1619 days ago
by Tomcat1066 |
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I hate it, but then again I don’t. I get random ideas for pieces of furniture that run through my head and I have to at least jot down a rough sketch or else I’ll lose something, and I really don’t want to do that. I don’t want to lose the table I came up with to house the onyx chessboard I inherited from my Uncle when he passed away (he was only 12 years older than me…we were more like brothers). I don’t want to lose the entertainment center with doors ...
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1619 days ago
by woodyoda |
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I said in an earlier blog, that I was going out to get root buroughs, from the farmers as they trim their orchards. So far I have about 12 buroughs all walnut….over a ton easily.Thankfully the farmer was kind enough to put them in the truck for me, with his tractor. We were loading some, while he was burning some. These farmers seem to be in a hurry to get rid of them. I could easily have 50 by now if they hadn’t burnt them.While I was sawing of the roots, I found out my chain saw...
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1620 days ago
by TheFritz |
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I was trimming some pieces of a “Spagnuolo” cutting board… well, its more like a trivet (8” square). I was using my father’s saw, he has nicer blade than me and I needed a glue line cut on these. I had just finished pushing the piece (8” long x 1”x 1”) through when BAM! I was hit hard, right between the eyes.
I was using a push stick. I was standing off to the side. I was wearing eye protection. And the piece was too small for the guard to be on. What happened was that the glue for the las...
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1620 days ago
by Martin Sojka |
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Are you knotty and keeping secrets?
Then it’s time to get busy and creative again and compete for some great prizes in our Winter 2009 edition of the LumberJocks Woodworking Awards.
You are welcome to participate in the following two categories:
A Knot Like No Other – It’s creativity time! Don’t let that big old knot get you down – incorporate it into a project, highlighting it’s beauty or uniqueness. You can knock out the wood (if there is some) and...
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1620 days ago
by Andraxia |
6 comments »
Wednesday afternoon and I am having a lay down on the bed. It has been a very productive couple of days.
Yesterday I drove to the local hardware mega mart store called Bunnings. I purchased some small MDF (about 2’ x 4’) to make an alternative present for my Mum. I was still feeling a bit seedy so decided to forgo making Kitchen Cupboard doors for Mum’s birthday.
Mum is on the pension and to supplement her income she goes to garage (yard) sales and buys up Lego bricks ...
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1620 days ago
by Karson |
17 comments »
My youngest daughter was very much into horses when she was at home. We had 14 Acres in New Jersey and probably had horses for around 15 years or so. After High School was over the horses disappeared and the horse barn became a lumber storeroom.
She got married and about 6 month ago her in-laws gave her some riding lessons as a birthday gift. The horse fever caught on again. This time she has a young daughter. For some reason girls and horses seem to go together.
Missy sometimes takes S...
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1620 days ago
by Sawdustonmyshoulder |
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After my clients chose a clear natural finish for the table, I used a natural-colored grain filler and 5 coats of satin Minwax Wipe On Poly to complete the tables.
It took about 10 men to lift and move it to my 12 foot trailer to move it to the church. The legs and stretchers were assembled using oak pins using the draw bore pin method. The table top dropped into position nicely and with a few screws to keep it from “floating off”. :-) You can never trust gravity, you know.
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1620 days ago
by matt garcia |
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Hey guys, just wanted to pass along an email I got from Leigh Industries! Once I was accustomed to my jig, I wondered what size range of dovetails could this thing make? Well I saw the sets on the Leigh website, man they were $180.00. I waited to see if Rockler would ever put them on sale since they carry them in their warehouse. Then I received a flyer that Rockler had sent out, and it had a 20% off coupon for anything in the store. Well if you read the fine print, almost every coupon t...
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1620 days ago
by Handi75 |
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I have just received my Flying Dutchman Blades, Bits and Chuck.
The Blades that I have ordered was
Blades:
FD-TC #2/0 (Two Way Cut)
Bits:
FD #68FD #71
The Blades.
The Blades are made from Springy metal, I’m not sure what type, but these blades Spring and bend more then they brake. Of course, under certain circumstances they will brake, Under tightening, Over tightening and excessive Heat from Friction.
All in all, These Blades themselves are made from Top Quality...
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1620 days ago
by AaronK |
8 comments »
this thing has to be the most ridiculously counter-intuitive tool ever. it’s like, the exact opposite of everything I’ve encountered so far, hand or power. when I first brought it out a few days ago, I did everything wrong:
-burnished with too much pressure-for too long-at too steep an angle-used too much pressure on the wood-at too steep an angle
and it gave understandably awful results. i figured, it’s sort of like a bench plane, so i’ll crank up the pressure, ...
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