Grandfather's Hand Saw #2: Finished
I forgot to post the finished picture of my saw; the brass cleaned up nicely. Hope it’s an improvement!
Woodworking in America: My Schedule
I am so friggin’ psyched! I’m going to WWIA this October. Here’s my schedule. If you are going let me know we can have a beer together.
Are we ready yet?
We have been working real hard trying to get ready for the craft show coming up on Friday. I made a bunch of signs and Terry made benches to take but today he called me at work and said that we were not going to have anything left to take to the show. He sold 3 signs, a table and 4 benches already this week. I only have 2 days left to try and catch up. Maybe I’ll just have to take orders like I did last time but I was trying to have a good selection of different signs to choose from. I ...
Marine Pens Project and "story" created by "Sawdust2"
Too bad the “pens” story by Sawdust2 is full of untruths and outright lies. You would think a lawyer by profession would get his “story” straight. Check it out on the county records that Steve was not so good a father as professed. His child support was over $12,000 in arrears, and although he may have taken his kids on the weekend and for vacations every year, his alcoholic lifestyle and abuse of the wife was what kept him from getting custody. Notice also how this lawyer/woodworker portrays...
Extremely Average #181: Tiny Box Progress
Hello All, Tonight I continued on my quest to build a tiny box. This probably seems like a trival matter to the seasoned folks here at LJ, but for a novice, it can be a bit challenging. My first two attempts ended with slight misalignment. So I am into my 3rd shot and having learned from the 1st two, seem to be doing better. I am almost up to the point where I went awry last time and I think the wood is in better shape and should be ok after I cut the pieces. http://bit.ly/9sbeJ7 ...
Toy Chest Creations - A learning experience #2: The box assembly is completed - a lot of things learned, a few small inconsistencies
I’ll add pictures later. This project has been a huge learning experience. Many of the things I’ve learned are mundane in the woodworking world, and have been expressed better by far more experienced craftsmen than I. A list of what I would consider to be the things that others probably do without thinking: Measure measure measure measure measure measure measure measure measure measure measure measure Put the wood down before making adjustments to the blade height. Thi...
Extremely Average #85: It is harder than it looks
Hello All, Today I woke up with the plan that I would flatten my whetstone on a precision cinder block. My guess was that it would take around 15 minutes. It did NOT take 15 minutes. Compared to the lenght of time that the universe has existed, it wasn’t so bad, but when one measures the time against one single saturday, it was brutal. Having a flat stone is a great thing though. After my chisel was sharpened I did some more dovetail practicing and took one really good picture...
clock #2: gift
If you noticed my garden bench project,at the same time i was asked to make a gift for the person who was opening the local cottages,and i made this Look at that smilethis is me presenting our deputy first minister martin mcguinness with the gift for opening the local cottages
Watco not drying!
I have been thinking about how this posting may sound to a lot of you. “Wow, this guy is an idiot, or he doesn’t have a clue on what he is doing.” These thoughts may be true and in some cases diffidently true. But…. but, I have been a custom woodworker for 16 years now. In all these years I have been working in high end custom shops from the east coast to the west coast. Not making boxes (uppers and lowers) I have had the fortune to have worked with a lot of amaz...
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