1894 days ago
by Damian Penney |
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So I got my jointer blades back from the sharpener, Standard Saw Works, and they did a great job. It’s a cool store too and one of the storefront window displays is full of old wooden planes (I didn’t get a pic)
Once I got the blades back to the workshop I set about reinstalling them. My usual method is to use my dial indicator and twiddle with them for hours on end getting them just right but this time I tried a new approach which worked really well.
After I’d dropped...
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2006 days ago
by Sgt_Lobo |
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Well, as I said in last night’s blog, today I started 3 projects that I need to finish in time to send off before Christmas. So I guess my insomnia paid off though because I was able to draw up my plans, measure and mark all my wood last night which made cutting today go allot quicker.
So, today between baking pies and pumpkin bread, I managed to cut all my pieces to length, rip them to width, and miter the ends. Not bad for a days work.
Heres some pics/teasers…
1st pic...
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2112 days ago
by DataDoc |
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No matter how careful you think you are, when you feel the thunk of the blade as it catches on the bone means it’s too late. I reached to brush away a cutoff and got my thumb snagged in the blade. With my wife’s assistance I got it bandaged up, and then sat around all afternoon holding my hand up to relieve the pounding in my thumb. Three Ibuprofen and 30 minutes later I had relief.
Now all I feel is stupid.
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2203 days ago
by frank |
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A Brush Stroke of Illusion
....at end of day, when all my world has had it’s say, and now i am giving these places in my heart, a time to settle down for a good nights rest….
—-comes the longing crisp of a brushes breath, and so i give the right to let the colors fly,while painting this wood with sealing stealth, where once again i impart a stop gap by and by….
—-wondering now i watch the dance, as brush gives color streams of pigment gloss, while who ca...
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