04-18-2018 09:48 PM
by wrenchhead |
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I made this ladder style bookcase for m wife’s hair salon. She needed a place to put magazines and hair products. I made the bookcase out of Sapele wood. I hope you like it. Thanks for watching!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-rKryj6ISk
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04-17-2018 04:17 PM
by Steve |
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I spent the majority of the day yesterday finishing up the last elements of the wine rack I’m making from black acacia. I needed four stretchers to hold the front and back together, and as it’s been for all aspects of this project, I was afraid that the design was too flimsy.
The stretchers were to be turned from acacia as well with tenons on each end. I decided on through tenons only because I could drill through both sides at the same time, ensuring that the mortises would li...
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04-07-2018 09:01 PM
by Diego Cassels |
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In this stage I choose the wood I want to use, usually I buy it, but this time I got lucky and unearth this beatiful “quebracho” wood from the backyard.
Its a dark red and VERY hard wood. Its about 2” thick.
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04-07-2018 08:45 PM
by Diego Cassels |
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Well here is how I go around my projects. I enjoy this faze of the project.
First a general idea of what I would like the project to look like.
Then I look for inspiration from the web, general dimentions and so on. I found this, traditional japanese bath stool. This is FROM a google search.
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03-28-2018 06:13 AM
by SauceMan |
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I’ll keep this one brief, but I am pretty psyched—today / two days ago mark a big milestone in my build. I finally laminated some wood together. What felt like lots of crosscutting and ripping with my hand tools (and planing) finally led to this. Here you can see six layers of 8/4 hard maple laminated together. That makes about half of the workbench top for my split-top roubo style workbench.
You’ll see there’s still more hand planing to do, but I plan on doing ...
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03-26-2018 02:02 AM
by bandit571 |
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Just getting caught up….had a few health issues over the weekend…
Had a blank for the skinny drawer’s front, cut and fitted to the opening..needed to rip a board down to make it, and these three parts…
And, with my usual luck..the two side pieces were 3/4” too short….made do, anyway…
Front gets through dovetails, to match the other drawer. Saw a few lines..
Chop about half of one side’s pins, flip the board over, and pop the rest ou...
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03-21-2018 09:57 PM
by bandit571 |
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Trip to the Blue Borg….wound up with a pair of CLEAR 1×6 x 4’ boards….Got those cut to length….had to rip the fancy boards to remove a couple bad knots..
Both boards had a knot like this….Figured out how wide I needed for the panel…made a couple rip cuts.
Has more waves than the N. Korean Cheer Squad….We have ways..
Also cleaned up the edges on the “new” boards, was finally able to glue up a panel..
I also cut grooves i...
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03-20-2018 12:58 AM
by wrenchhead |
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I made this tapered leg table to have a place to work, study and edit. The top is made of Sapele and the base is maple finished with milk paint. It was a fun project using a variety of machines and hand tools. Enjoy!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNId8i-sS3o
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03-19-2018 03:51 PM
by Steve |
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I started out with a goal to produce seven jewelry cabinets by the end of this week, three in sapele and four in walnut. Along the way last week, I had to set three aside—to be finished later.
Milling up the door frame elements, I only made enough for one (and a half!) sapele unit. I thought I would have lots of extra walnut, but it was just enough for four. I normally mill these with an up cut straight bit, but changed things up this time. This setup produced pretty good results...
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03-19-2018 02:47 AM
by bandit571 |
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Ok, face frame out of the clamps. Stuck against the case, to mark out where to put a few screw holes at…
These two came out, once the frame was laying on the bench..
Scratch awl to make a starter hole for the 3/8” forstner bit. Then drill a pilot hole..
Once all the holes were done, I moved the frame off the bench, and placed the case on the bench…Had an extra hole to fill. It just gets a counter sink.
Bead of glue run around where the frame meets the case...
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