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Chess board. #1: How to make a wavy chess board..
This project is not technically finished so I will not post as a project..This part of the blog w...
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Starburst Patterns.... #1: My version... a Kaleidoscope
David Mitchell aka Patron first showed us his amazing starburst table ...a few months ago. David...
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Going to local shows. #5: Here be the photos from the Hands On Expo... in Brisbane..
I had today off… kinda… schlepped around in the shed getting the new Ozzie Jig assemb...
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Going to local shows. #4: Brisbane Hands On Expo...
Guys you are missing one of the greatest shows ever…. this is the brand new never seen befo...
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Wood Gloat #9: Leopard Wood this time..
A mate was cutting down a Leopard tree [Caesalpinia ferrea] and asked if I wanted the wood…...
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The new toy. #14: A couple more videos.
Check out the blog at Stu's Shed complete with videos. Look beyond what I am actually doing and s...
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Stu's Shed Meets Lazy Larry's Workshop
Yesterday had a visit from Stuart Lee… from Stu's Shed . He is a fairly imfamous Podcaster ...
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The new toy. #13: 3D carving video
If video sticks or does no work use "This":http://s662.photobucket.com/albums/uu349/degoose/?act...
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Wood Gloat #8: A little more of the Western Queensland Timbers.
Keith tuned up yesterday with some more timber…From the left standing up.. Malee….fal...
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Going to local shows. #3: Melbourne at last
Hi guys Just got back from Melbourne.. went down courtesy of the boys from Torque Work Centres..W...
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Going to local shows. #2: Alternate Wood Show
Friday last week Aaron [from Torque Workcentes] and I flew down to Melbourne Just over 1,000 mile...
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Wood Gloat #7: Not again so soon..!!
Sorry to have to do this but this morning I got a call from Aaron at Torque Work Centres.. He had...
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Wood Gloat #6: A stroll through the woods.
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150 [Cutting] Boards by the end of September. #19: The day is done.
I did not reach my goal of 150 boards by the end of September.. // Final tally was 95 Cutti...
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150 [Cutting] Boards by the end of September. #18: Day55 and still a few to go...!!
Just a few more pics of this weeks contribution to the great dust storm...A squadron of butter bo...
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150 [Cutting] Boards by the end of September. #17: Day 54..... I think?
Well, still aiming for the 150 but only got the 20 odd butter boards glued up…lllland anoth...
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Wood Gloat #5: This time Camphor Laurel !
Hi guys … It sure pays to tell everyone you know what you are doing..Yesterday a mate told ...
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150 [Cutting] Boards by the end of September. #16: Off Track ...Day # 50 I think.
Kind of got off track with the boards and have been messing around with some boxes …. someo...
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150 [Cutting] Boards by the end of September. #15: Still don't know the day..
This post is about the 20 butter boards I have orders for.\Finished work at 2.30 pm this afternoo...
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150 [Cutting] Boards by the end of September. #14: Day ??
Lost track of the days and now only a few weeks before I have to pack and ship… does not l...
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Just a small how to.
This board is not part of the 150.. I showed one of the 150 to a friend and she wanted one but a ...
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The new toy. #12: 3-D carving.
This weekend just gone we did a little bit of 3-D carving.I think we were a little adventurous an...
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150 [Cutting] Boards by the end of September. #13: Day 19
Kinda missed some days there.Well the web site is up and I have had a lot of LJers visit.. than...
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The new toy. #11: New Sign for the trip to Melbourne.
Hello.. remember me.. lolSo Sorry I have been taking so much time away for my favourite site R...
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150 [Cutting] Boards by the end of September. #12: Day 15
Hi guys Slap my wrist and call me LAZYI have not posted for a few days.I finally got my website u...
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150 [Cutting] Boards by the end of September. #11: Day 12
HELLO there, morning coffee drinkers.. here is the news from downunder.Today I took delivery of a...
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How to make a endgrain tumbling block butcher block board!
Hi guys ,, I had a request to make a tutorial with regards the endgrain Tumbling Block Design.Fir...
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150 [Cutting] Boards by the end of September. #10: Day 11
Short and sweet.Here are the boards de jour.. . . . . .Under my rules… 8 mor...
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150 [Cutting] Boards by the end of September. #9: Day10
I know I know.. I am late posting.. well you will be disappointed …nothing here.. I spen...
