613 days ago
by bryano |
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Below are some pics of a tool box that I made a couple of years back. The wood is alder. This tool box was built to hold a large amount of electrical tools. One day when I was working on top of a high lift the box rolled off of the platform and droped about 10 feet onto a concreet floor. I expected to find it in pieces with 30 pounds of tools scattered about. What I found was an intact tool box with only a couple of cracks in the lid. Wow I thought, finger joints sure are strong. I sanded it ...
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695 days ago
by daiku1 |
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I found this book by accident, and I would urge you to do the same. If you are a joinery junkie like me, this is a must have. I love the hand drawn illustrations in the book. You will learn about alot of techniques that will never show up in your average woodworking magazine article. Very much oriented toward handtool users.I have the hard cover from 1972, published by Drake, ISBN 87749-042-2. Great examples of jigs for improved hand work.
Also, where else can you find pictures of peo...
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725 days ago
by Todd A. Clippinger |
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Gwurst Started IT!
Gwurst started a forum about a tv cabinet that he is designing and building. Here is a fine example for all the newbies to see open source woodworking knowledge in action. His ideas of construction have changed dramatically. You can check it out here.
What I really want to feature here is joinery.
One intimidating factor of construction is the joinery. The thought of tackling all that traditional old world joinery can be a bit overwhelming.
It’s Pocke...
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743 days ago
by frank |
3 comments »
Evolution and ‘Wood Art’ in the Process
”Show me an artist, who has not had to hack his own way through the cluttered groundwork of those who came before and I will show you one who does not know yet their beginning to ending.”
....and so I’m taking some time out, to write some more notes and thoughts here, as I sift through those cascading files within my mind, looking for ‘original idea’….for the ”Upcoming Awards Event”
Category: Not...
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815 days ago
by scottb |
3 comments »
The king is dead.
A few weeks back, while we sure had some fierce gusts of wind, which caused my chess trellis to tip over.
And while the (wood only) joinery of my trellis survived the impact with the ground (rocks and/or pottery) the wood itself did not. I found everything still together, save for the King himself. I originally intended to reattach it, but had the quick inspiration… a little poetic je ne sais quoi… some sort of “art (or hidden meaning) is in the e...
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828 days ago
by kgriff |
9 comments »
ever want to say – to hell with the high fahlutin joinery – and just screw the dang project together?
i’m close people – real close – to doing just that.
well, not really. just maybe a little. maybe. a bit. they’ll be unseen.
i mean, they’re screws, there is a serious skill level involved. right?
getting them straight, allowing for wood movement, choosing the right ones, placement, yadda yadda yadda.
what if i put them in by hand? would...
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838 days ago
by Don |
22 comments »
I blogged a couple of weeks ago about what I should charge for a small box I was asked to make.
I thought that those of you who haven’t delved into the wonderful world of box making might like to journey along with me as I make this commissioned box. I was given the outside dimension for the box, as the owner intends to place it in a chest of drawers, so it must fit the size constraints of the drawer. The box will be 95mm high x 360mm wide x 240mm deep (approximately 3.75” x 14...
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846 days ago
by frank |
2 comments »
Parabolic Works of ‘Wood Art’
....today is my moment of now, like where was yesterday when all is past, and what be-comes of foresight in tommorow, is but a shadow of finding past….
—-so once again i go ahead.
....who plows a furrow with their head stuck in some frown, and what gives those other’s right to say follow this way, tis no-small thing to walk behind the footsteps of some ridiculous king, like now i tend to know that all was for their pleasurab...
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849 days ago
by scottb |
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Was running out of daylight to take pictures in, so I had to finish quick… here’s the pieces:
and here's the project
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850 days ago
by scottb |
7 comments »
To date, the most time I’ve spent at the lathe was 3 hours – and that was in a small classroom setting practing beads and coves – 1/2 the time playing and getting a feel for the tools, and the rest of the time trying to make deliberate shapes – while contantly dealing with catches.
Today, I began working on my wood joinery/garden project. 1 hour of planning and cutting, 4 hours straight at the lathe! Also to date, the longest things I’ve turned came in around ...
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