293 days ago
by JMB |
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Drove out to Geneva today to pick up an air filtration unit for the new workshop. The painters have been complaining about sawdust in their art (oops).
The fellow I bought it from built it himself from scratch. Despite that, it is very well designed, probably better than most manufactured units. Twin filters (intake and outtake), fan and motor completely removable for service without pulling any wires or bolts, and it is pre-wired for low and high speeds with the flip of a switch.
Only ...
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486 days ago
by Mark A. DeCou |
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(I haven’t done this style of blogging for awhile. With so many new LJ’ers now on this website, I’ve figured most of us don’t want to see these long-winded-folksy style, non-woodworking, rambling, style blogs anymore. But, this is a story about “Hot Air”, so I’ll let a bunch out along with the photos.)
This blog could easily be subtitled: ”Facing Your Fears with Hot Air.”Read on further to find out why.
July 29th, 2008:
I wa...
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489 days ago
by Mark A. DeCou |
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If you are just surfing through the internet and want to see some actual canes I’ve carved, click on the Widget Picture of the cane here, and it also has more than 40 other links to other unique carved walking canes I’ve built.
This blog entry is for showing a couple of new concept sketches of carved walking cane designs that I am working on so that the prospective customer can view the concept drawings and provide his input, or approval.
thanks for reading,Mark DeCouhtt...
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767 days ago
by Dorje |
22 comments »
Well, just some text at this point – but I can’t slow my heart rate down at the thought of what’s happening next door. A major maple – which looks like it may have some serious figure – is coming down. I’ve been offered the bole (the main trunk from the base to the crotch), which is about 10-12 feet long, and a couple sections of major limbs from the crotch up a ways. The arborist says he’ll need to cut the bole in two…I’d like it left ...
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824 days ago
by MsDebbieP |
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What a surprise I had when I started preparing for this interview and I found that the company is located in Toronto, Canada – not too far away from me! Yippee!
(Thanks to Roarockit for the original image and to Douglas Bordner, our pixelator, for the photo editing to include MsDebbieP)Ted Hunter and wife, Norah Jackson, started the Roarockit company not too long ago, in an effort to make veneering accessible to everyone.
The HistoryNorah and Ted, who has been teaching at the Ontario Co...
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849 days ago
by scottb |
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Here’s what all the fashionable jocks will be wearing the rest of the summer: (especially those with a nice off-kilter sense of humor and/or wordplay like mine…)
Not only is it an “Air Plane” but it’s gone one step further and is a remote controlled (model?) air plane!This was a fun one to design, and I can’t wait for mine to show up in the mail!
I’ve also reduced my (small) commission on the sale of these and my other shirts at printf...
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924 days ago
by MsDebbieP |
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Bill asked me to do a blog on how I like my Triton respirator. Not sure I have a lot to say, but here goes.
Why did I get it? - because the LumberJocks told me how dangerous woodworking can be, due to breathing in the dust. - because when we got some rough-hewn pine I found that my eyes and lungs were irritated soon after some cutting of it had taken place
How it worksThe hardhat is adjustable to fit.There is a flipdown face shield, and ear protection that can also be flipped up/down.A&...
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