612 days ago
by PurpLev |
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After realigning the drawers by fixing the slides, and trimming some drawers, I made sure everything fits. I predrilled 3 holes in the drawer fronts through the pull slots that will later be covered, one in the center, and 1 on each side:
I transferred the center hole from the drawer front to the drawer and once alignment was satisfactory I transfered the other 2 holes as well:
I used my combination square ruler to space the fronts from each other, and made sure that all the dra...
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614 days ago
by Andrew |
2 comments »
I have been doing a little research into a bowl finish that will handle boiling water. I e-mailed General Finish and here’s the exchange:
Me: Is General Finishes Salad Bowl Finish, when cured, safe to use for applications that come in contact with boiling water?
GF: ... a better product would be our new water base wood turners finish, it is water base and has no odor- so you would not have to wait a month to use it. I would still wait a good two weeks for the product to cure befo...
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631 days ago
by PurpLev |
4 comments »
I was holding off on the last (lower and larger) drawers due to lack of material which in essence was a good thing as It made me rethink those drawer dimensions and ended up with what I believe is a better build, but more about that later.
What was the issue?
The lower 3 drawers are the largest/tallest at 6”, 5”, and 5”, but I only had enough materials for 3 ~2.5” tall drawers + some additional material but not enough to glue material together to give me 6”...
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642 days ago
by PurpLev |
9 comments »
This project is half finished – Literally I mean. I figured since I’ll be working on the drawers, and the toolcart is in the basement it’ll get dirty, and oily finger marks might penetrate the wood and no sanding in the world will take those out, so I decided to finish the cabinet and protect it from the ‘elements’ around…. and boy did I get struck out by one of those elements… but more about that later.
And so I gave the cabinet a good sanding wit...
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708 days ago
by AlexHarris |
3 comments »
Hey LJ just posting a recent video I did on making a tiny bud vase I make from Australian Red wood.
The shape is not perfect but it looks nice because of its size.
Enjoy!
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738 days ago
by Donna Menke |
7 comments »
Lots of vegetable gardening done in the past couple of months, and it could not wait, so the harp building project had to wait a while. Finally last week I got back into it after 6 weeks of seldom working on it. Now it is almost done- but let me go back to where I left off in March.I had these beautiful abalone mother-of-pearl wings provided to me by a fine Lumberjock. She also did a great blog about how to do inlays, and that was very helpful to me. I didn’t follow instructions exactly...
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738 days ago
by GodofBiscuits |
8 comments »
I build wood geared clocks and have been thinking about making the gears looks a little more metal like with maybe some bronze and copper powders in a stain. Has anyone done this before and how did it turn out? I do not want the gears to be bright metal colored just have a hint of aged bronze look to them. I found another clock maker in Russia but the translation is completely lost between responses. The video of his clock can be seen here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrF70MW7c1c
It&#...
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760 days ago
by majeagle1 |
4 comments »
Just curious…..there are so many opinions out there regarding how to care for your project when it is finished in Danish Oil and then Waxed….
More wax? Furniture Polish? Cleaner then Wax?
What do you guys and gals out there use and why?
I usually just re-wax with more of the same that I normally use, but not everyone has that available…...
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824 days ago
by Canadian Woodworks |
9 comments »
Time lapse application of our oil / resin finish on our A chair, hope you enjoy!
To watch in HD click on the movie to be taken to youtube.
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871 days ago
by PurpLev |
21 comments »
I am pretty much done with the construction of the box itself. I had left the pins extra long and needed to trim them off, which is better then leaving them extra short and um… oh shoot. After some trimming and cleaning up the joints today I drilled and installed the hinges for the doors. I used SOSS model 100 hinges, 2 on each door which is good for material 1/2” thickness. I like those hinges, easy to install, fit well, and completely hidden for a nice clean look.
You’l...
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