2128 days ago
by scottb |
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Ah, life. It’s what happens while you’re busy making other plans. I had (ok, still have) a great idea for both contests. Yes, two birds with one stone. And what was even better, was that it required only small amounts of time and attention, spread out over the duration of the contest. It was required actually. As I would be turning pieces of green wood, and needed to stagger the assembly, so as the pieces could dry gradually and mother nature could do the joinery for me. No need f...
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2128 days ago
by Karson |
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Almost Done>
As I was reading the previous posted blogs on the construction of the Summer 2007 LumberJocks Joinery, I noticed that I failed to complete the posting of the latch for the cabinet door.
Not only had I failed to post it, I had failed to install it. I wanted to use something like a clothes pin.
The little loop that catches the wire for hanging clothes. I had created my wire simulation out of wood.
This was installed in the end of a shelf board. The space behind the Holl...
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2129 days ago
by Bob Babcock |
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I had some stuff come up today that is going to keep me out of the shop for the next few of days so it looks like this will not get finished in time. I’m afraid I’m going to have to post a previous project as much as I didn’t want to do that. I get it finished eventually but I’m afraid its on the back burner for at least a week. Very frustrating….the cedar was looking nice.
Oh well…....:)
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2129 days ago
by Karson |
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Time to turn my attention to the back. The locking mortise and tenon had been designed and it was now time to cut the mortises in the sides of the back. They were marked thru the holes in the sides and tape placed on the back to give the ends of the mortises. Using the horizontal router table.
A view from the side.
All of the wedge key tenons were made long so they are now being cut to the appropriate length minus 1/8” to allow for the back to move.
And cut the wedge tenons to the co...
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2129 days ago
by Karson |
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One thing nice about not being allowed to use glue, No glue clean up and you can pre-finish all of the parts before assembly. On my finishing blog I wrote about using Pumice and Rottenstone as a wood filler, I thought I’d try something different on this cabinet.
I used my private blend Danish Oil (1/3 Boiled Linseed Oil BLO, 1/3 varnish, and 1/3 Mineral Spirits). I squirted it on the boards and used a 120 grit Random Orbital Sander (ROS) to sand the oil and sanding dust. In doing that I wa...
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2129 days ago
by Karson |
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After Martin announced the Summer Contest and the Themes Garden Project and Wood Joinery I started thinking about what I wanted to build. The contest rules state “Wood Joinery – Let’s get technical – but without glues, metal nails, screws or other mechanical fasteners! Yes, this is the “WOOD JOINERY” challenge for all you LumberJocks out there. Let’s see what you are made of – or rather what your woodworking project is made of. If you can build it wit...
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2131 days ago
by Bob Babcock |
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I finally got started on cutting the planks for the bridge. I hope I can get this done in time to submit as my entry. I may have to submit some previous projects if I don’t get finished this weekend.
I bought my son-in-law this Dewalt contractors saw last weekend as a gift for helping me install all new windows in the house. I like it so much I’m going to put one on my birthday/christmas/fathers day gift list ( all tools on that list as you can imagine) Very light, powerful, ni...
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2145 days ago
by Martin Sojka |
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I’ve prepared nice little banner for our Summer 07 Awards. It is now displayed on The Wood Whisperer site. If you have your own site and would like to help us spread the word, feel free to proudly display this banner too:
Dimensions: 160×65pxDestination URL: http://lumberjocks.com/awards/summer_2007
Thanks!
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2153 days ago
by Bob Babcock |
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I couldn’t resist doing a blog on this. I have no illusions of winning the contest given the competition and since the whole idea of LJ is to share I wanted to do just that. So…no cards close to the chest here…I’m showing my hand.
Many of you have seen the bridge in our garden. I built it as a “temporary” solution 8 years ago from some leftover fence. Well it’s starting to show its age and I figure it will be great to kill two birds with one stone....
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2167 days ago
by Martin Sojka |
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Exciting news!!! We now have our official Summer 2007 Woodworking Awards flyer:
I bet it will look great in your local woodworking stores, guilds or anywhere else… what do you think?
So if you want to help spread the word, you are welcome to download the flyer in the PDF format below and print as many as you want:
Download the Flyer - US Half Letter FormatDownload the Flyer - A5 Format
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