109 days ago
by RGtools |
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Today is just a quick one. I thought I should start posting more of these little things as they come up.
For the most part I like to keep my chisels and auger bits in tool rolls. It keeps them safe and sharp, but as my collection grows I sometimes don’t have enough chisels to justify buying or making another roll. For this I venture to the scrap fabric section of my shop.
I pick out something like this.
And wrap my tools up as follows. Sorry for the blur on some of thes...
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110 days ago
by socrbent |
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In the spirit of giving back to all you LJ’s who have inspired and informed me, here is an attempt to share the making of 4 tool bar handles. My wife gave me four 1/2” tool bars and 12 carbide cutters for Christmas from my wish list. Wanted to try some Easy Wood carbide type tools at a reasonable price level. To hold the cost down my wish list specified bars and cutters from Big Guy Productions and then turn my own handles for them.
Step 1 – Turn HandlesThe project star...
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112 days ago
by revieck |
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http://youtu.be/mvxvJzDZlI0 Building a storage box for the Nativity scene I made before Christmas.
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113 days ago
by bandit571 |
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Started chopping mortises. By hand, no less. Laid out the mortise
Yep, they go all the way to the top. next a kerf cut, just to keep things from splitting out.
Doesn’t have to all that precise, just set the depth, and the length. Slight over cut will get covered by the apron. Next
Chisel to chop down into the end. Sets the bottom of the mortise. Need this for the next step
I split out the waste. A few other chisels to define the sides better, and then a check...
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113 days ago
by rdwile |
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The last time I was over at my son’s apartment he “casually” mentioned that he needed an end table beside his couch to put things on, so I decided this would be my next project. After the toolchest build I was looking for a small project that was hand tool centric that I could build in a few days.
All the other pieces I have made for him have been Cherry so the wood choice was easy. I had built an end table similar to this in the past so quickly threw down some measuremen...
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114 days ago
by bandit571 |
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I have some reclaimed boards, including some rclaimed waterbed frames. Daughter wanted a small “Dinette” Table built.
Got one plank up onto the “bench” I now have. i needed to flatten it down, and then rip some leg stock out of it.
a cambered iron jackplane took care of all the weather stuff, then a few other planes to smooth the plank out. Laid out for the first blank
That is the plank. i had a “new” saw to do the rip cuts with
I figured...
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115 days ago
by Oldtool |
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When building my wife’s new chest on chest cabinet, I decided to add a little something a little different than the plans that I had on hand, which would be new to me & adds a new challenge for me overcome. The basic plan for this storage cabinet came from Glenn Huey’s book “fine Furniture for a lifetime”, the Chippendale Entertainment Center. This same piece of furniture is featured in another of his book by Popular Woodworking, “Design & Build Your Ideal Entertainment Center”, and i...
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115 days ago
by Bob Simmons |
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Router Inlay Practice
Question: How would you inlay a 2 inch wide compass rose veneer? It has a thickness of 3/32”.
The techniques demonstrated by the woodworker in this woodworking video are basically just for practice. He is simply testing to develop a strategy for when it becomes time to actually inlay the compass rose veneer. Practicing woodworking in the shop is a great idea. It’s a good way to develop confidence in one’s skills and to develop new techniques. Plus, we all...
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118 days ago
by scamp238 |
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I have been busy working and my daughter has ben busy with school, so we haven’t had much time to spend on this. We have made some progress though. A little each week.
She has cut and shapeed the handles with the router.
Finished all the doors.
She sprayed the whole thing down with strong tea to add tannins to the pine.
We used this ammonia.
We sealed it in the shower with the ammoina overnight.
We pulled it out and looked at it. I was pleased.
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119 days ago
by bigchopperoo |
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I’m going to do a half lap with a cross cut, chisel paring, and followed through with a shoulder plane. Now if you didn’t know better, you might be thinking I’m an Olympic diver getting ready to execute a stunning high dive. But alas, I am not. I’m a woodworker, and this is a structural joint and the tools I will use to make a simple, yet strong woodworking joint.
The Half Lap is a joint used to connect two intersecting pieces of wood. Each piece of wood is sawn to half its thickness. Whe...
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