15 hours ago
by Webb |
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Hacked off the end of my thumb on the table saw last weekend. All things considered I got very lucky; but still had to have surgery to cut back the exposed bone and move some skin around. What is the most dangerous tool in the shop? My answer – whatever it is that you take your eye off, even, or especially, for a moment.
After due consideration, looking at the fact that I do consider myself careful on the TS, the stats for accidents there and the fact that I have kids I will want to ...
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16 hours ago
by thenorwayteenagewoodworker |
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Which wood should i use for a workbench top, i have to choose between: -pine-birch-ash-oak
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16 hours ago
by davidroberts |
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In Part 1 from last night I introduced my son’ Eagle Scout project and got about half way through the building process. After cutting the shelves and backing to length, we started on the edge banding for the shelf fronts. I bought an “aspen” board from the borg and ripped it down a test piece to just over 3/8” strip. I thought the light colored aspen would contrast well with the oak plywood. I was wrong. Here is a pic of the test piece attached to the oak veneered...
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17 hours ago
by WhiskeyWaters |
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I didn’t believe this deserved a project posting…maybe later, if I get the chance to create some moldings on the edges and a finish on her. I also think it needs an endcap of some kind between the two supports.
Anyways, the picture.
I had fifteen minutes to myself a few nights ago, and this is what I came up with. Hope you take the idea and make it your own, for your furniture. It’s about 15”w x 13”L.
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20 hours ago
by dryhter |
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Hey Everybody,
Well, here it is Christmas time, and if you are like me, you are contemplating a special Christmas gift.
This year I decided to make a Game Table and this first video will deal with fabricating the table legs.
The inspiration for the legs comes from Federal style furniture,the detail that caught my eye is an embellishment at the foot of the leg. I found it was not as easy to duplicate as I had thought and it, became necessary to improvise. A couple of jigs solved the d...
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22 hours ago
by Autumn |
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HOW TO CUT AND INLAY MOTHER OF PEARL—Part 4
Step 10: How to transfer the pattern to the wood
Take the taped pearl pieces and decide exactly where you want to inlay them. If necessary, create a penciled box on the wood with guidelines.
Apply a generous amount of glue in the chosen area with the Elmer’s glue stick. Some people use rubber cement to affix the pieces at this point. If the Elmer’s doesn’t work for you, try the cement.
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Lay the taped pearl pieces onto the glued area...
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1 day ago
by PG_Zac |
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My nephew told me yesterday afternoon, that a tree had been blown over during the very high winds we had 2 days ago, and he thought it was a Yellowwood tree. Needless to say, I jumped into the car and sped off to confirm his suspicion. Unfortunately he was wrong, it was a Wild Plum tree (Harpephyllum Caffrum).
It fell over outside our local court about 80 metres from where a Wild Plum had fallen over about 2 years ago. Fortunately for me, when that previous one fell, the council’s ch...
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1 day ago
by PG_Zac |
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Yesterday we had bad weather, so I had a gap to do some work in the shop instead of being outside helping my wife erect the new pasture fence.
A job that has taken a back seat for a while was to slice up some salvaged wood for final drying and also for sending samples to a couple of guys who have requested it.
Please note that the colours in these photos are very muted, and are much richer in real life.
Firstly, Spalted Avocado
.Yellowwood
.Natal Mahogany
.Very Fresh Wild Pl...
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1 day ago
by Autumn |
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HOW TO CUT AND INLAY MOTHER OF PEARL—Part three
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Two good books about mother-of-pearl inlay:
“Pearl Inlay: An Instruction Manual for Inlaying Abalone and Mother-of-Pearl” by James E. Patterson
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“The Art of Inlay” by Larry Robinson
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A small hand clamp and strong reading glasses (x2.5) are additions to my pearl-cutting arsenal. I recommend them to anyone for whom close viewing and tight gripping are a challenge. ..
Step 5: Clean up your work area
Sweep the floor i...
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1 day ago
by EzJack |
7 comments »
Don’t ask how it got there.
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