24 days ago
by Takara |
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I wanted to share these photos to encourage everyone to get your children, grandchildren, nieces, nephews, and young friends involved in your work.
My son is 18 months old and wants so badly to imitate everything we do. I put in the smallest blade we had and I let him help me scroll saw.
My 3 1/2 year old daughter took to the scroll saw like a natural. (Must be genetics) She has spent most of her weekends in the garage with my father and I for glue ups and such and she is no stran...
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639 days ago
by jakub76 |
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I wanted a chair for my daughter’s cubby house and was looking to buy something 2nd hand. I came across a chunky pine post in my back shed and inspiration struck. I decided I could make a chest that could provide some storage for toys and double as a bench seat – I also wanted to get my head around this mortise and tenon business.
I marked everything out and cut all of my tenons then cleaned them up with chisels. All hand tools so far, by necessity.
I marked each ...
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693 days ago
by Tim Dorcas |
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In this video Randy Child discusses the use of the rasp in shaping wood and demonstrates its use.
My apologies in advance for the noise. I filmed this in a production environment of which I had no control. That said, you can still hear the content which I believe is relevant.
Enjoy!
Tim
PS – Check out my website for more videos and woodworking information.
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696 days ago
by Tim Dorcas |
6 comments »
I recently took a Maloof Rocker class with Randy Child and Charles Neil. They were both kind enough to let me video the learning sections of the class. In this video, Randy discusses the requirements for prepping the front legs to integrate with the seat.
I have lots of video but most of it has high levels of noise. If there is interest given these restraints, I will post a few more.
As for the class itself, I really learned quite a bit about shaping wood which is the largest require...
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1194 days ago
by Morton |
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I’ve completed my son’s Christmas present (ok, awhile ago!), which is a really cool “tower” that he can climb up into to see everything happening on the kitchen counter, and be involved himself. In the previous post on this topic, I went over the design phase and initial template-building. At that point, I was ready to start cutting up some plywood!
I had on hand some pretty nice 3/4 plywood from the local supply store. Nothing fancy, but both sides are smooth...
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1229 days ago
by Morton |
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I’m building a tower for my son for Christmas. [slightly behind in posting]
My son is forever wanting to be “up” and see what is going on in the kitchen. Whether we are cooking, cleaning or preparing something – he wants to be involved. He doesn’t currently have anything to stand on so that he can see – so I’m building him a tower. He’ll be able to climb up into it and see the counter and be involved in what is going on.
I started wi...
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1587 days ago
by kshipp |
2 comments »
Refers to project posted here.
The dry fit passed inspection from my quality inspector so it was time to move on to finishing.
I disassembled it to three major components and put on Minwax Dark Walnut Stain. Of course I did this on my finishing/pool table.
You can see the unstained head sitting on the table also. I installed the handle in the head with glue and two finish nails through the edge to hold it steady.
I am using Waterlox Original Medium as a sealer and it’...
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1588 days ago
by kshipp |
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Refers to project posted here.
I used the Kreg screw system for most of the joinery on this project. This is my second major project (first one here) using this system and I have found them to be very strong. It’s also very quick to join pieces with this system which helped me do this project in only 4 days exclusive of some of the finishing. This was also my first time using the Kreg plugs which I’ve started a forum topic on here.
I always get to the end of the build an...
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1588 days ago
by kshipp |
2 comments »
Refers to project posted here.
I started this project out with the SketchUp design so I printed full-size templates to make my pieces. My original idea was to use 1/4” hard board as a pattern for a pattern trimming bit. I cut out the hardboard on the scroll saw and then cleaned them up with my spindle sander.
I tried to use the pattern bit on a practice dog dish stand with some leftover wood and didn’t have good results. I think my pattern bit is probably not the hig...
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1589 days ago
by kshipp |
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Refers to project posted here.
After my initial blog post I got some good suggestions and questions in the comments so I thought I would address those in a blog here.
LesB said he thought the rear leg would need more bracing. My dad and I were discussing what we thought the weak point would be and we both also thought it would be the rear leg. I’m using the Kreg Pocket Screw system to assemble this piece and I have four screws from the leg to the seat and two screws from the cross...
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