| This blog is written by Thomas MacDonald | 32 entries so far |
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Major League Woodworking - The Show #6: Freddy Roman & Lunette Banding
Tommy and Eli pick it up at Freddy’s shop showing us a quick little break down making lu...
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Major League Woodworking - The Show #5: Eli Moves In
After graduating from The North Bennet Street School, Eli moves in to the shop and hangs his s...
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Major League Woodworking - The Show #4: Visiting Eli at NBSS
Tommy visits The North Bennet Street School to visit Eli and showcase what he has been doing f...
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Major League Woodworking - The Show #3: Al's Shop Tour
Al’s video . . . Tommy fulfills a promise made to good friend Al . . . a tour of his hal...
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Major League Woodworking - The Show #2: Episode #2 - Nokona Bat Factory
Tommy and Al visit their friend Louie in Fall River, Massachusetts at the Nokona Bat Factory. ...
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Major League Woodworking - The Show #1: Making a Great Baseball Bat
From Thomas J. MacDonald, MLW The Show is the light fun side of the woodworking world. Watch for ...
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Shaker Step Stool #2: Milling & Prep Before Dovetailing
The second installment The Shaker Step Stool, a project featured in the January 2009 issue of...
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Shaker Step Stool #1: Layout & Grain Selection
For such a simple appearing project, this step stool has some great points to consider. It is ...
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The North Bennet Street School
Welcome to the North Bennet Street School! In this video, Tommy takes us on a tour of his h...
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Simple Joinery Series #2: Get Your Chisels Wicked Shaaaahrp!
Tommy’s last video hinted that one of the secrets to fine joinery is sharp chisels . . . or as...
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Simple Joinery Series #1: Dovetails Anyone?
In this first installment of his Simple Joinery Mini Series, Tommy demonstrates how he execute...
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Blanket Chest #16: Applying Finish
Time to put on the finishing touches. Tommy goes to work on the finish with a heat gun. After tha...
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Blanket Chest #15: Lids and Battens
The dowel is in and the edge is rounded over so now it’s time to attach the batten and the ...
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Blanket Chest #14: Peg Finish
It’s time to shape the pegs. After cutting them with the blue blade, Tommy shows the proper...
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Blanket Chest #13: Peg Detail
Tommy grabs the camera and reviews the glue job on the blanket chest before breaking out the card...
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Blanket Chest #12: Glue Up
After a lot of dry fittings, it’s finally time to glue the pieces together. Tommy shares so...
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Blanket Chest #11: Front Panel Carving Cleanup
With all the carving and dimpling done, it’s time to break out the V-tool to clean things u...
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Blanket Chest #10: Carving/Dimpling Part #2
With all the lines carved, Tommy breaks out the sandpaper to clean off the pen marks. When that i...
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Blanket Chest #9: Front Panel Carving/Dimpling
Tommy is up bright and early to carve the finer lines of the front panel. After a review of what ...
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Blanket Chest #8: Front Panel Material Removal
After marking the pattern on the front panel in pen, Tommy carves it out with a Bosch Colt Palm R...
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Blanket Chest #7: Front Panel Planning
Tommy shows how to take the mill marks off the panels. Once that is done, he dry-fits the back pa...
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Blanket Chest #6: Panel Layout
Tommy shows how to plane the panels before heading over to the table saw to add a bevel. He then ...
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Blanket Chest #5: Reference Surface Marking
Tommy dry-fits the piece to mark where the bead will be cut. He then shows how to cut the angle o...
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Blanket Chest #4: Rails & Stiles
Tommy is up early on a Sunday morning to get to work marking the pieces where the dados will go. ...
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Blanket Chest #3: Milling the Stock
In this episode, Tommy starts milling the wood with the jointer & table saw. He also goes ove...
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Blanket Chest #2: Prepping the Stock
Tommy shows the completed blanket chest he built four years ago. He then gets to work cutting the...
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Blanket Chest #1: Downes & Reader Hardwood Co. in Stoughton, Mass.
Tommy and Al take a trip to Downes & Reader Hardwood Co. in Stoughton, Mass., to pick out woo...
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Slant Top Tiger Maple Desk #4: Final Touches
Another fine finished piece of wood working by Thomas J. MacDonald. During this final installm...
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Slant Top Tiger Maple Desk #3: 3rd Finish Coat
Happy Safe New Year Lumberjocks! Al, Mark and I gather in the shop to go over the process f...
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Slant Top Tiger Maple Desk #2: Applying First Coats of Finish
From the Workbench of T-Chisel Well the boiled linseed oil has been applied and allowed to ...
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T CHISELS OPEN SHOP INVITATION
hey everybody…i decided to have an open shop at my place on january 10th ..say around 9-10&...
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Slant Top Tiger Maple Desk #1: A Lumberjocks Exclusive - Maple Desk Teaser
This is a Lumberjocks exclusive video! Thank you so much for the warm welcome to this truly...
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