1447 days ago
by closetguy |
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A while back someone asked a forum question about what everyone does with their scrap wood and cutoffs. The overwhelming response was for inlay pieces, or firewood. I also do the same thing, but last fall I gathered up some scrap and made up bookmarks for gifts at Christmas. While doing this I sort of got carried away with it.
Making bookmarks are like making cutting boards. It’s not difficult and its fun experimenting with different designs and wood types. With glued up blocks, it’s ...
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796 days ago
by AlexHarris |
25 comments »
A video showing how to make some really good wooden bar clamps.
End your clamp shortage now! Build some clamps which only cost a few pounds to make and could be better than clamps you can buy.
These clamps don’t mark the wood or stain from glue.
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1670 days ago
by closetguy |
6 comments »
I keep getting a lot of private messages from Lumberjocks asking questions about my boards and selling at shows so I decided to start talking about my experiences this year and maybe it will help those who want start the show circuit or are trying to decide if it’s for them. I consider myself a newbie at it since I just started this year and I know there are a lot of jocks that have been doing shows for years, so I don’t intend to write a “how to” guide, but document my journey into this car...
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363 days ago
by Boxguy |
7 comments »
How do you make a hinge and fit it in a box so that it looks like this when you are done?
You Could Use This!...My Hinge Station or a Hack Saw
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Just Browsing? If you want to casually breeze through this just read the dark print and look at the pictures. For more serious readers, I have included details in the fine print.
Economics: Price is a major consideration if you are making boxes for sale. I simply can’t afford to put $35 or more into a set of fine brass hinges and m...
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1442 days ago
by degoose |
8 comments »
Basic 1/4 ” plywood.. mark a line at a diagonal across the board.NB. the sharper the angle the longer the piece that can be cut.Inset two bearings on this line 19” on centre to enable the use of the 9.5” Radius template from the first jig with single curve. Fit a bolt in the righthand bearing and fit to the bearing in the base unit.. turn on bandsaw and cut the curve till you reach the line and then change pivot points to the left hand side of both the jig and the base unit ...
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1899 days ago
by joey |
9 comments »
This is the second part of my blog and in this blog I am going to talk about writing a business plan, and past mistake I have made in business.
Now this is the third shop I have started and if I have learned anything it is this, to be successful you need a plan! There it is. Now the first two times I did not write a business plan, I did not write a marketing plan. Really all I did was run into a guy who knew a guy who had a building to rent and the next thing I knew I had a shop and a whol...
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1846 days ago
by Ad Marketing Guy - Bill |
26 comments »
Welcome Note & Intro to this Blog Series
Everything you can imagine is real, Pablo Picasso
Part I -The Dirty Lies of Starting a Business!
Welcome Everyone to the Ad Marketing Guy’s business Blog for Lumber Jocks & Friends -
I am hoping, there will be 12 entries and unfortunately, none of them will have anything to do with woodworking! WAIT – Don’t leave yet –STOP that back page button! DROP your dovetails and take a few minutes and read, You may find something worth ...
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1967 days ago
by odie |
6 comments »
OK boys and girls or OK girls and boys This is my first attempt at a “blog”. I don’t even understand what it is. To start with, it is my first priority to be FUNNY. At my age, if you ask a woman or a man what is the most important thing in a marriage they will say a sense of humor. Those of you 40+ out there know what I mean.
So you want to start a business. This hopefully will be a series of do’s and don’ts of starting your own woodworking (((or what ever ((f...
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644 days ago
by Sheila Landry (scrollgirl) |
29 comments »
So far we have looked at how to prepare our wood, choose a blade, cast on and off a piece and cut outside curves and corners. Now it is time we do some inside cutting.
Most people associate scroll sawing with cutting fretwork. At first many people don’t understand that in order to cut fretwork pieces, you need to drill entry holes in the ‘waste area’ (or the part of the pattern that drops away when you finish your cut) and thread the blade through that drilled hole ...
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674 days ago
by Sheila Landry (scrollgirl) |
69 comments »
Now that everyone has their patterns applied to the wood, we are finally ready to turn on our saws and do some cutting.
Since the practice patterns that I have given you have no inside cuts, we are going to learn some practical ways to start and finish our cutting lines. I call this ‘casting on’ and ‘casting off’ the wood.
Most people – especially when starting out – just aim for the part of the design that is closest to the edge and start cutting. ...
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