104 days ago
by Kent Shepherd |
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After rounding the first side of the pieces, you will need to set up for the other side. Remember, we have 2 jigs, one for each side of the pieces. I told you from the start you would be dealing with only one radius, which you determimed at the beginning of the project. I kept my compass set, and will need it at this time.The position of the work piece is critical now. Take the compass and draw an arc on the jig. Place the pivot point right on the edge of the routed slot in the jig.
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107 days ago
by Kent Shepherd |
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Thanks for your interest in my new Spiral-End Mallet, based on the Lazy Larry Spiral Cheese Boards, by degoose. Obviously with the small size of the pieces, the band saw jig Larry uses wouldn’t work. This is how I adapted his GREAT idea for something a little different. The first step is to make the medallion that is inlayed in the end of the mallet. (Yes it is inlayed—-do you think I’m totally nuts?) If you are looking for a fast, easy project, this may not be it, but the...
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246 days ago
by Craftsman on the lake |
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I Always wanted a carvers mallet. So, I went over to my sister’s, picked out a small, dry, straight piece of Oak cord wood from her woodpile and carved one. I don’t have a lathe so I think it’s coming out fairly symmetrical considering. I rough cut it on a bandsaw, Then used a plane, drawknife, and sandpaper to get it to this point. I cut a piece of mahogany on the drill press with a circle cutter and glued it to the top. I used this round piece as a guide to carve the rest ...
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562 days ago
by frank |
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Rived Quercus alba
....as wood is rived, so a tree shows forth one’s inner strength, by his//her own choosing is man cleaved, by the criticism he//she creates….
—-show me a tree that hides from on-coming winds, and i will show you a man already wrapped in cerecloth, while i marvel at the hands of the mighty oak held high, i but stand in awe of that one who’s genetic dna creates within a critique of scars….
—-the trees i have known are gentle giants...
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588 days ago
by frank |
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Echo-Friendly Ways To Work the Wood
....your wooden soul, is but the sole of your sitting, and as all rustic tools of wood, your rustic spirit creates an image for imagination….
....hand planning….
....with a vivid imagination….
In this day of high tech, high price tags and higher yet soaring costs of what many think they need, to have a go at woodworking, along with all those needed add-ons….that one must purchase after the initial major pu...
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638 days ago
by sIKE |
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I made some good progress today working on the mallet. I got the first glue up done and the dado for the handle ran through.After the dado was cut in, I then proceeded to the second glue up.Between the glue ups I started working on the handle again. I used the handle last night to test my new Auriou rasp for the 29ths reviewathon. It did a great job, though learning how to use the rasp I did leave some deep teeth marks in the handle. So out came my 3M 80 grit sandpaper, and I spent the better...
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643 days ago
by sIKE |
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I have restarted working on my Cabinet as shown in an eairler project I have already made two of these and this one is for me.
The Maple and the Walnut have been planed down to the 3/16” thickness, the mahogany is still a bit on the thick side and needs to be run through a couple of more times to get it just right, then it will be time to cut it to length then start the lamination
The handle has been roughed out and I am going to do a bit more shapine in the middle to have it ...
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655 days ago
by Karson |
15 comments »
People post blogs and projects about mallets.
I don’t have one but I’d like to make one. Do I want one small and knimble (Brass etc about 1 1.5lbs) or a 3 – 5 lb clunker.
It seems that the one’s I’ve seen shown here are either square with a sloped face and a handle or a round one with an oval shape.
I currently use a blaock of Osage Orange that is a cutoff from a gavel that I made. It’s about 3” long and 3” across (round) and no handle....
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681 days ago
by Eric |
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[Taken from my Adventures in Woodworking blog, August 2007]
Before heading back to SE Asia, I needed to accumulate the bare minimum tools needed for woodworking by hand. The class I attended at Homestead Heritage recommends 10 tools in particular, and this is where I started:
combination square
set of chisels
strong layout knife
combination marking/mortise gauge
small dovetail or gent’s saw
tenon saw
small hammer for joint assembly
solid joiner’s mallet
smoothing plane...
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846 days ago
by Buckskin |
5 comments »
For everyone who wanted updates as I go along on this project.
Enjoy!
Out of the clamps.
An idea of size.
A little re-design.
Cut out.
Ready for beveling the edges.
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