| This blog is written by Craftsman on the lake | 25 entries so far |
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Desk build #5: Nurses desk, finished
The desk is finally finished. My niece wants to stain and poly it herself so I’m done with ...
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Desk build #4: Nurses Desk: framed, drawers, top glue-up
RecapMy niece will graduate as a nurse in the near future. She has moved into a new house and ask...
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Desk build #3: Nurse desk: Some glue-up
RecapMy niece will graduate as a nurse in the near future. She has moved into a new house and ask...
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Desk build #2: Nurses desk: Tapered Legs and mortises
RecapMy niece will graduate as a nurse in the near future. She has moved into a new house and ask...
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Desk build #1: Small Oak Nurses Desk
My niece will graduate as a nurse in the near future. She has moved into a new house and asked me...
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Wood advice for Newbies like me
I’ve made a few things, a bed, my first raised panel cabinet, and so on with the help o...
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Simple clamp rack
This is nothing spectacular. I was tired of walking across the room to my wall rack for clamp...
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Free scrapers that work
Ah ha! Got your interest right? This is a little video that introduces glass as a scraper. I use ...
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Heads up on casters?
I just got this today 5/1/09. It’s an online ad from Peachtree. A sale on casters. If you e...
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Bed Build #2: Head and foot dry setup
A couple of weeks ago I posted making the bedposts. I finally got around to getting some more oak...
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Bed Build #1: Oak bed started for one of my daughters
My daughter requested a bed be made. She’s a grad student in Troy NY at RPI. It will be ful...
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No sharpen draw knife
I thought some people might be interested in my drawknife. It never dulls. Ever. This is a pic...
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Hand carved mallet.
I Always wanted a carvers mallet. So, I went over to my sister’s, picked out a small, dry, ...
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Lots of air
I’m so pleased. I’ve got two air compressors. One of them is one of those little ones...
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Shop done. Let's build something #5: more progress on the corner cabinet
Today I managed to get the second door glued up, the top glued up, and the frame and doors preppe...
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Shop done. Let's build something #4: Doors made!
Ok, this was nerve wracking but by measuring everything 30 times I managed to make two doors for ...
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Shop done. Let's build something #3: Cabinet shell
Again in my series of building a corner cabinet. Today I got the shell built and some shelves mad...
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Shop done. Let's build something #2: Cabinet framed
Ok, My first cabinet. I decided on loose tenon joinery. I discovered a site for a good jig that w...
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First mortise/tenon #3: freud raised cabinet bits arrive
UPS delivered these today along with a new aluminum router plate for the new bosch 2 1/4 hp route...
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First mortise/tenon #2: Second mortise tenon try
The first mortise/tenon was made with junk pine. Someone said that hardwood might give me better...
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First mortise/tenon #1: Practice mortise and tenon joint
Well, After making a small jig for my drill press and a small simple sled for my table saw I have...
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Shop done. Let's build something #1: Sister wants a corner cabinet
The shop is finally done per my other blogs. I’ve just posted my finished new fangled workb...
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Bench build #1: Yet another LJ build, New-fangled workbench
I decided after looking around that I needed a new workbench. Mine was old and inadequate, dating...
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The Journey #2: Shop coming along/antique power tools?
As previously written, I am resurrecting my woodworking after a 30 year break. My shop has been i...
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The Journey #1: After a long time
I was 22 years old in 1976. I had was in college to get a teaching degree and at the same time al...
Restarting a love for woodworking one step at a time.
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