68 days ago
by teenagewoodworker |
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Well, its been awhile now so i figured that it was time for another shop tour. i have made a lot of shop additions in the past few months and i have gone from just a kid with a few tools to this now having a fully funtional shop and being able to sell my work and taking in commissions. so here is my updated shop tour
watch out it gets a little crazy at the end, but i left it in for giggles :)
so i hope that everyone liked it. i’m really not sure what the next videos i am going t...
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167 days ago
by Woodhacker |
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On the suggestion of a couple comments from juniorjock and dantheboxmaker, I decided to try my first blog…anywhere…ever. I don’t really know what I’m doing, so I hope this turns out.
Thanks to all who made the kind comments to my posting of this project. These are some of the steps I went through to make the “Frame / Panel Keepsake Box” at http://lumberjocks.com/projects/7096.
Frame/Panels:This box consists of five Frame/Panels (FP) – the top, and the four sides making the carcass....
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414 days ago
by Dorje |
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Was FINALLY able to get back to the shop after 12-13 days! Got a bit more done on the table:
Trimmed tenons to fit mortises for the top:
Dry fit the top:
Cut, trimmed and mitered the apron tenons for the base:
Here’s the base dry fit:
And, the almost completed table!
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442 days ago
by Dorje |
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Be forewarned: What follows is not the most interesting content, but I’m just trying to document the steps of this process…
I had an ounce of time yesterday afternoon (less than an hour) so I cut up the stock to rough dimensions. I was nervous about this after finding out just how hard Jatoba really is. Very hard wood. Wasn’t sure me little Crapsman (cast iron top contractors saw w/ belt driven 1hp motor) was gonna do the trick, but boy am I proud of it! The pieces w...
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448 days ago
by Dorje |
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Well, my daughter and I went down to the hardwood lumber store on Monday and I immediately changed my mind on the kind of wood to use. Why so fickle? Who knows. The Lyptus that I was originally going to go with, only came in 4/4 and 8/4…I really wanted to use 5/4 to get 1” stock for the top. Just wanted more mass (it was also cheaper!) So…18bf of 5/4stock and 6bf 8/4stock of Jatoba/Brazillian Cherry is what we left with:
Straight grain for the most part:
C...
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