5 days ago
by Topapilot |
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Well, I found out what was wrong with my mortising set up – the drill bit inside the mortise chisel was bent and causing the chisel to jam. I tried another chisel that had never been used and it worked, so I went old-school. I started and ended the mortising with those whatchamacallits, chisels! Thats it!
I marked out the mortises with a pencil, then went around the perimeter with a chisel. I only went deep enough to cut the surface fibers, maybe 1/16”+, and got a nice outli...
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5 days ago
by Topapilot |
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Here’s an update on the progress I’ve made on my nightstand.
I completed the draw with the proud finger joints. After some e-mail back and forth with Darrell I’m holding off on the handle and will mount that after finishing.
I completed the bottom shelf. I think this design is pretty interesting because from a distance the shelf seems to be attached to the lower rails of the table. However, the shelf floats on a support mounted to the bottom of the end rails with a ...
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11 days ago
by mhawkins2 |
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The subtitle of this entry should be, “Greg, you were right and I was wrong.”
I must confess I never really saw the need for a drill press. I have a very nice Bosch cordless drill with lots of power. I can drill pocket holes all day long and I have made 32 mm holes with Forstner bits in poplar and birch without problems. I have a great jig for shelf pin holes and frankly thought my holes were perfectly straight for the task. I have even used it to cut 1/2” plugs from ...
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22 days ago
by Karson |
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My youngest daughter was very much into horses when she was at home. We had 14 Acres in New Jersey and probably had horses for around 15 years or so. After High School was over the horses disappeared and the horse barn became a lumber storeroom.
She got married and about 6 month ago her in-laws gave her some riding lessons as a birthday gift. The horse fever caught on again. This time she has a young daughter. For some reason girls and horses seem to go together.
Missy sometimes takes S...
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56 days ago
by Allison |
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I found an incredible deal before last Christmas while visiting my father down in southern Ca, at the La Mirada swap meet. 1/4 inch tongue and groove aromatic cedar. I would say I got around 25 pieces of it. They are all in 3 foot lengths .
Because of their size there has not been any ideas popping up in my head on what to do with it. However today looking through old pattern books I found a bunch of Christmas ornaments and immediately thought of this wood. After all how nice wou...
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83 days ago
by CloneZero |
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Woodwork Joints : Where wood meets wood to stick!
If you need to connect two pieces of wood, this blog is an excellent resource. Lot’s of useful and clear illustrations too.
Table of ContentsDOVETAIL GROOVING JOINTS FOR CURVED WORK MISCELLANEOUS JOINTS PUZZLE JOINTS SHUTTING JOINTS THE BRIDLE JOINT THE DOVETAIL JOINT THE DOWELLING JOINT THE GLUED JOINT THE HALVED JOINT THE HINGED JOINT THE MITRED JOINT THE MORTISE AND TENON JOINTTHE SCARF JOINT THE TONGUED AND GROOVED JOINT
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83 days ago
by CloneZero |
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Woodwork Joints : Where wood meets wood to stick!
If you need to connect two pieces of wood, this blog is an excellent resource. Lot’s of useful and clear illustrations too.
Table of ContentsDOVETAIL GROOVING JOINTS FOR CURVED WORK MISCELLANEOUS JOINTS PUZZLE JOINTS SHUTTING JOINTS THE BRIDLE JOINT THE DOVETAIL JOINT THE DOWELLING JOINT THE GLUED JOINT THE HALVED JOINT THE HINGED JOINT THE MITRED JOINT THE MORTISE AND TENON JOINTTHE SCARF JOINT THE TONGUED AND GROOVED JOINT
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95 days ago
by DAN |
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In process photos of oak frames and tiles I’m working on this weekend. 10 5 2008
The texture on the back of the scarab is made with ground glass impregnated into the wet clay and then fired to around 2000 degrees.
finished scarab with bronzed finish. ...
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113 days ago
by oldskoolmodder |
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I have a friend who owns a sawmill/lumber business, and I stopped by to pick this stuff up from him (yesterday) with absolutely nothing in mind. Only possibilities of what could possibly be one day.
But you might have a part in what I build with some of it. If you have any good suggestions for me.
I’ve got a while before I’m recovered from my hand injury (see my other blog entry), so since I won’t be using the machines anytime REAL soon, I need to occupy my mind with i...
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115 days ago
by NedB |
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After nearly two and a half years in storage, I finally moved all of my stuff into the shop tonight. Here’s ‘proof’ that I emptied the storage unit…
Now I know it doesn’t LOok empty, but as far as stuff I’m going to keep in the shop it is. The dishwasher and desk (including the box of shelves and hardware) are on craigslist as I type, and I’m giving them one week to ‘move’ then they go to charity as a donation, or to the curb with a &#...
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