100 days ago
by Innovator |
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I have always cut my green logs either on the ground or on top of other logs. Well a few weeks ago I was cutting a log and it decided it wanted to dance a little bit. Now I don’t care if a log dances or not I just don’t want it to move while I have a moving 20” chainsaw in it.
This got me thinking there has to be a way to hold the work safely for cutting. So I took to the internet looking for sawhorses for chainsaws. I did find a few commercial units but they were all listed in E...
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171 days ago
by Gary Fixler |
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The Predator – born in Washington state, USA – is a 2-man chainsaw powered by a V8 engine, capable of cutting through a 3’ log in less than a second. All of their videos of this monster are fun, but this recap on an unspecified television program (which seems at the very least sponsored by Prolong Oil) sums things up nicely.
My first question – “Who would build such a dangerous beast?” – has been answered. His name is Robert Andrews. My second qu...
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224 days ago
by Grumpy |
11 comments »
This woodworker has done some amazing carvings
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232 days ago
by PG_Zac |
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Now for the interesting part of the story
I had to work through several problems, mostly caused by my inexperience, ignorance or optimism. The first was that I ordered the wrong size mirror. It looked fine in the drawings, but when I trimmed the arms to fit each other, I had to cut more off the mitred ends than planned for aesthetic reasons. The mirror supplier had already cut the mirror but not yet delivered, so I called then with the new dimensions. I had to pay extra for the new cuts an...
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233 days ago
by PG_Zac |
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Here we get into the project proper.
I made a display mirror for my nephew’s wedding present. The shape of the frame was decided by the wood, and the shelves were inspired by a mirror made by a woodworker whose name I can’t remember. All the visible wood is rescued waste, but the mirror is backed by purchased cheap plywood with an apparently spalted cherry veneer.
I did not want the mirror’s frame to completely surround the mirror, but the only design idea I had when I started was tha...
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233 days ago
by PG_Zac |
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This project is already completed, but there is a long story to go with it. I decided to split it into blog episodes for easier handling as I know many of you can’t afford to sit with ONE posting for more than 10 minutes.
A couple of years ago I moved to a new village and found (to my delight) that I have access to a lot of wood of various species in log form. Within a radius of 30 kilometers there are plenty of old dead-stands, dead-falls, and the local tree feller is happy to let ...
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284 days ago
by Tim & Candy Hicks |
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The guy that purchased this table has a 600 lb granite top. So we had to make something large, sturdy and yet attractive.
The cottonwood came from the K Ranch on the Colorado Utah border in Dinosaur Colorado. And yes it is seriously the name of a town.
Here is the rough material. each stumo will sit on a base, the base it not necessary, it adds to the beauty
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289 days ago
by Tim & Candy Hicks |
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Well, we are making some progress on the two coffee tables that we are working on. This is after it has been leveled, the levelers/slides have been added and all the rough edges have been rounded and shaped. Today my husband is sandblasting then tomorrow we should start the final and longest phase… sanding and polishing
This is the part that we cringe and hope we stay in line… dont want to end up with an extra short coffee table
Whew… right on line and ready to f...
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512 days ago
by benihun |
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My father made the flooring of the patio at our house, and we decided to construct a roof for it.This is what we have built so far: the main frame structure
Thanks for reading and watching! I’m going to post more images as we get closer to finishing the project.
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554 days ago
by frank |
9 comments »
Two Maples….One Pine, and….
....so i stepped outside to the wonders of an outdoor workshop, where some trees where culling my name, having not much time to pass with endless chatter, i reached down and turned my cell-phone off….
—-silence…..
....and so i went up last week and payed my respects to an old friend, one much wiser then me in all the ways of wood, who welcomed me back since our meeting of last fall, while even now this one is busy in the givin...
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