| This blog is written by Don | 78 entries so far |
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I'll probably get shot for this!
A number of my LumberJock Mates have been sending me private messages inquiring where I’ve ...
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Still Here
G’day woodworking Mates! I note on my calendar that 365 days ago I joined LumberJocks. T...
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Practice Makes Perfect
When I saw OutPutter's stool and viewed the dovetail joints, it caused me to reminisce about the ...
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Making a Small Wooden Box #7: The Fiddly Bits
When I get to this stage of a project, I have to work hard at not becoming impatient and rushing ...
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Making a Small Wooden Box #6: Confessions of a Box Maker
Quote Bwillie: ”Looking at these dividers reminds me that I always struggle here to get the...
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WASP SANDER REVIEW
I’ve referred to using the WASP Sander in a number of my projects. It’s a great Aussi...
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Making a Small Wooden Box #5: More Detail
In the last installment, I showed some of the detail work involved in making the trays for my Jew...
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Making a Small Wooden Box #4: It's the Small Details that Matter
After my detour to make this box, I’m back to working on the box that is the subject of thi...
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Miters, miters, miters…
[I posted this as a comment here.] A beautiful joint with no end-grain showing and really simp...
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Making a Small Wooden Box #3: Lid and Trays
This past week has been less productive than I would have liked. I’ve been struggling with ...
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Where will these Feet Take Him?
I am thrilled to let you all in on some good news from my family. Isaac Thomas, 7.5 lbs, was b...
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Making a Small Wooden Box #2: Spline Jig
In my opinion, one of the most difficult joints to make is a miter joint. Although they are very ...
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Making a Small Wooden Box #1: Getting Started
I blogged a couple of weeks ago about what I should charge for a small box I was asked to make. ...
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One for the Lady Jocks
After viewing Garry’s Secret Men's Business, I thought I would post this one for the Lady J...
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My First Commision - What do I charge?
Seldom does a week go by that I don’t have a request from a friend to make them something o...
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Spitting the Dummy!
I had run out of 16mm (5/8”) glass tubes for my turned Rose Bud Vases. So I phoned my supp...
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It's Sunday morning in Oz.
It’s Sunday morning in Oz. Those that know me, understand that Sundays are special becau...
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Learning Opportunity #4: What is the thickness of a human hair?
Yesterday, I took my new TS Aligner Jr. and DowelMax over to a friends home. (I purchased both of...
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The Australian Army
After my last blog, and now that you all understand the Australian Slanguage, I thought I educat...
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The Australian Slanguage
For those of you planning to visit Australian, a lesson on the language might be helpful. aggr...
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Lumberjock Goes Cold Turkey
I have two daughters; both married with children. One lives not far from where I live in Melbourn...
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The Rise and Fall of a Cloud Lift.
Along with through mortises and pegged joinery, the ‘cloud lift’ stands out as one of...
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Festools' Domino Review
The Festool Domino has been available in Australia for over a year. I have previously commente...
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It does mention furniture
MURPHY’S LESSER KNOWN LAWS… 1. Light travels faster than sound. This is why some p...
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Learning Opportunity #3: Forget the Easy Option
I’m not sure why, but I’ve really struggled with a small box that I’ve been making. From the outs...
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Trying to Play Catch-up
In my previous blog, I wrote about some of the things that have distracted me from blogging on Lu...
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Good News & Bad News
Today was one of those real discouraging days in the shop. I’ve been working on a small box...
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1015/66 = 15.38 - Maybe I do Have a Problem
My buddy Shawn pointed out this statistic. It represents my average number of posts per day since...
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Still Too Hot to Work
I admitted in my previous blog that I had run out of projects for which I have photographs. Yeste...
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Too Hot to Work!
For the past week, the average daytime temperature has been somewhere between 95 and 105 degrees....
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Dovetail Joint - The Everest of Woodworking?
When I started in woodworking, I frequently read that the Dovetail Joint was the mark of a skille...
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Sharpening Lathe Chisels / Aussie BBQ - Video #4
Here’s an interesting video made last year. It features one of Australia’s most appre...
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Learning Opportunity #2: If In Doubt, Follow the Instructions
A few days ago I returned to a project, a box that I have promised to make for a friend. I posted...
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You Know You're a LumberJock Member When...
I think it’s fantastic that every day sees more members joining LumberJocks. This community is ma...
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Tiny Tip #11
Even a stationary blade is dangerous. Don’t assume that because your power tool is turned o...
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Tiny Tip #10
Make a longer wood handle that sandwiches your arbor-nut wrench thus improving your leverage and ...
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Tiny Tip #9
If you drop the arbor nut of your table saw into the sawdust use a magnet epoxied to a piece of w...
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Tiny Tip #8
Let squeezed out glue “gel up” before trying to remove it. Wiping up the glue before ...
