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Piece if the week showcase #3: Piece of the week- Category: Personal Favorite Outdoor piece

1493 days ago by California Urban Lumber | 1 comment »

This weeks piece goes to Bently R. This backyard swing is beautiful and inspiring. If only I had a backyard...sigh. But if you do, you may like this idea enough to try your own! Next week’s showcase is going to be….....lighting pieces or Lamps. Yes, lamps. So send away! Best, Jessy

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Christmas Project 2009 #2: Mortise and Tenon of the Game table legs

1261 days ago by dryhter | 1 comment »

In this video I show how I mortise and tenon the legs and aprons. The first step is to evaluate or critiquing the pieces, I feel each piece on it”s own has positive and negative aspects that need to be addressed. Once evaluated the pieces can be shown for the best possible presentation of the project. If you are just starting out in woodworking it is a good idea to keep tract of your decisions to see how they affected the overall project. Evaluating and critiquing is a valuable ski...

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LJ Woodworking Awards - Summer 2010 #2: Only 4 Days Left To Enter

1024 days ago by Martin Sojka | 1 comment »

Just a friendly reminder that the entry deadline of our LJ Woodworking Awards Summer 2010 is July 31, 2010 at 3 PM CDT so there are just 4 days left to submit your entry. We already have 61 entries submitted and I’m sure there are still many of you finishing your projects. Note, that you can submit your past projects too. The project just has to match the Summer 2010 theme: Fluidity – “Like grasses swaying in a summer breeze, the fluid motion is visible in the solid form of...

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ZCI for vintage Craftsman 113.298341 #1: Time to replace the first go at it.

607 days ago by rweitz | 1 comment »

I have an old Craftsman with a funky insert. It’s aluminum ( I used to think steel) about 3/32” thick and “D” shaped. I have not found any one anywhere that makes a compatible insert that I can buy. The lip on the insert is so thin that conventional insert instructions just won’t hack it. I took some acrylic and made an attempt at a ZCI: and it worked for a while but was a bear to make. The acrylic is starting to crack and I’ve hacked away some of the...

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Wood Lottery: Jarrah?

531 days ago by Brian Shourd | 1 comment »

I was out at the local hardwood dealer picking up some purpleheart, when I saw this sticking out of a bin. It’s very rough sawn (actually, it almost looks like it came off of a pallet somewhere), and someone had written “Jarrah? $1” on it. Naturally, I had to try it. It’s like one of those scratch-off lottery tickets – you might be wasting a dollar, but you could win as much as two or even five dollars! A little time with a jack plane reveals: We...

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Window seat #2: Window seat #2

375 days ago by Alan52 | 1 comment »

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Red Oak Guitar Stand #1: Red Oak Guitar Stand Part 2

313 days ago by Brian024 | 1 comment »

Here is the second part in the series.

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A Thomas the Tank Engine table #1: from to design to execution

1766 days ago by Mark Shymanski | 1 comment »

My first ‘commission’ :-) My son is really into Thomas the Tank Engines (we even drove out to Winnipeg to spend a day with Thomas last month). He has a plethora of track and trucks and engines scattered all over the play area in the basement. He has been scouring the brochures about these toys and has decided he wants a table for all the track etc. Jenn wants him to have a table to contain the chaos somewhat, so voila my first order. Step one was to decide what to build, ...

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Plans for log bed

1340 days ago by midgefridge25 | 1 comment »

Hello, i was wanting sum plans for a log bed just to get ideas. im intrested in making a log bed for me and my bother. thanks any imput will help alot

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Making of the Wallpaper* Chair Arch

1324 days ago by jlsmith5963 | 1 comment »

chair as arch

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