| This blog is written by Jimthecarver | 17 entries so far |
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Burr Cleaning Method
To begin, this is not my idea but I have adopted it as a very useful way to clean Dremel burs and...
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Gun Stock Carving # 3 #2: The finish
Today started pretty much like most days do…. a couple of cups of coffee then its off to se...
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Gun Stock Carving # 3 #1: A daisy BB gun stock
My father-n-law sent me his BB gun stock for practice. Although the wood in these stocks are very...
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A question for the carvers on LJ's
It has been quite some time since I have carved. Life gets in the way somtimes and I dropped all ...
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Thanks Rob for the tour!
Today I accompanied a very good friend and carving buddy to So.CalWood.I have to say as we drove ...
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Drill Saw?
I recieved a present from a friend, he picked this up at a yard sale and thought of me. Although ...
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Adventures in Carving a Tompson Sub Machine Gun Stock #2: Roughing out the scroll pattern
This adventure in carving has been very enjoyable.The scroll pattern seemed to be a bit more adva...
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Adventures in Carving a Tompson Sub Machine Gun Stock #1: The beginning
It was a thursday morning just another day carving at our local carving chapter meeting. In walks...
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Glue up problems...Any ideas?
Along the time of my attempts to create cutting boards I discovered Tite Bond III glue. The longe...
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Repurposed desk to V-drum sander
At a past X-Mas party I had a request for a cutting board… after I had made a simple cheese...
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A little thank you #1: Spoon carvings
Its been about 21 days since the ole heart about gave out on me and I thought it would be good to...
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Congrats Dennis Zongker's
Today I recieved the latest issue of Woodcarving Illustrated and low and behold I noticed an art...
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Lumberjocks Is Awesome!
I love this web site….I have a question.I as a hobbiest love woodworking among other hobbie...
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Shop move part 1 #1: "How to say good bye to my wood shop?" part 1
The time has come I have to move my shop to another building. It is met with happiness and sadnes...
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What could this be? And what was it used for?
A friend gave this tool to me, It is a wood working tool. But what was it used for?Any ideas?And ...
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My first chest of drawers (small)
I built this small chest of drawers from scrap wood that was just laying around the shop. It star...
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Grizzly 14" Band Saw
Today I met with a friend at his house and while in the garage i noticed a band saw covered up in...













