50 days ago
by RGtools |
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This might seem totally obsessive, but I am an efficiency Nazi in my shop. Wasted movements drive me crazy and any time I can get into a habit that saves me a few seconds it makes me happy. This is of course especially true in the case of repetitive tasks.
One such task is marking the layout lines of a board to cut it square. If you have been working with hand tools for even a short time you have probably heard to “Reference only from your true face and true edge”. This is sage wisdom, but...
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434 days ago
by danzaland |
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Okay so it wasn’t 72 degrees, but it was close. Early March and a 60degree plus day in Rochester, NY, you want to be outside. SO I was. I squared up a round log.Video
Log Overview
I used my Logosol Timber Jig and a 2×6 rail I built (seen here).
Close Up 1
Close Up 2
So now with my circular saw and a hand saw I plan on cutting this 8×8 down to 4×6’s and trying to make sawhorses.
BTW: Can anyone name the movie this entry is quoting?
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524 days ago
by thiswoodshop |
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I had a Ryobi 14 Amp 10 in. Compound Mitre Saw. It was working fine but could only cut a max of 5 inches wide boards. I was in the market for a new on but all of the sliding miter saw was so costly. I even considered a Harbor Freight one, but even at that it was a $100 and more for one. I decided to check out craigslist.com and found a Kobalt one there for s feel. Well, after I got home I found out why it was so cheap – it was not square. I tried a couple of time to square it up but it...
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552 days ago
by PurpLev |
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I’ve always wondered why are there sets of squares out there. Isn’t a square a square? aren’t they all the same? Can’t you just have 1 and be done with it since if something is square…well – it’s square, right?
A recent check made me realize I probably have more squares than any other tool in my toolbox (excluding chisels and drill bits of course). How did that happen?!?
When I first started woodworking, I got myself a 12” square from the ...
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801 days ago
by NBeener |
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How does a dog get the LAST bit of water out of his bowl ?
With a half-lap :-)
Spent too much time figuring out how to get Hurricane Walter to spew less dust, or—at least—how I could capture the dust he spews.
Shroud seemed like the way to go.
So …. with leftover plywood from the construction of the ol’ ChupaCaja, I made me a dust collection box.
ID is about 8” wide x 8” deep x 8” tall.
The joinery is (IS it called this ?) half-lap (...
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816 days ago
by Dennisgrosen |
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with a little luck….with a little luck…..and some help from my sister, handtools .....
I have over the year always talked about how great and fantastic possibillity it is for you to have acces to fleamarkets and other places where it is possible to buy good used beautyfull handtoolsmore or less rusty but with a little albowe grease and knowledge is going to bee great users again I have envy you alot when I have seen your toolgloats witch has cost mee many green bulbs and...
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885 days ago
by kevinw |
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After deciding exactly how you want your pieces to intersect carefully mark the location of the intersection points for later reference.
Hold or clamp the pieces down firmly (I had to use my other hand to take the picture, but for real held the top piece in place with my other hand). Score a line along the curved edge where the pieces intersect with a utility knife. Don’t try to cut very deeply or you will likely slip and mar the piece.
Repeat this process on the other sid...
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971 days ago
by mafe |
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SquarerulerbevelangelbanditOr just a old English set square and bevel gauge, becoming a transformer!
The story is that I bought this wonderful vintage English engineers tool:And of course I had to go crazy on it!
So I cut a steel ruler into 8 cm of length, why 8? Because I wanted to be able to make 1:8 dovetails…And since there were a spur, I made a hole, and then it can also go sideways (even I have to count down from 5,5 if I go from the set square). I also gave it some new ...
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1115 days ago
by ShannonRogers |
6 comments »
Nothing tells you quicker how sharp your plane blade than taking a swipe across the end grain. It should go without saying that this tip requires a freshly sharpened blade. Come along and learn how I square up the end of a board using only hand tools.
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1208 days ago
by PurpLev |
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hand’t got the chance to post this on sunday, but I did get a chance to mill the drawer fronts to thickness, width, and height on sunday, and temporarily install them on the drawers.
for lack of materials the drawer fronts came to be 3/8”+ in thickness as opposed to the original plan of 3/4”, but since this is just drawer fronts, I’m not too concern about this. it actually makes it looks a bit more refined and elegant.
I do have some alignment issues as the drawe...
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