730 days ago
by Popintraining |
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What a fantastic idea and first class all the way!
It’s so amazing to me what technology and the internet has enabled us to do.I’ve always enjoyed reading magazine articles about other craftsman and seeing the different things they created. (This is so much better)It blows my mind that Tony over there in Finland is checking out our bar or if I ever felt the urge too make a guitar or something I have no clue about, I know where to go!
(what a trip!)Looking forward to having some fun!
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732 days ago
by Popintraining |
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I’m finding out the hard way, that in order to become a good finisher I need to be an even better refinisher!This has been a long road. I started out using a brush-on spar varnish and quickly realized that there had to be a better way. Now, there is nothing wrong with a brush-on finish except that a bar top is highly visible area and can show a lot of imperfections. Spray-on finishes are always going to give you the best finish. I’ve recently purchased a kremlin sprayer and love i...
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770 days ago
by Jojo |
12 comments »
This is the first post of a new series about the traditional woodworking tools of Japan.
Don’t expect them to be thoroughly reviewed here. I just want you to meet them and get to know different ways of doing the same things.
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”Kebiki” is today’s tool.
It is a simple yet smart marking gauge. Instead of a single pin it uses two discrete well sharpened knives that tear the wood fibers very neatly.
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Both knives slide inside a routed channel that ensu...
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797 days ago
by jstewart |
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Today I made more progress in learning woodworking. I ran to Woodcraft and picked up a zero-clearance insert for my table saw. I installed a Freud SD208 dado blade, 3/4” wide. I installed the insert, adjusting the fit using all of the set screws on the top, front and side. Once the insert fit snuggly, I clamped a 2”x4” across the top, from side to side. (I tried clamping it from front to back but the saw motor and fence rails made it harder to do it that way.) I turned...
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840 days ago
by Hawgnutz |
21 comments »
I have done it hundreds of times—making repetitive cuts on table saw—and I am sure you have too. But NEVER get complacent using a table saw!
There I was cutting a doado in a length of soft cedar, guiding it on past the blades, when it bound up and shot back! When it did, it not only broke my newer fetherboard, propeled the board back into my truck tailgate, but it also drew the push block—with my hand—back over the spinning dado blade.
Here is the board.
I ...
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957 days ago
by gizmodyne |
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Baby Got BackToday we completed our four cabinet boxes’ parts by cutting the groove for the backs. This sounds simple but we had to do a ton of double checking.
Plus, I don’t think I mentioned that my biscuit joiner needed a little tune up. After last week’s dry fit, I realized that several of the cabinet rails had slightly miscut biscuits. So we recut 10 rails today. Screwing down the biscuit joiner helped as well.
So, on to the tablesaw to cut the groove and trim the...
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