5 hours ago
by WayneC |
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This was a craigslist item that showed up yesterday evening. I quickly arranged to head over to the sellers house and pick it up. The Stanley 112 is a scraping plane used for finishing surfaces similar to a card scraper. According to Patrick Leach, “this is one of the finest tools ever to have been unleashed on the public from New Britain, Connecticut.” It has been on my shopping list for a while.
This one is in pretty good shape. It has some light rust and is missing i...
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17 hours 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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2 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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4 days ago
by Autumn |
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HOW TO CUT AND INLAY PEARL— Part 2....
After completing part one of this series, Andy Depaule of Luthier Supply asked that I mention a few things. First, he asked that I reiterate the possibility of using a laminate trimmer to route out the recesses for inlay. ..“I used to do that often,” he said, “with bits that have a 1/4” shank and a single fluted 1/16” cutting tip. It will cut faster and break less often. These bits are also only about $5.00 each. Another advantage is that ...
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8 days ago
by Autumn |
23 comments »
HOW TO CUT AND INLAY MOTHER OF PEARL ...Frequently asked questions:
1) Where do you buy your mother of pearl?
I buy my MOP from Andy DePaule at http://www.luthiersupply.com/index.html.Other suppliers are out there, but I like Andy and the product he provides.
2) What size MOP do you buy?
I buy the thickest available and always the same thickness. I am human, and I make mistakes. When using whisper-thin MOP, it is too easy to sand through my best-laid plans. In addition, inlaying p...
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9 days ago
by scrappy |
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I have been doing some thinking about Grain Matching corners. We all see boxes that the wood has been wraped around to match 3 corners, but the 4th is allways off. I think I have come up with a way to match all 4 sides.
I will be making a box when I can get back in the shop.(hurt my shoulder and LOML won’t let me play until next week) Will take step by step pics and post in this series for everyone.
Keep an eye open for updates.
If anyone else has a process for this, feel free ...
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10 days ago
by kosta |
3 comments »
.In this episode of the tool life audio podcast I talk about design and construction. This is a audio podcast. Not a video. It is a live recording
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10 days ago
by wdkits1 |
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I will begin this WIP series with a little history. I have been creating Intarsia since 1992 after reading an article in Wood magazine by Judy Gayle Roberts about how to do this beautiful woodworking artform. After doing a couple of her patterns, I started creating my own Intarsia patterns and began collecting many different woods to use in my art. Learning about the wide selection of natural colors and grains of the various woods and being able to incorporate them into my pieces is still the...
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10 days ago
by paulcoyne |
4 comments »
well i guess i shall start at the begining, i have a planed piece of maple 60mm wide 9mm thick and about 2ft long its best to work with larger pieces of timber so as not to cut your fingers off working with little fiddley bits so best to stay above 1 foot long.next i rebate a slot along the length of the piece to recieve the base the piece i have for the base is 3mm thich so i pass the side stock over the table saw which i have set to a depth of half the thickness of the side stock i do this ...
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10 days ago
by wdkits1 |
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Where the buffalos roam.
My wife’s cousin owns a buffalo ranch in North Carolina. Every year all of the buffalo ranchers hold different events around the country. Big hoop te do affairs where they have cooking competitions, lots of story telling, different auctions and a good time for all that attend.This year Buffalo Jack( my wife’s cousin) asked if I could come up with a keepsake box that he could put up for auction at a couple of events. After discussing the costs I decided ...
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