| This blog is written by brianinpa | 15 entries so far |
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Workshop Ramblings #6: Ain't this fun?
I spent some time in the shop tonight and sadly it was the first time in a long time: too many th...
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Workshop Ramblings #5: Life Happens and Emotions Get In the Way
May has been a busy, busy month and no time was spent in the shop. Two days ago our youngest son...
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Workshop Ramblings #4: Too Many Hobbies!
Finally Spring has sprung! The air is getting warm and the shop isn’t too dang cold to wor...
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Workshop Ramblings #3: Time Well Spent in the "Toy Box"
I woke up this morning and saw there was a new dusting of snow on the ground, so it appears winte...
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Why I like Vintage Tools #9: Dunlap Belt/Disk Sander
Here is my latest basket case, and yes it needs some work. It is an early 1940’s Dunlap 4”...
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Workshop Ramblings #2: Is that Spring in the Air
Two days in a row that the temps have been in the 40’s or higher! Yesterday was opening da...
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Workshop Ramblings #1: What Happened to the Warm Weather?
The past few years Mother Nature has spoiled me rotten. Winters here in Pennsylvania have been m...
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Why I like Vintage Tools #8: The Finished Scroll Saw
Two weeks worth of work standing behind the wire brush, shaking and spraying paint, and it is now...
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Why I like Vintage Tools #7: A work in progress.
I haven’t posted anything in my blog for several days because I have been too busy researching my...
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Why I like Vintage Tools #6: Jointer Restoration
I originally started this blog as a way of showing that old woodworking machines and tools a stil...
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Why I like Vintage Tools #5: Grinders
Every lumberjock has at least one – some might not consider it a woodworking tool, but I think if...
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Why I like Vintage Tools #4: The Alien Planer
A few years ago I saw one of these planers listed as for sale and knew that I wanted one. From t...
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Why I like Vintage Tools #3: I don’t know why I do it!
I go to an auction and there are vintage woodworking tools there so I look at them really close. ...
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Why I like Vintage Tools #2: Surfacing tools
I only have a meager collection of planes, but this is mostly because I haven’t used them too muc...
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Why I like Vintage Tools #1: Power Tools
Through the years I have amassed a collection of vintage woodworking power tools. The most exp...
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