08-22-2014 01:10 AM
by elbarneso |
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Just a few pics and progress from this past week – I sprayed a few coats of GF pre-cat satin urethane on the base of the foyer table and glued that up. The finish turned out pretty good, although I had to resand the bottom shelf due to some bad sanding marks that I rushed and didn’t see the first time. I don’t have very good lighting in my garage, but I bought a cheap clip lamp and used it during the re-sand – I really should have bought one of these sooner, although t...
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11-30-2014 01:56 AM
by paxorion |
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We had a slight break in the cold weather in my neck of the woods, so I ducked outdoors to do a bit of sanding of the cutting boards my wife asked me to make as Christmas presents for several of her family members. The router bit I used for my router sled left a bit of a mangled surface on the 3 end-grain cutting boards, so armed with a brand new Ridgid belt sander, I got to work with some cautious sanding.
I can’t say I’m too experienced with a belt sander, so I am rather pro...
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01-24-2015 02:57 PM
by Sheila Landry (scrollgirl) |
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I am checking in a little late today because yesterday the day got away from me and I was doing the final editing and proofreading on my SLD489 Layered Heart Damask Box with Monogram pattern.
I actually finished everything up early this morning, and I sent all the orders out from last night for the patterns. If you ordered one and I missed you, please let me know and I will get it to you right away. :)We finished our site update yesterday. And in addition to the pattern for the above desig...
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10-25-2012 05:19 PM
by wunderaa |
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I went out to a CL posting to grab some 8/4 walnut yesterday and found that the guy had a TON of other stuff that he was looking to get rid of. With a quick handshake, I was headed home with the truck loaded down!
List:8/4 Walnut4/4 Walnut8/4 Ash8/4 White Oak8/4 Red Oak8/4 Birds-eye Maple10/4 Honduran Mahogany8/4 Honduran Mahogany4/4 Honduran Mahogany10/4 Figured Birch8/4 Figured Sapele8/4 Dark Mystery Wood (likely Wenge)8/4 Redish Mystery Wood (looks like Mahogany but doesn’t appea...
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04-22-2014 06:45 PM
by RoadHogg |
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I decided to build, what I think is, a nice jewelry case for my Niece’s birthday this summer. The case is Walnut with Bird’s Eye Maple for drawers and accents. There are some secondary 1/8” panels that will be either Baltic Birch or hardboard. Plans are from an older issue of Wood magazine.
Here’s what it should look like when complete:
Yesterday I cut everything but the hardboard to rough size.
Then I dadoed out 10 tiny rails and stiles for half lap ...
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08-05-2013 08:13 PM
by Airframer |
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Well, now that I am done distracting myself with mallets, saw benches and cleaning it is time to get back at this. I have set an arbitrary deadline of September(ish) for completion of this bench so it is time to ramp things up a bit.
We left off with a partially fitted end cap in the last blog. A bit more progress has been made there. I have the Dovetails cut and “fitted (will require more plugs and shims.. perhaps by the 4th dovetail I will have this figured out?)
As before I ...
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06-21-2010 03:37 PM
by Huckleberry |
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Thought I’d share one of my more popular projects with everyone. This is a candle holder that I make quite a few of and still now and again make mistakes as you will see. I hope everyone enjoys this episode—
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05-07-2012 01:25 PM
by ScottMorrison |
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Hello fellow sawdust-heads.
Three lovely ladies ready to ship out in a few days. Thought you might like to see them. There are more pictures on my Facebook page.
The two outer rockers are walnut, and the middle one is Tiger Maple (the quilting is awesome, even though the picture doesn’t show it).
Cheers!
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07-25-2010 01:28 AM
by scottb |
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The second piece of old fashioned book binding equipment (nearly 2” thick Maple!) going into this project:
Removing metal hardware before running through the tablesaw. The mortising for it, done almost entirely by drill.
threaded metal rods run through both ends, cross grain. for rigidity? structural integrity? aid in glue up?
Didja guess #2?
Ok, so I knew this one had a split in it, but I didn’t know how bad. Luckily the plan was to rip off both edges, lik...
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04-30-2012 12:03 PM
by Sheila Landry (scrollgirl) |
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I had a decent working day yesterday. I was happy that things went the way they did, and having a good attitude about what I was doing made all the difference in the world. I think in writing yesterday about not being afraid to fail, I did well in convincing myself that it would be OK if things didn’t work out for me the first time. Also, hearing from others that I have so much admiration and respect for and seeing that they go through the same thing made me feel like it wasn’t...
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