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Something Lighthearted
A French-Canadian woodworker is applying for a job and must answer three questions Here’...
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Tiny Tip #7
The advantage of contact cement is that it does not require clamping of any sort.
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Tiny Tip #6
Always store your veneers horizontally, with support across the full length.
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Tiny Tip #5
Do not use remaining fingers as push sticks.
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Tiny Tip #4
To quickly raise the grain before sanding, cover would with mentholated spirits or highly diluted...
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Tiny Tip #3
Hold finishing brads for precision driving by inserting in scrap cardboard tab, pull free before ...
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Tiny Tip #2
Don’t throw away that old toothbrush, they make great brushes for spreading glue!
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Tiny Tip #1
Quick tamper-proof screws: use Phillips head screws and after installing them, drill out the head...
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Installing & Using the Router Raizer
In Mark’s DeCou’s blog entitled, The Woodworking Show in Kansas City…, he comments on the R...
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Great Aussie Inventions for Woodworkers - Air Respirator from Triton
In my blog on Peter Jurrjen’s Mini-Cyclone, I made a passing reference to the Triton Air Re...
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Health & Saftey - No one interested?
Forgive me for doing a little self-promotion here, but yesterday I posted an item entitled “...
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Great Aussie Inventions for Woodworkers - Video #3
This video comes from the same man who designed the Wasp Sander. This is about the Easy Ri...
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Great Aussie Inventions for Woodworkers - Video
Australians pride themselves as a fairly innovative lot. I think this came about because before t...
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Wearing Tight Baseball Caps - or No Vanity Here!
I decided it was time for a change of my Buddy Picture. I thought I looked pretty cool when this...
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Tour of CanuckDon's Small Shop.
If you are interested, take a tour of my small shop. This video is not very professional and refe...
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How many of you LumberJocks build prototypes before committing to the final project?
A few years back, I took an introductory woodworking course. I actually found it very frustrating...
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Why I love this place -or- The Pendulum Swings -or- From the Sublime to the Rediculous
Last night I went to bed after reading some wonderfu, somewhat esoteric, yet inner-spirit reveali...
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If You Ever Feel Old...
think about my favorite wood, Huon Pine. Many of these trees, now standing in preserves in Tas...
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Learning Opportunity #1: Off With Your Head!
Commenting on one of Gizzard’s first posts, I wrote of my practice of recording my mistakes...
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Help For Old Guys Like Me
Ever wonder what those abbreviations you read in blogs mean? Well if you didn’t grow up wit...
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A Tale of Two Boxes
This is an article I wrote for a club newsletter. The two boxes featured are also shown in My Pro...
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Visualize the World from Outer Space - Desktop Earth for Windows
Here’s a great free download that I came across that helps me visualize what time of day it...
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Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder.
Does this sound like most of your days!!! This is how it manifests itself: I decide to wash my...
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Where'dyagethattshirt? or Where did you get that t-shirt?
Look what arrived in the mail on Monday. I ordered two T-shirts (only wearing one in this pic) ju...
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22" Flat Screen & I've Got a Headache!
Well, I tend not to do things by halves, so I decided to turn my computer failure into an opportu...
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What's a guy to do?
My computer crashed on Saturday, and I’ve not been able to visit my favorite site, LumberJo...
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My Dad
One of the greatest influences in my life was my Dad. I mention him in this blog, because I start...
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BECOMING MY WORDS
I was raised by an Irish mother and a father who served as an officer in the Royal CanadianNavy d...
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Happy New Year from 2007
Hey, just realized that when I’m blogging away, most of you guys are in bed. And when you a...
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Learning From Errors
When recently making a clock, I learned a valuable lesson about using brass screws. It’s one of t...
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Measure Twice - Don't cut at All
We often hear the old adage, “Measure Twice — Cut Once”. The point of this is to remain diligent ...
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The Measure of Things
Reading Franks blog about the reliability of spirit levels and Dicks comment about taking measure...
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I'd Better Pace Myself
Sorry gang – guess I got carried away with enthusiasm. I’ve bee posting new projects ...
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Overcoming Woodworking Fear
Today, I’m going back to a project I completed in June 2005, a rocking chair. The end resul...
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Boxing Day
Not many people have a day named after their woodworking passion. I guess I should be thankful. ...
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Health Warning
I just read Larry’s blog “Dust”, posted on November 14th. It reminded me of thi...
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Making a Compound Miter Joint
[The following is an article I wrote for a woodworking club’s newsletter. It’s about ...
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Self Impossed Boundaries
[This also posted in Coffee Lounge blog.] I purchased my first woodworking equipment in August...
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The Irony of Bush Fires
It’s 104 in the shade today. I still can’t get used to temperatures like this, partic...
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“What do you do with your free time?”
I retired a few years back. The most frequent question asked of me is some version of, “What do y...
