287 days ago
by PurpLev |
11 comments »
Mine was about 7 years ago, I still wasn’t doing anything woodworking like, and we had moved to a new apartment where the bathroom door wouldn’t close since it was too tall and would hit the jamb (well- actually we mounted one of those over-the-door-hanger thingies which made things that way) so, my wife suggested we get a handplane to fit the door to the (now lower) opening.
I have never worked with a handplane before , and the closest thing I’ve ever held in my hand was...
Read this entry »
355 days ago
by slooper |
3 comments »
You know, it may seem like common sense to recalibrate your table saw every once in a while. But for the life of me I can’t figure out why I have not done so to mine over its five years of use! I think I just hoped it’d maintain that wonderful precision that I gave it the day I put it together. Maybe that’s why I put it off. I don’t know. I mean, I spent a lot of time on it so that it’d cut perfectly. And its metal! It’s not like it expands and contracts li...
Read this entry »
458 days ago
by David A. P. |
0 comments »
I have my own blog, and before I discovered the excellence that is Lumberjocks, I started posting my woodworking adventures there. Fortunately, I only got one post up there before I signed up at LJ. However, I’m going to leave that post where it is, so I figured I’d drop a pointer to it here: Jumping Right In. Maybe not the ideal solution, but c’est la vie .
Read this entry »
759 days ago
by Dekker |
0 comments »
Well, over the weekend, I was only able to do limited work on my boxes. You see, I discovered the reason for my “clamping issues” on my lever-action boxes… My miter saw is out of adjustment! My 45’ angles were NOT 45’!
So I took a 2×4, jointed it then planed it, then spent the next hour chopping the h311 out of it, adjusting the blade after every chop, until it was giving me perfectly accurate 45’ angles. I also adjusted it for 90’ angles.
...
Read this entry »
