| This blog is written by USCJeff | 18 entries so far |
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Starting to Turn
I ended up with a little money from selling a few things to Woodsmith a while back and two of the...
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Shop Built Hand Tools #4: Krenov Plane
I just finished posting my latest plane attempt. It was another rewarding process. I learn a li...
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Shop Built Hand Tools #3: My favorite Sanding Block
I have a few sanding blocks, but this one gets the most use. Design is a take off of a Wood Maga...
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Shop Built Hand Tools #2: Router Plane
I’ll keep this brief as I gave a full account in the project section. I wanted to have it ...
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Shop Built Hand Tools #1: Block Plane Trial
I recently posted a project of my first attempt at a plane. I was very happy with the outcome, b...
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Got some inspiration. Realize how little I know.
This past Christmas my In-Laws got my wife and I as well as my brother and sister-in-law gift cer...
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BandSaw Boxes - First Attempt #1: Preparing Box Blank
I have just begun getting ready to start a box project. I’ve wanted to give it a shot sinc...
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Cutting Boards - Christmas 07 #2: Procrastination Hurts
I had to spend some serious shop time the week before the holidays as I greatly underestimated th...
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Cutting Boards - Christmas 07 #1: Cutting Board Progress
I am making 4 cutting boards for gifts. I made each unique. The project seemed easy, but I lear...
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Finishing Wisdom #3: Finishing Wisdom #3 - Trial and Error
In my ongoing pursuit of trying to learn how to finish in a manner that doesn’t remind me o...
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Finishing Wisdom #2: Long awaited update
It’s been a while since I’ve put some things I’ve learned in writing. I like t...
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Finishing Wisdom #1: Acetone
Just a quick lesson learned. I buy most chemicals in the bulk quantities. I need a little aceto...
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Mom's Jewelry Box #2: Great Idea, Too late (hate when that happens)
When I began my Mom’s Box, I knew that I was in the end going to make three total boxes tha...
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Morgan's Jewelry Box #3: Assembled Case and Installed Felt
After cutting all the half-blinds, glued up and assembled the box sides. I cut a dado around all...
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Mom's Jewelry Box #1: Almost finished!! (pics)
Here is the pic of the almost completed project. It is partially unassembled as the clear topcoa...
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Morgan's Jewelry Box #2: Half-Blind joints Pics (The Good and the Bad!)
Here are the Half-Blind joints I was commenting on in my prior entry. Here is the first one I di...
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Morgan's Jewelry Box #1: Porter Cable Dovetail Jig Joinery
Continuing the Lesson’s Learned Theme: I used mitered joints for my Mom’s jewelry ...
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Lesson's Learned: Mom's Jewelry Box
The following are some things that I learned while completing a jewelry box project: ~Walnut i...
We learn from our mistakes. I've done a lot of learning.
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