| This blog is written by NBeener | 49 entries so far |
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Vanity Cabinet - Design-Build #1: The voices in my head/The pencil in my hand
DJ wants “overflow” storage for her bathroom stuff and towels. And as y’all ...
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Retail Therapy - $$$$$$ style #1: It begins
It has been … well … the worst 2.5yrs of my life. Moved into our dream house, only...
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1956 DeWalt MBF 9" Radial Arm Saw #7: (Less) Dust in the Wind
How does a dog get the LAST bit of water out of his bowl ? With a half-lap :-) Spent too mu...
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1956 DeWalt MBF 9" Radial Arm Saw #6: Light 'er up, Folks !
Got a call, late this morning, from Ye Olde Motor Shoppe. The RAS motor is ready. ............
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1956 DeWalt MBF 9" Radial Arm Saw #5: Just getting my bearings
It was time. I replaced all four RollerHead (carriage) bearings. Not particularly easy, becau...
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1956 DeWalt MBF 9" Radial Arm Saw #4: R-A-S-p-e-c-t: Mister Sawdust ? Your table is ready
Forgot to add this one to the blog series…. http://lumberjocks.com/topics/24247 As yo...
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1956 DeWalt MBF 9" Radial Arm Saw #3: Parts ... is parts !
The third entry in the blog series. This bring us current. http://lumberjocks.com/topics/2431...
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1956 DeWalt MBF 9" Radial Arm Saw #2: Oh, give (my RAS) a home, where the buffalo roam :-)
Turning this project into a blog series. Here’s where the DeWalt got its first apartment...
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1956 DeWalt MBF 9" Radial Arm Saw #1: He shoots, he SCORES !
HokieMojo was right: I should have been blogging this, from the get-go. So … playing cat...
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Workbench for $175 #3: It lives !!
The to-do list—never final, as I’m learning—now consists of: - Drilling the ...
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Workbench for $175 #2: Forget treble. Give me some BASE !
I think I underestimated the number of hours this workbench would take me, even though the articl...
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Workbench for $175 #1: The top is done
There’s an article, by the well-known Christopher Schwarz, that tells how to make a workben...
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If I had it to do all over again.....
I’m SO new to woodworking that nearly EVERY project has me back at the bottom of some learn...
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Time and money
I’ve had time, but no money.I’ve had money, but no time.I’ve had neither time N...
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Tapered Display Tower - beetle-kill pine #6: Universal truths
I don’t think there ARE many … universal truths. But … in woodworking …...
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Tapered Display Tower - beetle-kill pine #5: False tenons (Mahogany) with wedges (beetle-kill pine) ?
Today, I took some scrap African Mahogany (what a nice thing to have. It’s like saying you...
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Tapered Display Tower - beetle-kill pine #4: Take out the BIGGEST guy first.
That’s always the advice if—as happens SO often—you’re confronted by a bi...
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Gauge block love
My Grandfather—they tell me—had many careers [1]. In one of them, he owned some sort...
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Tapered Display Tower - beetle-kill pine #3: It's dry ... and it's fits. I call it ...
a dry fit ! Let’s start with today’s inspiration: a peanut butter cookie, half of ...
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Tapered Display Tower - beetle-kill pine #2: Boy, was the dust FLYING, around here !
Progress ! I’ve cut the side panels and shelf stock. Note that the entire project is ba...
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Tapered Display Tower - beetle-kill pine #1: The first glue-ups
I’m building this: It’s spec’d as QS oak, but … I’ve been lo...
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A gift for Grandma. Well ... almost. #1: Completed, but not finished
My mother visited DJ and me, in April. She asked if I could build a gift box for her mother̵...
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When LumberJocks meet....
I’m not going to spend TOO much time touting the skills, the talent, the successes, or the ...
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Who's that knocking at my door ?
Visited a friend, in New England. He lives in a 100+ year old building. The original panel ...
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My pilgrimage to Mecca
I had to travel, in order to be seen by some eye specialists. I sort of figured I was near Mec...
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Shaker Night Stand #10: Fill my eyes ... with that double vision!
So … among my 3,000 eye problems is intermittent double vision. But … I don’...
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Updated Shop Pics
Looking at all the shops of the new LJs (and many of the old ones) got me inspired. So …...
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A totally indulgent blog entry
I hope you’ll all forgive me … if not indulge me. Life’s … been …...
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How To Get Precision
I found this article, the other day, and keep coming back to it—both literally and in my mi...
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Tall Oak Mirror -- Done ... but not finished
All I had left to do was to tack the upper and lower trim pieces onto the frame … but ̷...
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Shaker Night Stand #9: The dreaded Dry Fit
Still here. Still working on it. I’m finding a bit of a rhythm, too. It’s gett...
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Shaker Night Stand #8: Walls are up
Two good days in the wood shop. Sadly, the night stand plans call for a pretty big chunk to be...
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Shaker Night Stand #7: Drawers -- it's something ;-)
Not too productive since the holidays. Having to tend to … well … life. But ̷...
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HAPPY NEW YEAR, ALL YOU LUMBERJOCKS!!!
From NBeener who—while he does NOT have a leather shop apron—DOES have a penguin suit...
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Shaker Night Stand #6: Pretty please ... with a glue-up on top?
Remember me? I’m the guy who has never run more than about a mile, and just signed up for ...
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What does it SOUND like??
I was thinking (as I plot tonight’s shop time) about how much I like the sound that my tool...
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Shaker Night Stand #5: I lost count. Something like tenon a row (bad pun)
I’ve met my goal of hitting the shop, for one or two sessions each day. My eyes are pret...
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Shaker Night Stand #4: Shop Day #1: The Human Cuisinart
He slices, he dices, he makes mounds of julienne mahogany: I cut all the hardwood for the firs...
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Shaker Night Stand #3: A tree grows up in my basement
Houston? We have wood. 2×11 x 72 – this is the bad boy that gets a quiet evening w...
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Post-electrician updated shop pics
It still pretty much looks like this: Bothus hasn’t been around much, lately, so ...
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Shaker Night Stand #2: Wooden drawer guides - my first ? (for this project!)
Hey, All! Just back from the lumber yard. On Thursday, they’ll be delivering XX hundred...
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Shaker Night Stand #1: The commitment
I’ve always heard that—if, for example, you’re going to quit smoking—it h...
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Tall Oak Mirror ... getting warmer :-)
I’m so close! The clamps are holding the oak backer board on … which is holding th...
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TimberWolf bandsaw blade - NOT a review ;-)
I just can’t review stuff. I have NO point of reference. Pretty much everything I have is...
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Grizzly giveth, and Grizzly taketh away
Wanna’ hear my sob story? Went to tune up my new Grizzly G0555X 14” bandsaw tonigh...
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Grizzly sighted ... near the Rockies ... minor injuries
It’s here: .When they tell you that it takes 20 or 30 people to move it—particular...
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Carpenter's Tool Box for soon-to-be two year-old boy
My wife’s grandson is somehow about to turn two. Time to turn him on to tools, huh? T...
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Giving back ... maybe a little?
All, As glad as I am to have found this hobby, I’m equally glad to have found this group...
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The Wine Rack (I can't tell if my pics will appear or not!!)
Got an old book of DIY woodworking plans, from a used book store. First thing I flipped to was...
