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Steve Russell's Lathe Talk
I receive Steve Russell’s free Lathe Talk newsletter every month. Steve is a very talented ...
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Good News and a request for help for Dennis Zongker
As you may have missed the announcement, two of our valued Lumberjocks Patti and Dennis Zongker h...
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COPE
‘Nuff said.
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It was twenty-five years today, Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play
Well, perhaps not to the day…Thanks to Martin’s suggestion that we open accounts with Faceb...
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A Hobbit's Birthday Party at Zongkers Custom Furniture #1: Second trip to Dennis Zongker's Wood Lair
I have traded e-mails with LJ member Dennis Zongker, and he was kind enough to offer a shot at sc...
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Woodworking visit #1: A trip to Zongkers Custom Furniture, Inc.
I had the opportunity to do a real shop visit today, to the woodworking lair of LJ Dennis Zongker...
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Ms Debbie P's 2008 Shop Tour and Inspection #4: May 31 Visit with MrWoody
This inspection tour is a short hop from Ms.Debbie’s home base to the shop of John James of...
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Thank you, Martin for a great year.
My 365th day as a LumberJock is drawing to a close, and I wanted to take the opportunity to thank...
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Ms Debbie P's 2008 Shop Tour and Inspection #3: March 30 Visit to the Workshop of Le Cheval De Bois
This months tour is closer to home for MsDebbieP, allowing more time for her spring gardening pla...
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Ms Debbie P's 2008 Shop Tour and Inspection #2: Leap Day Visit to the shop of HansonDVM
That’s right it’s Leap Day, that anxiously awaited holiday which arrive but once each...
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Ms Debbie P's 2008 Shop Tour and Inspection #1: January Visit to Dadoo's Lab
This month’s visit is to Lebanon, New York, at the garage-shop-laboratory of Dadoo. In ...
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Ms Debbie P's 2007 Shop Tour and Inspection #21: 12-17-07 Tour and inspection of JPW 1995's Shop
Most of the pre-Christmas furor to engineer wood gifts is over for me and it’s time to post...
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All the members of my household safe and accounted for in Omaha
After the horrendous mass murder spree/suicide at a local mall today, I am happy to report that m...
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The Slippery Slope #4: Introducing Sarge.
Finally after using WayneC's citric acid technique, lapping the sole flat, grinding the sides...
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The Slippery Slope #3: Scary Sharp - My way.
I have ordered a Hock replacement iron for my rehab plane. A slight change in course has occurred...
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Ms Debbie P's 2007 Shop Tour and Inspection #20: Thanksgiving Thursday Tour with Dataman
This week’s tour is at the Colorado shop of Ray “Dataman” Merrell.The home and ...
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The Slippery Slope #2: The arrival, and so much more.
Well it’s a red letter day here in Nebraska. My Sargent 410 showed up in the mail, and it&#...
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Ms Debbie P's 2007 Shop Tour and Inspection #19: Thursday Tour RAH's Workshop
This week’s tour is in Delhi, CA, just down Hwy 99 from WayneC and Bill Brooks. Lot of Cali...
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Woo Hoo, Part Deux #2: There's gold in them thar logs!
The story, for those unfamilar with the first entry, is that I was driving through the neighborho...
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The Slippery Slope #1: Escape from the rust bucket!
Well, I have been wanting a Bailey pattern 4 1/2 smoother for sometime now, but I am frugal, ...
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Woo Hoo, Part Deux #1: Streetside Maple Log Quarters become bowl blanks
Continued from a previous post Scoooore! Maple quarter log sections/bowl blanks. Nice fall day...
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Ms Debbie P's 2007 Shop Tour and Inspection #18: Wednesday Workshop: Blake's Workshop
This week’s visit is to Blake's shop in Santa Cruz, CA. Blake is a part-time firefighter an...
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Ms Debbie P's 2007 Shop Tour and Inspection #17: Thursday Tour @ the shop of YorkshireStewart
Our inspection this week is to a another garage-based shop in Great Britain. We visited Yorkshire...
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Scoooore! Maple quarter log sections/bowl blanks
Two beauties. The fellow that had these as freebies in the front yard had both sides of the sidew...
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Ms Debbie P's 2007 Shop Tour and Inspection #16: Wednesday Workshop: WayneC's shop
This week is a continuation of a homage to the Lumberjocks California Highway 99 group (including...
