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The raw materials!
Dust Extraction Arm #1: Getting Started
I’m a bit nervous posting this and that’s why it’s so late at night. I thought it would be fun to be able to look back in a year or so and see how I’ve come along and remember where I came from years after that. As I’m taking woodworking into the garage space and turning it into a hobby and less of a necessity I need standard equipment. I decided to start with dust collection. This is the first piece I’ve made for the system. The arm was constructed f...
FRUSTRATED WOODWORKER........(haha)
I am looking for advice on marketing and selling my woodworking. I absolutly love making things and figuring out how to do new projects. Im always learning something. Lumber jocks has helped me and given me that push again that ive not been able to find!Thank you all! A little about me. Im 32 yrs old and i worked a factory job for 10 years. Ive had severe chrones since i was about 17 and have had surgery for it and have been on many differant meds for it. My dad passed away...
Custom Cabinet Construction #4: Where planes soar in a modern shop
As of late, I have been helping a local cabinet maker get caught up on some work. Nothing fantastic, basic kitchen and bath cabinetry. Spending a few hours a week, building boxes in my shop while he works on the doors/drawers down the hill. Perfect opportunity for extra income to help get the planes flying. It’s also an excellent opportunity to document where old technology still wins in some parts of the modern shop. Let me show you two of the bigger steps in basic cabinetry and...
My Shop #2: An Updated Shop Tour - 5/22/13
I knew it had been a while since I had updated my shop tour. When I checked though, I realized that I no longer even had a shop tour posted on my homepage, so it was time. Welcome to William’s Wood Shop. It is a 40×50 cinder block wall shop. I’ve moved things around a little since some of you visited last, so come on in and I’ll show you around.As you enter the shop, look to the left. You’ll notice the first thing inside the door is the coffee pot table. I have...
As The Lathe Turns #32: A Gift From a Friend
Recently, I received an unexpected package in the mail. When I opened it, I discovered that a good friend had sent me several packages of Abranet abrasive. I had never heard of it before then, but this friend told me it was supposed to be great for wood turners. I was getting ready for the cradle project at the time though and had no choice to set it aside for the moment.Well, I finished the cradle and was anxious to see if this stuff was any good. Since receiving it, I’d looked it up a...
Ribbon Display End Table #1: Horse Ribbon Display End Table
My fiancee has been wanting a way to elegantly display her horse ribbons in the house. One idea she liked was the Ribbon box seen here http://www.mcguinnfarms.com/office_p1.html# This in all honesty is just a short stool with a box on it. I wanted to make something more useful but serving the same purpose. So my idea is an end table with glass sides framed in wood with a glass top also framed in wood. I decided on Red Oak for all the wood including the legs and the frames. I picked up 2×...
Sharing WW skills #1: Woodworking Ministry Opportunity in Cambodia
Since 2006, I have been supporting a non-denominational Christian ministry near Phnom Penh, Cambodia called Jumpah. We put together a vocational training center for woodworking with a dual purpose – (1) to train young men and women basic skills in woodworking that make them employable locally and (2) to operate a small shop where operating profits would support this mission and the greater Jumpah ministry – AIDS hospice, orphanage, and school. The wood shop has many western too...
A MUST SEE FOR EVERY WOODWORKER
This is the most incredible woodworking I have ever seen. I’m pretty sure you will agree with me!!! DON’T FORGET TO SEE THE VIDEO TOO. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2329082/At-oak-time--Carpenter-carves-functioning-watches-entirely-wood.html
