5 days ago
by Mike Gager |
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Recently my wife and i started doing some remodeling on our house and I found some old boards and thought that it would be cool to make something out of them. The wood is basically just several pieces of pine and some douglas fir 2×4s. Nothing really spectacular at all but hey free wood is free wood and this stuff is likely original to the house which was built in the 1930s so there is some history to it.
Anyways ive been racking my brain on what to do with the stuff with several idea...
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5 days ago
by Jimi_C |
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Haven’t had a lot of time to work on this the last two weeks unfortunately, but I did make some progress today. I’ve attached the shelf standards (not shown below) in both cabinets, and cut the backs. I won’t attach the backs until the drawers are done, since I’d like to make access to anything I need to put on the interior as easy as possible.
Today, I finished priming the first center panel, which is made of MDF, and glued up the first door. The second door fra...
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5 days ago
by dryhter |
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The Workbench THREE
The third video in a series of nine.
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Mortise and tenon joinery synonymous with fine woodworking, mystical like dovetailed joints. Working with wood is therapeutic in a way, putting you in touch with your senses and connecting your head to the wood. T he woodworker’s never ending quest for perfection. It will drive you crazy if you let it.
In the first part of the video I show the perfect fit. At least perfect for me, on thi...
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6 days ago
by Sean |
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I began my woodworking journey a little over two years ago now. My wife and I had just bought our first house together, she had quit her job and became a full time law student and I was looking for something to do that was a little more engaging than television. My previous hobby had been tinkering with cars which I still enjoy, when I can, to this day. But our new home had no garage and we had little money to spare. So I searched my soul and the internet and decided that I would teach my...
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6 days ago
by dryhter |
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I spent the day in the shop, turning the legs for the game table, cleaning up and getting ready for Monday.
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7 days ago
by dryhter |
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Hey Everybody,
Well, here it is Christmas time, and if you are like me, you are contemplating a special Christmas gift.
This year I decided to make a Game Table and this first video will deal with fabricating the table legs.
The inspiration for the legs comes from Federal style furniture,the detail that caught my eye is an embellishment at the foot of the leg. I found it was not as easy to duplicate as I had thought and it, became necessary to improvise. A couple of jigs solved the d...
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7 days ago
by M1ni0n |
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OK, I am going to try my hand at keeping a blog going for the current big project I am doing with the help of my Marines. We are building a box that will hold a small tray with a flag case. The flag case will house a flag flown ot Officer Candidates School headquarters in Virginia. I currently have the Google Sketchup drawing and plans done. We have already began milling our lumber and building our jigs required to construct this project. I will post what I have so far. Hopefully I am b...
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7 days ago
by dbhost |
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I know, I have been kind of quiet lately. Not that I haven’t had projects, but they haven’t been woodworking related for the last several weeks…. (Do you guys want to hear about me setting up a tuner with custom tune and cold air intake on my pickup?)
There is one bit of woodworking that has gotten at least reasonably complete and tested. The band saw dust collection upgrade…
You see the Harbor Freight band saws ship with, well nearly the same port that the Ridgi...
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9 days ago
by degoose |
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This project is not technically finished so I will not post as a project..This part of the blog will deal with the cutting of arcs.I basically used one of the patron jigs I developed to cut the end curves for a Baguette Board…this pivots on the circle cutting jig. Cut two lengths of contrasting or complimentary timbers… I of course chose Purple Heart and Silver Ash…Silver Ash and Tasmanian Blackwood would have also been suitable… But if all you have is Walnut and Curl...
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11 days ago
by degoose |
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David Mitchell aka Patron first showed us his amazing starburst table ...a few months ago.
David sent me a design…a rather simplified version.. This was his gift to me on Fathers day..This is my version of that design… It has taken me a while to get around to it. David I hope you like it!..Here a some blanks cut to size.. First I milled the stock to 5/16 and 2 inches wide… cross cut to just over 3 inches.I used Purple heart and European Walnut.. any complimentary or contras...
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