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150 [Cutting] Boards by the end of September. #8: Day 9
Just a quick one.,., only spent a little time in the workshop today being SundayMore of a peak at...
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150 [Cutting] Boards by the end of September. #7: Days 7 and 8
I am combining the days as there was not a lot done.Friday morning had a client pick up a drunken...
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150 [Cutting] Boards by the end of September. #6: Day 6
Me again. Day 6 already. More catching up..ordered the new business cards today. Here is...
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The new toy. #10: Affordability
A big Hello to all the woodies in the US and Canada who would like to own one of the wee beastie...
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150 [Cutting] Boards by the end of September. #5: Day 5
Hi de ho there neighbor. I got up this morning.. put on a pair of shorts and a t-shirt and my ...
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150 [Cutting] Boards by the end of September. #4: Day 4
Looked in at the workshop..posted the blog..redressed my thumbwent to town… picked up my...
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150 [Cutting] Boards by the end of September. #3: Day 3
Well another day… not much done… still recuperating…cleaned up the small spot o...
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150 [Cutting] Boards by the end of September. #2: Day 2
Well day two has been and gone,,Nearly all of the first 14 are glued up and have dressed and cut ...
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150 [Cutting] Boards by the end of September. #1: Day 1
Gidday from the land down under [where men thunder]. I have been reading lately about the 30 i...
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The new toy. #9: The all new video clips.
Here is the all new promo with voice over straight from the editing room.Please take the time to ...
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The new toy. #8: Shipping to the U.S. of A.
Some of you will have received a PM from me regards the cost of shipping the Torque Work Centre t...
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Wood Gloat #4: Filling up the wood storage.
I finally got the other rack [I bought 2 and put one inside.] into the wood storage area… W...
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Wood Gloat #3: This one is for you Karson
Karson my good friend.You asked me if here in the land downunder we had any branches.Let me tell ...
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Wood Gloat #2: Do another, do another.
This afternoon went up to the workshop and dressed the rest of the short boards of NGR .. 44 to b...
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The new toy. #7: For those who are interested in the Work Centre.
I am providing two links for those who are interested in the Torque Work Centre. Pics don’t...
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The new toy. #6: Bloopers
Just like on real TV and at the Movies.. bloopers seem to be the best bits.Here are a few of th...
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The new toy. #5: Ease of use.. changing attachments.
Self explanatory heading, changing attachments is as easy as loosening a bolt.Here are just a few...
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The new toy. #4: First cut of the demo video shot this week.
You guys are seeing this video while it is still in the editing stage,, no voice over but there w...
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Video of some of my boards and little of my shop
Just a fun thing.. while we were doing some video shots of the new toy, Stuart shot some of my bo...
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The new toy. #3: Surfacing an endgrain block.
As you all know trying to flatten a large endgrain butcher block can be a little tricky.I use a 1...
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The new toy. #2: Circle inlay
I cut a circle in Purple heart and then wanted to inlay it into a piece of Tasmanian blackwood.To...
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The new toy. #1: Signmaking
Had a full day yesterday, filming the Torque Work Centre,Aaron and Luke came down from Yandina. T...
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Wood Gloat #1: New Guinea Rosewood.
Seems you all post when you find a good bit of stick.I bought a stack of New Guinea Rosewood, and...
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Breakfast bar
This is not a completed project but the process of dressing a slab to make a bar top… Just ...
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Wild at the chess board ,, now with Pieces
I bought some nice Glass chess pieces at a garage.. read yard… sale.. lolThought I would po...
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Going to local shows. #1: Using the machine at a local woodworkers day.
We went up to Maryborough.. a few hours drive north of here .. to the Maryborough Woodturners an...
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David's [aka Patron] double curve..my version of the jig? #4: First attempt at the double curve LL
For my first practice attempt at the double curve LL I used New Guinea Rosewood. I didn’t w...
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Do it and you will prosper, procrastinate and you will suffer.
I wasn’t going to call in and see about the shelf racking I saw from the street.. sitting i...
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What happens when you cut with a drunken saw. #2: The Man behind the Idea behind the Man behind the Board .. My very good accomplice..David
For a long time I wanted to make a woven board.. even before LJs,. then after joining LJs I saw o...
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David's [aka Patron] double curve..my version of the jig? #3: Just kidding!
