8 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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10 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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12 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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12 days ago
by Blake |
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More bench progress…
Here is the “tail” vice mortised into the end of the bench. You can also see how the underside of the bench looks with all the different widths I used:
Clamping on the wider “apron” pieces front and back:
And adding the end aprons with dowels:
As you can see I painted the 4×6 fir base black:
I leveled the table with shims under the feet and then bolted the legs to the floor:
And then the...
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13 days ago
by Bret |
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I’m getting ready to build a box for my wife, based in no small part on several designs I’ve seen here and incorporating elements of many of them.
I’m at the planning stage, trying to figure out how to best use the lumber available to me for this project. I’ve got some walnut, a good piece (36” x 6” – 3/4) of curly maple and another (48” x 3 7/8” – 3/4) of Tigre Caspi. Plus a ton of walnut and oak. I’d like to feature the...
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14 days ago
by Sleff |
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So I’ve been planning on building a decent mahogany tv stand for about a year now. I drew up numerous plans and picked out tons of wood from my old stockpile.
I had the dimensions down so that it would fit my (much too large and heavy) old school tvas well as 3 peripherals right at the top. Also lots of storage below for whatever.
Work became unbelievably busy last year, as well as my wife getting pregnant and my twinswere born 7 months ago. Wow. So needless to say I didn̵...
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14 days ago
by MattD |
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I finished lining off the planks today. Lining off is the process with which you project the final plank layout onto the hull. My first attempt at this didn’t go so well. Thanks to some suggestions from some fellow lumberjocks, I took the time to learn more about the process and I’m much happier with the results. The book, Building Small Boats by Greg Rossel, as recommended by DaveR, is an exceptional resource and I basically used the process in the lining off chapter.
Results
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16 days ago
by Dick, & Barb Cain |
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We finally got some decent weather, so I rushed out, put some shingles around the window.
I couldn’t salvage enough old shingles for the job, but it didn’t turn out too bad.
The new ones will gradually blend in while aging.
Photos by Barb!
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18 days ago
by DocK16 |
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Moving along with the woodworking bench. The previous blog showed the final glue up of the laminated top. even planing the sections before gluing didn’t lead to a perfectly flat top. So that leads to the 64 million dollar question, how do we get it flat. Since I don’t have 40 inch wide planer or sander I guess we’ll have to look at other options. One method is to cross plane it with a fore plane or jointer plane (a very long bench plane). As I don’t have a bench...
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18 days ago
by johnnymo |
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Well, the centerpieces are coming along fine. They are glued up and will sit in the clamps overnight. The next step is to put a clear coating over them. Some other projects I’m looking at doing is a candy stand that I saw in a book and a display box for some hot wheel cars. Of course these will be another blog. I post pics when I’m done with the centerpieces.
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