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| 294 days ago |
Antique Furniture Replication - 7 replies I am looking to get some plans for some antique furniture. My wife has a nice collection of antique furniture. I did a search and found where some folks were suggesting Antique Magizine’s. Any idea on which ones would have these plans? Thanks in advance! P.S. I shaved the beard and hair off on christmas day. All is sent to Locks of L... |
| 320 days ago |
Drill Doctor or Not? - 14 replies After reading all of the great responses about the WORKSHARP WS3000 here after Daniel's review I bought one and am awaiting it arrival with great anticipation. Now I look to add another sharpening tool for the drill bits. wood, metal and masonary. I wish the WS3000 came with an attachment and well for this. I have been eyeing the drill doctor bu... |
| 324 days ago |
Specialty Lathe's cutting rings within a ring - 1 reply A fellow I meet near 7 years ago got started into woodworking and one of the tools he bought was a specialty mini lathe that performed as a regualr mini lathe but also came with a tool that would cut rings withing a ring. Does anyone know what type of lathe this may have been. He mentioned at the time that it was made in Japan. I know it wasn... |
| 392 days ago |
Gotta love fall - 6 replies Hello my friends. GaryB somewhat reminded me in no certain way that I haven’t been posting much. I’ve been reading your projects as they come in email and some of the blogs as well. The woodshop has been sidelined with this barn disassembly or destruction. hehe How ever you may view it (literally) Ha! Anyway the barn is down and it i... |
| 423 days ago |
Wiring your Shop - 12 replies I know this isn’t a subject about our tools and the how to use them type of question but I wasn’t sure where to ask this. I am gathering materials to build my shop. I’ll start it next spring. I currently have my breaker box, recepticles, wire nuts and so on. The box is a square d 235/200 amp box with a 200 main in it. I was wan... |
| 433 days ago |
Barn is down - 6 replies The Barn is down Follow the link :-) At 11:30 yesterday the barn went down. It fell so beautifuly. All wood stayed intact from the rood boards to the bottom as far as I can tell. I pulled nearly 60 boards off yesterday after it fell and they are in wonderful shape. Have a great day! |
| 437 days ago |
Barn Part 2 - 8 replies Good Morning folks. I’ve not posted in awhile since starting this Barn removal. Here are a coupl dof current pictures. The area in front of the barn is now totally clean. This week I will take down the rest of the barn and start the process again to reclaim the wood. I just thought some of you may be interested in the pictures here. and he... |
| 458 days ago |
The Barn de-construction is coming along! - 6 replies Hello folks. Thank the lord it is Sunday! The barn I am taking down is coming along nicely. I will try to get a few picks and post them this week coming. I have so many scrpas that cannot be used for anything other than firewood or small wood working projects I have been giving that stuff away to get it moved off the site. The left side of the m... |
| 474 days ago |
The barn starts to go down further today. - 13 replies Here are some pictures of the banr I am removing from a fellows property as well as the other two buildings I will take down after the barn. Anyway, off to get some more of it down. The Barn |
| 477 days ago |
Where does all the time go.... - 7 replies Where does all the time go? Well alot of it has been on chores and more chores . I’ve very litle actual shop time this past week due to a few honeydo’s. I did manage to get my 4th piano over the weekend. I am DONE with pianos for a long time to come. I have 1 that I will make a refinish project and then have it tuned and put it in th... |
| 488 days ago |
Catching up on some chores - 3 replies Good day fellow LumberJocks! The past few days have been a little boring. Mostly catching up on some chores I have let fallen behind. I have come across an idea for this last piano since it wasn’t worth restoring. I cam across an article where someone created an entertainment system out of theirs. I’ll be starting this project as... |
| 490 days ago |
Resin - 5 replies Hello Folks. I wasn’t sure where to ask this question. Maybe a new forum called Finishing, Finishes or something similiar. Anyway I saw a table the other day a fellow was building that he routed out a 3/8 wide by 1/4 in deep groove 3 inches from the tables edge. He filled it with a dark resin. It looked pretty good. I happened to see it in... |
| 493 days ago |
Coffee is really Tasing good this morning. The infamous Black Widow. - 10 replies Good morning LumberJocks!As some of you know I got a couple of piano’s this past week. the last one I took completely apart. The strings were rusted in many areas. the felt was gone, key parts missing or broken. It was a job. Took about 5 hours all togather. No veneer anywhere. all wood. Some solid orther pieces glued togather. But I now k... |
| 506 days ago |
Oak Flooring questions- My first project - 25 replies Hello fellow lumberjocks, My wife has decided that since I can get oak @ $1 a bf from the fellow I got my wood from last week that she wants oak flooring in the living room and hall. I am looking at 450 sq ft with 50 additional allowance. Info on the Oak I would be buying. 1×4x6-8 ft. I would plane either 1/16 or 1/8. The oak is 8 y... |
| 506 days ago |
A new week ahead..... - 5 replies Good morning folks, ummm coffeeeeeeee ..... Having my second cup of joe. Not much to say this morning. One thing I thought about mentioning is magnets. I bid on and won a couple of auctions last month on Ebay for magnets. U have used several of them on the tools I have. For instance I use them to hold my table say wrenchs on the side of the... |
| 507 days ago |
Brown Recluse Spider - 17 replies For information on this critter please read about the Brown Recluse Spider here. I’ve never given thought to this hazard in the workshop. I use mothballs in the garage along the walls and in the 2 closets we have in the garage and hard to get to places like behind the freezer. Mice don’t like moth balls. I’ve never seen a spide... |
| 509 days ago |
Your thoughts and opinions please. - 12 replies Do you have or know of anyone who has a Delta JT160 6” Variable Speed Bench Jointer? I am looking at one of these as it may just serve my purpose. But I dunno if this may be an item of, you get what you pay for, type of deal. I’d rather spend another $100 if there was another out there with a huge benefit over this one. I was looking... |
| 512 days ago |
Bad Habits to good. learning new habits. What are yours? - 10 replies Since getting the tools and machines togather I find myself starting to develope a bad habit. I bought a remote system for my shop fox dust collector. It comes with two remotes. I have one stationed at the table saw. From the table saw I have several dust ports there. They are for the router, disk/belt sander, planer, and the portable craftsman ... |
| 512 days ago |
Foot Pedal's - 4 replies Hello folks, Yep it’s me again. I’ve read a few articles on foot pedals here at LJ’s. Is there any one that may be safer than another? This one I found at the Rockler site. Are there others you might suggest over this one. I haven’t really found any at a lower price yet because I would like to have 3. Router/Tablesaw a... |
| 512 days ago |
Ummm COFFEE so good! - 10 replies I feel like a caveman in the mornings. All I seem to do is grunt & groan until I’ve had my coffee. After about the 2nd cup I become human like and after the 3rd I get a good conscientious mind of human thoughts again. Ahhh not a bad way to start the day. I think I’ve been a member of LJ’s for almost a month now. Maybe a ... |
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