in the coming. To check proportions and decide on fina...
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Myrtle Anniversary Shaker Table #17: Nearly somewhere to sit...
I was getting a bit worried that this ‘woodworking blog’ had very little actually ...
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Beekeeping: 8 Frame Solar Wax Melter #2: Case Work Complete
The casework on the Wax Melter is complete. The glass is installed in the top panel (hinges p...
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Myrtle Anniversary Shaker Table #16: Shaping the Bench Legs
With the (near) completion of the Christmas Boxes I’ve had some time to work on the Anniver...
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Dust Extraction #3: Metal Ducting
To access various machines and far corners of the shop I rely on the mobile base of my dust extra...
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Shaker Blanket Box #6: The Lids
The solid pine lids for the two boxes is complete and ready for finishing. Two boards were ma...
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Dust Extraction #2: A Clang and my Dusty Died
Today my dusty died. I was working on two toy chests for christmas. I was cutting the curve on...
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Shaker Blanket Box #5: Base Mouldings
Base moulding completed with a combination of hand and power tools. Particularly proud of my ...
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Shaker Blanket Box #4: Dovetail Dry Fit
For a while I didn’t think the toy chests would be made in time, but after two busy day...
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Beekeeping: 8 Frame Solar Wax Melter #1: Design
What is a Solar Wax Melter?!Over the past few weeks I’ve been working on my version of a so...
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Technique #1: Looking for Feedback on my Dovetails
Over the past two days I’ve been working on the dovetails on my Wax Melter Project. I haven...
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Shaker Blanket Box #3: Flattening the Sides
Flattening the SidesThe timber in this project was purchased as ‘dressed-all-round’ (...
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Shaker Blanket Box #2: Timber Purchase, Prep & Glueup
For Christmas this year I’m making 2 Blanket Boxes (Toy Chests for the kids) and a Wax Melt...
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Myrtle Anniversary Shaker Table #15: Leg Joinery
Here’s some pictures of the joinery. All done by hand (except my coping saw blade broke...
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Myrtle Anniversary Shaker Table #14: ?Curve the upright?
I’ve got the legs together now. I feel the upright is a little thick. I’m thinkin...
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Maker's Mark Brass Plates Arrive
At the start of July2010, I ordered 30 custom made brass plates to label my furniture projects (s...
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~ the love of wood ~ #5: Photo Shot
I’ve been asked to take a few photos to represent ‘the love of wood’. I tried t...
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~ the love of wood ~ #4: Blog's I Follow
I’m a fan of the OWC (the online woodworking community) and follow a bunch of great blogs. ...
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Dust Extraction #1: A serious dust extractor needs a silo
I’ve been doing some research into cyclones… I thought this one was of note. Hayle...
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Myrtle Anniversary Shaker Table #13: Tenon testing my new LN Saws
As always in woodworking the first step is marking out. To form the tenon I needed to remove 6mm ...
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Myrtle Anniversary Shaker Table #12: Ebony on my Curvy Legs...
Quick post to show the hand cut ebony inlay. After reading the latest FWW I’m inspired ...
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Myrtle Anniversary Shaker Table #11: The Legs (Thanks for the Tip DenverDave)
The legs. I’ve debated the leg long and hard. Thought of steam bending, bent lamination, st...
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Myrtle Anniversary Shaker Table #10: Shaker Bench Design
I’d like some feed back on some bench design modification. I’m attempting to rema...
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Myrtle Anniversary Shaker Table #9: Woe is me... Curved Legs Aren't Simple
Woe is me. I can’t decide on the legs. The ideal plan would be to steam bend, or laminat...
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Myrtle Anniversary Shaker Table #8: Sneak Peak: The tabletop after a coat of oil...
Flattening the top by hand with a Stanley no 7 resulted in some mild tear out. Switching to a...
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Myrtle Anniversary Shaker Table #7: Flat Top
Breadboards attached… Dowels In Situ… Table Flattened… Ready for sandi...
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Myrtle Anniversary Shaker Table #6: Square Peg in a Round Hole (aka. Making Dowel)
As a little indulgence I’m going to use ebony dowel (disopyros sp.) for the joinery in the ...
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Myrtle Anniversary Shaker Table #5: Breadboards
Last week I’ve made some solid progress on the top. I have all four braces now installed an...
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Technique #2: Layout Tips
When laying or marking out a project, depending on the task at hand I’ve been known to use ...
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Myrtle Anniversary Shaker Table #4: Ewww Pretty
The center pieces for the Shaker Table is fiddleback (an alternating grain pattern) Tasmania Myrt...
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Myrtle Anniversary Shaker Table #3: Sticking Together - Glue Up Tips
Gluing Tips1. Always do a dry a fit. Always. Put everything together without glue and make sure i...
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Myrtle Anniversary Shaker Table #2: Getting Dressed in the Morning
The first step in furniture construction involves transforming the rough timber (cut in a paddock...
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Myrtle Anniversary Shaker Table #1: The Beginning
Wood is the traditional present to celebrate 5 years of happy marriage. With this inspiration I&#...
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Dan's Blackbutt Roubo Bench #20: Bench Update - Penultimate Tour
The bench is not quite finished but here’s a sneak peak. Bench tour @ the love of wood.