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Ms Debbie P's 2007 Shop Tour and Inspection #15: Wednesday Workshop: Bob2's shop.
Bob2 has described his current shop digs as “A collection of tools at or near electrica...
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Ms Debbie P's 2007 Shop Tour and Inspection #14: Wednesday Workshop: Bill's Workshop
We waited patiently, and here they are. The pictures of Bill’s shop have arrived and Debbie...
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Ms Debbie P's 2007 Shop Tour and Inspection #13: Wednesday Workshop: Gary CN"s Man Cave with a side trip to the comics.
It’s a visit to Gary CN's workshop, another of Deb’s northern US neighbors in Michiga...
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They called him Skip #1: A reminescence in one part, about my first woodworking influence. (With addendum)
At the LA Coliseum grounds, circa 1942, prior to mustering out for North Africa with the 35th...
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Ms Debbie P's 2007 Shop Tour and Inspection #12: Wednesday Special: With Dusty down at "This Old Crack House."
This week is an homage to Dusty and his venerable blog “This Old Crack House.” I actu...
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Ms Debbie P's 2007 Shop Tour and Inspection #11: Wednesday Special — Tribute Tour of Karson's Shop
This week it’s a repeat visit to Karson's shop. You may remember that Debbie visited Karson...
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Logo for the club that Don should be President of
I present to you… a tiny little division of Lumberjocks.com — but mighty. I account mys...
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Ms Debbie P's 2007 Shop Tour and Inspection #10: Tuesdays With OKAlbert
We are off to the shop of OKAlbert in Bartlesville, OK, USA, and therefore off to the engaging bl...
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Ms Debbie P's 2007 Shop Tour and Inspection #9: Labor Day Tuesday with Robb
In the interest of furthering an appreciation of Geography, and all it’s nuances (Heads up,...
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Ms Debbie P's 2007 Shop Tour and Inspection #8: Tuesdays With Mark Decou
This week’s visit is to the shop of Mark Decou in the scenic Flint Hills of Kansas. I grew ...
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Ms Debbie P's 2007 Shop Tour and Inspection #7: Tuesdays with Thos. Angle
Off we go to the shop of Thomas Angle and his wife Carleen, in Jordan Valley, Oregon. Here he ope...
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Pandora Project #1: Pandora Internet Radio Poster Contest – not wood affiliated
My wife brought to my attention a poster project to promote Pandora radio’s affiliation wit...
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Ms Debbie P's 2007 Shop Tour and Inspection #6: Tuesdays with Schroeder (and company)
We are off to Oregon to visit Schroeder's shop. The Gnarly Wood Shoppe is a man’s sh...
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Ms Debbie P's 2007 Shop Tour and Inspection #5: Tuesdays with Mot
This week it’s a return to Mot’s shop. Sure we visited Mot in the early days, before ...
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Ms Debbie P's 2007 Shop Tour and Inspection #4: Tuesdays With Lee
This week Ms. Debbie P visits the shop of Lee A. Jesberger Lee is a professional woodworker, i...
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Wet Bowl Reprise #1: Back on the horse, back in the bag
This is my second attenpt at wet bowl turning after gathering valuable advice from a forum topic ...
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Ms Debbie P's 2007 Shop Tour and Inspection #3: Tuesdays With Bob
This week we visit the shop and garden of Bob Babcock, the gentleman tree-farmer and Lumberjock o...
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Ms Debbie P's 2007 Shop Tour and Inspection #2: Touring Tuesdays First Edition
We cross the pond to Broadstone, Dorset, UK, and the shop of Phillip Edwards. Deb is again hearte...
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Ms Debbie P's 2007 Shop Tour and Inspection #1: We've Moved
It’s official, the tour has become a blog entry. More Jocks, more shops, more celebrity...
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WWND- What would Niki do? #2: Mitered foot jig for small boxes
This is the jig that really should have been the first of the series. I have to lay out the story...
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WWND- What would Niki do? #1: Jigs and Fixtures. Creating something that makes work safer, easier, repeatable and on a budget.
I, like many here have been amazed at the posts that LJ member Niki has provided in the realm of ...
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Reflections on technology and woodworking #2: Distraction
Well to recapitulate, I began reflecting on the journey to LJ, essentially with the installation ...
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Reflections on technology and woodworking #1: Blog one
Well here goes… I had started out with the intention of simply wanting to learn how to paste a pi...
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