Basic 1/4 ” plywood.. mark a line at a diagonal across the board.NB. the sharper the angle ...
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David's [aka Patron] double curve..my version of the jig? #2: OK the JIG!
This is all there is to it.. you work it out!
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What happens when you cut with a drunken saw. #1: Sneak Peak
Just a sneak peak of a new drunken weave board I am designing,, still in the prototype stages at ...
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How far and from where have we come?
This is also a little bit of fun for anyone who wants to be involved..Here are a few pics of me...
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David's [aka Patron] double curve..my version of the jig? #1: Where to start? The Table!
I have spent the last few days in the workshop working out how to make this jig.. and have it dur...
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Spirals #6: We are not finished yet.
Next step is to make the ends of the segments curved. Shell-like if you want.For that we need a n...
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Bevel Box
I am not really sure if this should go in tool review but as I am not really reviewing it.. here ...
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Spirals #5: A quick sneak peak of some new timber combos
Just a quick peak at what I got up to today when I was not checking the hundreds of emails from a...
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Spirals #4: Assembling the jig
Drill two holes in the fence . one a little larger.. to take 1/4 ” bolts . Mark these posi...
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Spirals #3: Making the individual parts.
The base is just 1/4 inch ply. any size is ok..I have a cirlce cutting jig [ a jig makes it easi...
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Spirals #2: THE Jig and how you too can make one.
I know that I disappointed a few with part one of the blog series.not showing how to make the jig...
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Spirals #1: How to make the "Spiral Lazy Larry"
You will need 12 pieces of timber roughly 5’’ by 12’’ whatever thickness ...
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Border to the Why do I?
Just a notion I had to make a different border for the drunken chess board..The Idea is to take ...
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Inspiration and where do you get it?
Just a bit of frivolity..I get much of my inspiration from the first two tools I bought.The fridg...
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Glue up of a woven board..
This is just a little tip.. not the whole tutorial of how to cut and make a woven board.Basically...
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My first boards...4 years later
Gidday all, Many of you have made cutting boards and many more are going to make cutting boards. ...
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The new toy arrived today,,
It is here at last. Spent the morning waiting and yesterday cleaning up and finding room…lo...
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Newer cleaner workshop
Had to make room for the new beasty so got industrious and gave the whole shebang a good lick and...
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Circle cutting #7: Finished
Finally finished it.. Lots of other things happening in my world at the moment. So will post ...
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Maleny Wood Fest. #4: Timber I bought!
Just a few pics of the timber I bought this morning at Maleny..Hairy Oak and Camphor laurel . ...
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New toy for the workshop?
You may have read that I went to the wood fest at Maleny and while I was there ordered a new toy....
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Maleny Wood Fest. #3: Some finished pieces
Didn’t take too many pics was rushed for time.. next time will spend the whole day.,..This ...
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Maleny Wood Fest. #2: The Wood
Here be some pics of the timber.,.and a portable Lucas Mill fror slabbing. . . and thi...
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Maleny Wood Fest. #1: Out for the day at the Maleny Wood Fest.
I do actually leave the shop occasionally B.I.O.N. LOLAny hoo this is the weekend of the Maleny w...
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Stingray box and how I do it
Glue up half a dozen bits of board to make the block.,I used Tassie Blackwood and then bandsa...
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How to make just one more board?
To start I make a full size drawing of the board to see how it will look.Make an endgrain blank i...
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Circle cutting #6: Attaching the bearing and base!
Drill an access hole in the base Line up the centre of the base using a spacerPlace the be...
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Going wild at the chess board!!
Welcome.Where do I start, at the beginning I suppose, I was born at an …..sorry not that fa...
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Circle cutting #4: Using the jigs
Hello boys and girls welcome! Straight to it. The jig and how to use it. After drilling...
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Circle cutting #5: Laminating the blank
THIS IS OUT OF ORDER SORRYShould have been part 4 not 5 Got the Maple dressed yesterday and st...
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Circle cutting #3: Jig Pics
Here are a few of the pics of the JIG I promised. sorry bout the size, camera settings are skewwi...
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Circle cutting #2: About to start
This weekend I have 5 days off from work so will be starting the Lazy Larry. The timber I have c...
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Circle cutting #1: Lazy Susan..the making of?
This will definitely be a work in progress and will take a while so bear with me. This is all ...

















