20 days ago
by MyChipCarving |
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1940’s Art Deco enamel top table
This old table was donated to my Furniture Restoration class for me to use with my students. It had been left outside with the metal legs in the ground. They had all rusted out and needed replacing. Problem was, they were bent metal and getting them made was impossible. So, ingenuity was called for. I bought 1” metal conduit from the home center along with some gliders for the bottoms and duplicated the wooden blocks that secured the original le...
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66 days ago
by Sheila Landry (scrollgirl) |
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You know you have a pretty good life when you wake up in the morning and there are so many (good!) things that you need to do that you don’t know what to begin with. I can’t tell you how many times that has happened to me lately. It seems that more so than ever I have more ideas and projects in my head than time. And that is a wonderful feeling.
After taking my week or so off from designing, I find that more so than ever I just can’t wait to get back at it. Even though...
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158 days ago
by WayneC |
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I’m looking to make a replacement blade for a hollow auger. I know the blade is one inch wide. I do not know thickness or length as the auger has not arrived yet. If anyone has one of these hollow augers, could they post a photo of the blade?
Also, I would be interested to know if anyone knows of a source for these blades. I am assuming one will have to be made but it does not hurt to ask.
Example of what the blade looks like.
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207 days ago
by sblg43 |
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I recently inherited this RAS from a friend. He told me that he had a RAS that he didn’t need any longer and if I didn’t have one, he would give it to me. He didn’t tell me anything about it. When he showed up, I have to admit that I wasn’t impressed with what I saw.
My friend said that he used it for 30 years until he got a table saw, then he hardly ever used it.
I had previously given away my Craftsman because I didn’t have the space – but I alw...
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216 days ago
by 7Footer |
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I’ll preface this by stating that I’m no journalist, but I figure I might as well start a blog so I can ramble on a bit about what I’ve learned from the great community of people here on LJ’s.
Ever since my Pops gave me this old tool box of his Dad’s and I posted a pic of these 2 planes (the Ohio 4-1/4 and the Shelton #4) a couple months ago I’ve been very intrigued by hand planes, after exchanging some messages with DonW and a couple others I’ve s...
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221 days ago
by Canadian Woodworks |
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I picked up a small machine at a local aucion, hope you enjoy.
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281 days ago
by Brit |
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Aimed at those new to saw sharpening, this instructional video is 2 1/4 hours long and covers the theory, the tools and the practice of sharpening western saws. You get to look over my shoulder as I sharpen four saws – two backsaws and two hand saws. I’ll explain the saw sharpening process and how you apply it to different scenarios.
I really hope you find it useful. As to the production quality, I’ve done the best I could. I had to record it outside, so there is a bi...
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471 days ago
by Rick M. |
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After disassembling, cleaning, greasing, oiling and reassembling, I scraped and wire brushed the exterior then applied a coat of light coat of oil and wiped off the excess. She purrs like a kitten now.
Better image of the unusual grease zerk. It can actually be seen now that I’ve removed about 1/16” of crud.
Voila!
This thing spins like a top, they sure knew how to make ‘em back in the day. It’ll outlast me.
The original intent was to degrease...
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472 days ago
by Rick M. |
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This came in today, a hand crank grinder, model 85, from Prairie Tool Co. Prairie du Chien, WI.; made sometime after 1920.
Auction photo.
My pics. These are all before I took it apart, cleaned, oiled/greased. I’ll get new pics after dinner.
For some reason my youtube video is not showing up. FIXED!
The threads were in rough shape. After buying a 7/16×20 nut and filing the threads a bit I finally realized they were left handed… another trip to the har...
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536 days ago
by DavidBethune |
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Look what I just found… I’m going to buy it this morning..Amazing find.. A Pre-Rockwell (pre-1954) Beaver 3200 Table Saw with original stand and accessories.
If you check my previous blog from yesterday.. you can see my other finds this week..Now all I lack is the Sander and 3800 Jointer and I will haveall of the Pre-Rockwell Beaver 3000 series toys..I will post each restoration picture as I complete them
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