15 hours ago
by Dick, & Barb Cain |
7 comments »
First I’d like to give Martin a nice Big Thank you, for this gift.
I’d been planning on buying a miter gauge for my Rikon bandsaw,
so I did some searching, & found this.
Clamping Miter Gauge
MLCSmitert-fence
Useful and accurate when making crosscuts or routing end grain on table saws. Squeezing the pistol grip engages a downward pressure clamp, securing your stock firmly in place. Fits any standard 3/4” x 3/8” miter slot. The positive adjustable stop...
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1 day ago
by David |
10 comments »
This is a video follow-up from a previous text entry (Episode #71 - Shellac, Can You Make the Cut?) on my blog The Folding Rule. Tag along with me in the shop and you will see that in fact you can “make the cut” and add this fascinating finish to your shop reportaire. This episode covers mixing shellac from dry flakes (1# cut amber shellac) and reducing a premixed cut to a thinner cut (1/2# cut spit coat).
Download a nifty shellac chart for your shop and consider using shell...
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6 days ago
by WoodMosaics |
15 comments »
Now before I get started on this little demonstration of how I do it, let me caution you on a couple things. IF you try anything like this, take the plate that your saw blade comes up through and close that hole completely up with a thin piece of wood. Make sure it is even with the top, with no gaps and no lips to catch the pieces. You want it smooth. Then with a “Hollow ground plywood blade” come up from the bottom so you have no gap between the blade and the wood. You may have to do this a ...
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7 days ago
by Dick, & Barb Cain |
38 comments »
Debbie challenged me to a Video duel.
Pardon my stuttering, & stammering, because I’m just a Lumberjock, & I don’t care.
Notice the Lumberjocks T-shirt, my PC camera shows a mirror image, & I can’t figure it out.
Don’t forget to watch MsDebbieP’s happy dance.
Also Martin’s Happy Dance.
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7 days ago
by lethentymill |
1 comment »
“Maybe he was a pattern maker”. Alexander, my oldest son, is an engineer and was looking at the collection of gouge chisels as I put their tray back in the chest. I was wondering why Mr Wake had so many gouge chisels and whether that was a clue to his job.
All the tools in this chest are marked “C Wake” but I know nothing else about him, except for what I can guess from the chest and its contents.
“You just want to show off your collection of tools, that’s why you’re doing these arti...
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10 days ago
by Karson |
21 comments »
Here is an interesting video from Bridge City Tool Works.
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11 days ago
by weirdwolf |
2 comments »
This is a video produced by my multi-talented Etsian colleague Eric Beug. In addition to producing, shooting and editing the video he also composed the score. Check it out!Process is a new Etsy video series that features the intimate relationship formed between Etsy sellers and the handmade items that they create and make available to the world through their online shops. Process is not to be confused with a How-To video, as each video is intended to show each seller’s unique artistic v...
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11 days ago
by weirdwolf |
2 comments »
James Peters enjoys what he does. Waking up every morning and working in his woodshop in the back of his house is the “bees knees” as James says. Once there, he makes custom acoustic guitars. He is, as it’s called, a luthier based in Springfield, TN. After moving to Nashville in 1989 and having some success in the country music songwriting industry, a friend asked James to repair his guitar. It was after that experience that he realized it would be easier &mdas...
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11 days ago
by weirdwolf |
4 comments »
Robin and Kathy Tucker of woodmosaics stopped working in town back in 1986. After Robin’s intricate wood-inlayed work was featured in The Best of Missouri Hands catalog and commissioned by Ralston Purina, they were on their way to full time crafting. Influenced by Amish quilt patterns, Robin’s excellent woodworking uses exotic natural woods that range from Satinwood from Sri Lanka to Purpleheart from Central and South America. All of the wood is completely natural, with only a cle...
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14 days ago
by keithcruickshank |
12 comments »
I just finished editing my most recent video—this one featuring Boston-based furniture maker John Fox. I was fortunate to be able to capture this unique, inside look at his wood selection process. (5 Minute Video)
Video Link Here:
John Reed Fox: How a Master Artisan Selects Wood
In this video, I was able to film master furniture maker John Fox collaborate with fine-hardwood dealers, Rick and Brian Hearne, as he searches from among Hearne Hardwood’s 1,000,000 board feet of to...
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