94 days ago
by Dan Lyke |
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When Daniel and I made the guitar, we used the Festool MFS adjustable rectangle router template (if you’re price conscious, here's how I built a similar jig for cheap) to build the jig to do the inlays in the fretboard: First as a slot with rounded ends into whcih we put a glued-up strip we'd made on the router table, second as little squares with rounded corners that we cut clean with a chisel.
But at some point I was hanging around Alembic and they had an amazing instrument on the ...
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511 days ago
by jbschutz |
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My last entry was about the endless winter….to come. We are still waiting! After a mild, pretty snow-free December, Minnesotans are wondering what happened and when the shoe will drop. It has been a great month of fairly comfortable temps in my unheated garage/shop. We still have not had a below zero to brag about, and only about six inches of total snow…and that has melted. I have my thoughts set on some new projects and an upcoming trip back to Hawaii for the eighth time. I ha...
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560 days ago
by WordCooper |
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Anybody in the Portland-Vancouver area looking for some rare Koa wood from Hawaii?
I have a beautiful slab from Maui, about 57” long by 15” wide by just over 2” thick—almost 12 board feet of this rare and gorgeous wood.
This is a section cut through the base of a branch so it includes some wonderful crotch grain.
One significant check, which still allows two major cuttings—one of about 52”x5”x2,” and one of about 48”x7”x2...
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909 days ago
by sras |
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I decided that my first koa project would be a thank you gift for the couple who invited us to spend the week in Hawaii with them. She had bought a necklace and was looking at koa display boxes – it seemed to be a natural to offer up a display box.
Board #2 (see previous post) was chosen. I spent quite a bit of time working out the design details:1. The necklace had to hang such that it spanned the width and length of the box. This required a trial fit with the necklace to get sure i...
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910 days ago
by sras |
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Last spring, we had the pleasure of spending some time in Hawaii. I am not usually interested in collecting souvenirs. However, there was a store there called the Koa Store which had lots of items made from Koa, but also had a selection of Koa lumber. That got my interest! The pieces ranged from straight grained all the way to premium curly. Premium Curly Koa is expensive!
One of the choices they offered was a boxed set of pre selected lumber. I asked about buying individual pieces out the...
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913 days ago
by Bob Simmons |
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“I have missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I have lost almost 300 games. On 26 occasions I have been entrusted to take the game winning shot…and missed. I have failed over and over and over again in my life. And that’s precisely why I succeed.” Michael Jordan…(1963 – ) Former professional basketball player, active businessman, and majority owner of the Charlotte Bobcats.
Wood inlay has a mystique about it. Some of the finest furniture created by...
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954 days ago
by Bob Simmons |
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“If you do not expect it, you will not find the unexpected, for it is hard to find and difficult.” ...Heraclitus 500 B.C.
This woodworking online episode is part of the Let's Build Series
Woodworking Tips and Techniques:1.) Creating a foxtail wedged tenon joint.
We continue with Part 6 of our arts and crafts wood project, the making of a Koa wood veneered jewelry box. We begin by finding the center on the wooden box lid. To do this we use a straight edge to mark diagon...
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968 days ago
by Bob Simmons |
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”I never think of the future. It comes soon enough.” Albert Einstein… Physicist…1879-1955
This woodworking online episode is part of the Let's Build Series
Woodworking Tips and Techniques:1.) Using cyanoacrylate glue for a quick glue-up…along with a spray accelerator.2.) Turning wood using a spindle gouge with a fingernail grind.
In this episode we continue with our wood project, a Koa wood veneer jewelry box. If you recall we started out this woodwor...
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972 days ago
by Bob Simmons |
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Earl Nightingale…”You become what you think about.”
This woodworking online episode is part of the Let's Build Series
Woodworking Tips and Techniques:
1.) Green adhesive tape is used to control the spread of the wood glue.2.) The MDF is concealed by gluing a rabbeted top onto the veneered side walls.3.) Paper shims are used against the adjustable stop block on the cross cut sled when trimming the box lid.4.) The lid is placed directly onto the existing box to ma...
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974 days ago
by Bob Simmons |
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”Dreams are made possible if you try.” …Terry Fox
This episode is part of the Let's Build Series
Woodworking Tips and Techniques:
1.) Using blue adhesive tape to aid the gluing process.2.) Using Ulmia spring clamps for assembly and fitting of miter joints.3.) Cutting perfect miter joints on the table saw using the Dedicated Miter Sled.
In Part 3 we are back in the woodworking shop as we continue our build of the Koa wood veneer jewelry box. We have previously fit the comp...
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