08-30-2011 12:57 PM
by Sheila Landry (scrollgirl) |
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Thank goodness it has cooled off a bit! It was so nice to actually get a good night sleep . The past several days were so warm and muggy it seemed that I was up half the night and then woke up tired and felt like I didn’t get much rest. I shouldn’t complain because I know that many people have it much worse, but I will say that I was very pleased when the sun set last night and the air cooled down considerably. It was a very welcome change and made for a comfortable and restfu...
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01-28-2011 06:15 PM
by superstretch |
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In September, I started coming up with ideas for my wife’s Christmas present. The short of it is—I haven’t finished it yet. Fortunately, it was a minor part of all that I was getting/making her, so she didn’t go without this Christmas.
Part of my problem is that I’m still a greenhorn and purpleheart is a jerk to work with. Tearout, checking, and pitting is something I’ve had to deal with non-stop. For the past two weeks, my shop (no heating) has been bel...
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04-21-2014 11:21 PM
by Lazy_K |
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Hi, one of the investments a beginner woodworker thinks they really need is a nice cast iron bench vice. Now, I’ve been doing this professionally since 1982. In @ 1994 I got a used /discarded slab of laminated rock maple with a vice on one corner. some school threw out several student benches with the vices on them. some local persons “salvaged” them from the dumpster. my truck may have been used and I got one…. I never use it.I had gotten used to by then a homemade v...
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06-23-2008 07:46 PM
by Daren Nelson |
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I think I timed these about right (just shy of 2 years), spalted maple, fresh sawn this morning. In the “group shot” of the 4 bookmatched live edge sets you cannot see the detail, so I took a couple close ups. Really any place on the boards would have made an interesting close up. With a finish that spalt should really be wild looking. 16”-18” wide sawn 5/4”
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06-04-2012 12:01 AM
by paullymac |
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I decided to make a guitar rack to hold up my guitar off the floor. It has spent several years on a cheap metal stand on the floor. I got some sapele outs to use for the short parts, but the backbone of the rack will be made with maple.
So far I made the bottom supports (with the general guideline/plan to the left of the supports)
I plan to dovetail the supports onto a plank across the back. This first one is hand done with a hand saw and chisels (I’ve used a handsaw and ro...
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03-10-2009 04:14 AM
by F Dudak |
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Hello all,
Just wanted to touch base with you all and let you know that I am in NH taking another class with Mike Dunbar in beautiful snowy Hampton. I arrived from PA in the early evening yesterday after 60 degree weather only to wake up to a snowy morning. The funny part is that I loaded my road bike into my car in case I would get some riding in on the beautiful coast…not.
We worked on the seat and the crest today and I believe we will be finishing the seat and legging up the chai...
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10-06-2012 02:35 AM
by WoodJediNTraining |
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Just a quick update on the Christmas Box Build Off contest from A Simple Design of Ocala. In this video I talk about the prizes and categories.
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07-30-2013 12:08 PM
by Sheila Landry (scrollgirl) |
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Today’s post will be really, really quick! I was just beginning to write and a big storm came through our area. It went from light to dark very quickly and the rain came down in buckets for a bit. Naturally, I shut things down and unplugged them, as it wasn’t worth the risk to keep online.
In any case, all has passed and it has calmed down and I am going to write quickly and briefly (Yes – I can!) just to tell you a couple of things that I wanted to share with you.
Fir...
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10-11-2012 06:23 PM
by bfd |
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A couple weeks ago I posted this project
It was for the California Earthquake Authority and The American Red Cross. It is part of The Great California Shakeout™ campaign. The table has been traveling all over California and has been featured at various events including: MTV VMAs, Fleet Week, 49ers Game, Dodger Stadium, and the Miramar Airshow (tomorrow). To date over 50 celebrities and athletes have signed the table as part of the campaign. Click here. to see some of the people who hav...
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01-02-2014 11:49 AM
by Sheila Landry (scrollgirl) |
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Oh – I just had to laugh at myself . . .
I got up early this morning (just before six – which is good considering that I have been sleeping until almost seven over the holidays) and I got to the task of doing some ‘house cleaning’ on my computer. You know the stuff – organizing your files, answering emails, sorting through things – the usual.
I got things pretty much under control and I am almost ready for a back up and to start working on my files f...
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