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Branding - Maker's Mark
Maker's Mark is small UK company specializing in small production runs of brass & stainle...
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Woodshows #3: Timber and Working with Wood Show : Part 3 - The Demonstrations
The third element to the show was the demonstrations and exhibitions. Here’s a couple of hi...
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Woodshows #2: Sydney - Timber and Working with Wood Expo 2010 - The Tools
You can’t have a wood show without tools, and there certainly was a lot of them. Traditiona...
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Woodshows #1: Sydney - Timber and Working with Wood Expo 2010 - The Timber
Yesterday we packed up the forester and ventured south to the big smoke (Sydney) for the Timber a...
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Sharpening Station #3: Sharpening: How I do it.
It cannot be overstated how paramount the sharpness of your tools is to the quality, speed and en...
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Dan's Blackbutt Roubo Bench #19: 1 and 3/4 leg vices installed
Photos and details at the love of wood.
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Dan's Blackbutt Roubo Bench #18: End Caps
So there are two end caps. I made them a while ago. Laminated two pieces of wood. Drilled the bul...
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Dan's Blackbutt Roubo Bench #17: Back on your feet and looking like a real workbench
I’m making progress on the workbench. Over the past few weeks I completed the glue up of th...
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Workshop Pics
A humble 1 car garage woodshop. Goto Workshop section for photos and more info.
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Dan's Blackbutt Roubo Bench #16: Undercarriage Over Top
A little shaping (rasp to miter the round overs), a little sanding, and a little oil. It’s ...
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Dan's Blackbutt Roubo Bench #15: Undercarriage Glue Up
The bench undercarriage is now together. Glue-ups are by far the most stressful period of any pro...
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Dan's Blackbutt Roubo Bench #14: The Undercarriage
The UndercarriageI’ve already made progress on the Stretchers, Shelf and glue up for the le...
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Cedar Book Case #1: Design - thoughts/suggestions very welcome.
I plan to make a Australian Red Cedar Bookcase for a friend’s wedding. The dimensions ̵...
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Sharpening Station #2: Initial Thoughts
Kitchen trays to contain water and slurry. Trays on right side for water/metho/oil bottles an...
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Dan's Blackbutt Roubo Bench #13: The Design: Part 3 - Sketchup
During the design process lasted 6 generations of sketchup designs. The final model (which doesn&...
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Shaker Blanket Box #1: The Design Brief
I wanted to make my two young nieces (under 5) a present for Christmas. Their mother suggested a ...
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Dan's Blackbutt Roubo Bench #12: Stretchers: Part 1
DesignThe four legs are connected by 7 stretchers; 2 on the short sides, 2 at the front, 1 at the...
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Sharpening Station #1: Initial Thoughts
Why a sharpening stationI don’t know about you, but no matter how much I love sharp tools I...
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Dan's Blackbutt Roubo Bench #11: The Shelf
DesignThe shelf was originally flush with the top of the stretchers. However, because the stretch...
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Dan's Blackbutt Roubo Bench #10: The Sliding Leg - Video
IntroductionThe sliding leg vice offers a great deal of versatility, offering the function of a t...
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~ the love of wood ~ #3: Boutique Timbers - New Website
I purchase most of my nicer timber in rough slab form from Mal Ward from Boutique Timbers. They’v...
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Dan's Blackbutt Roubo Bench #9: Handles: Part 2
Some of you may remember a previous post, where I was looking for someone to turn the handles req...
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Dan's Blackbutt Roubo Bench #8: Metal Work
Metal WorkI can list the number of metal work project I’ve completed on one hand. All of wh...
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~ the love of wood ~ #2: blog roll
Well… it took a lot of fiddling with the code and searching various forums… to find a...
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~ the love of wood ~ #1: upgrade #1
I’ve upgraded my blog over at blogspot. Hopefully it’ll be a little easier to navigat...
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Dan's Blackbutt Roubo Bench #7: The Vices
The HardwareDeciding on what type and which brand of vice to use was an ordeal in its self. I hav...
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Dan's Blackbutt Roubo Bench #6: The Top: part 2
After the glue up of the bench top I moved onto some initial hand flattening. With the top in...
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Dan's Blackbutt Roubo Bench #5: Handles: Part 1
(Click for fullsize pic) I need to make/have made some handles for the steel rod that function...
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Dan's Blackbutt Roubo Bench #4: The Top: part 1
The next step in the project was to cut the laminates 4 1/2” x 100 x ~1 3/4”. I chos...
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Dan's Blackbutt Roubo Bench #3: Timber & The Initial Cuts
The Source of Timber – Boutique TimbersI purchase the vast majority of my timber from Mal W...
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Dan's Blackbutt Roubo Bench #2: The Design Process
The decision to go RouboAfter my initial research, I like many woodworkers, fell in love with the...
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6 Piece Burr Puzzle Jig
I’ve uploaded instructions for how to use the router jig in my project section. Enjoy. (And...
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Dan's Blackbutt Roubo Bench #1: The Beginning
Have you ever started a project, given yourself a budget and a time frame… and then well...
