463 days ago
by Doodler |
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Continuing routing the inlets for the cribbage board…
After using the fence and clamps to route to the edges of the inlets I finish routing out each segement freehand.
I previously scribed the curved segments with a compass and now I carefully cut around the curves with a knife. This is not a common X-Acto which would break immedietly on the ebony, but a hardened steel surgical blade I purchased from Micro-Mark.
I use a micro chisel to clean out the edges of the cur...
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505 days ago
by scottb |
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It’s quickly becoming my favorite time of year. The gardens and farmers markets are overflowing with their bounty, almost everything is fresh and in season, the days are becoming comfortable – not yet crisp, but not too hot. Time to preserve and make preparations for the winter.
The freezer down in the basement (shop) is almost completely stocked with goodness to keep me going well into next year!
I promised “more about this later” during my shop tour... so here it...
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506 days ago
by Doodler |
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Well I haven’t been here in a while. Summer is usually slow for cribbage board business and I actually spent two months doing no woodworking at all. First break I’ve had since I started making boards about 4 years ago. I did spend some time improving my shop and putting in a dust-collection system. I’ll update the pictures of it soon.
Anyway I was contacted by a potential customer who liked my newest board design (the paua rosa with maple burl board in my projects page). ...
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541 days ago
by Lee A. Jesberger |
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As you may have guessed, I make many of these tables. The practice is needed, and the combinations of woods make it very interesting.
These were all made from the plexiglass templates shown. By using these templates, I can make these tops very quickly.
I also have other shapes that are more complicated, which I’ll post at another time.
Lee
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546 days ago
by WayneC |
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In this part I’m intending to finish the cigar pen I started last time. I’m going to add a bloodwood accent to the writing end of the pen.
To do this I took a bloodwood scrap and drilled the center. I then took a spare brass tube put it on the pen mill and squared one end to the hole. This allows the part to mate seamlessly to the piece on the tube.
Next is cut off a short piece to glue onto the tube. I am using a clamp to keep my fingers away. I probably could hav...
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546 days ago
by WayneC |
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Overview
There are a number of people who have indicated they would like to know more about what it takes to turn pens. There are quite a few very good pen turners who are members of our community. My intent is go get an overview out there to encourage more people to give it a try. I’m hoping some of the other pen turners will add to this and we can get more people turning. It really is quite simple and very rewarding.
What I like about turning pens is the ability to finish a ...
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551 days ago
by scottb |
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Yesterday was busy – but good. Spent most of the day out and about – picnic lunch, movies, and packages in the mail – WooHoo!
Ordered a box of assorted mesquite and ebony logs from BlueStingrayBoots. I’ll be surprised if either of us don’t get a bill from the mailmans chiropractor. I sure wasn’t expecting this much booty! (oh, yeah, and some new hearing protection.)
Today is shaping up to be another hot day – so I’ll be heading off to ...
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