43 days ago
by Airframer |
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As mentioned in my Workbench Blog I was planning to replace the gents style handle on my 8” Crown Gents Dovetail Saw with a more suitable one. This will be more of a photo essay than anything but lets just say most the pics are of take 2 of this event lol.
I am pretty happy with myself for getting the saw kerf cut free hand with nothing more than a scribe line and a HF flush cut saw :-) Sadly I was so “in the moment” that I forgot to take pics of the procedure. I hope ...
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505 days ago
by Dave |
39 comments »
I am a type of guy that will get a notion to do something and just go with it. I found a plan online of a Krenov plane using Hock irons. I don’t have a hock Iron, I do have an old two inch smoother iron from Providence Tool Co. So I choose to modify the plans a bit to see if I could get the thing to work. I know the Krenov style is one of the easiest to build.This will be a two part series and I am at the glueup.
First the materials. The base of the plane is good old Mississippi swee...
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538 days ago
by paratrooper34 |
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Hi all. This is a sawbench project that I documented to show how easy it is to make these things. I am posting it as a blog to allow for more pics and detail.
I already have one of these in my shop, but the almost total transformation to hand tools quickly showed me I need two of these. When working on another project which had 10 foot boards that I had to cut down, I realized the one sawbench just wasn’t getting it done. I made the first one about two years ago and got some pretty goo...
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946 days ago
by Siegel_KenEvil |
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After two years of pondering, I finally started a concrete counter-top. This will be going in a master bathroom. I have the mold construction complete. Next step is to radius off the corners and fill the small voids using caulk and/or bondo.
I’m ordering a new product from Lowes by Quikrete called “Countertop Mix”. (http://www.quikrete.com/productlines/CountertopMixPro.asp) I’ll need two 80lb bags costing about $11 each. I calculated the finished weight to be a...
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761 days ago
by Brian Havens |
10 comments »
In the last shop update, I briefly mentioned a grooving plane that did not work so well. The idea was to have a tool that could quickly make the grooves in the bottom of draw and box stock to accept the drawer/box bottom. The new design really rocks, so much that I made three sizes (widths): 1/8”, 3/16”, 1/4”. Although these are intended for making the grooves on drawer and box sides, I have been discovering more uses for the flexible design of these planes:
Shop Jou...
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829 days ago
by mafe |
16 comments »
Mike & Mads cutting gauge (blog)A gift to a wonderful friend.
Before I start the blog I want to share with you why this blog ever came to life and the gauges were made.
The truth is I did not need another gauge, I have several, and I just recently finished a panel gauge also.
Here on LJ I have meet many wonderful persons, and some I consider personal friends even I never had the joy of meeting them life. Each person for his or her qualities, and for a consistent dialog.
One of...
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836 days ago
by shipwright |
23 comments »
Update: See also Chevy II, The Canadian Cousin.
I first saw a chevalet in Sorrento, Italy about ten or eleven years ago. I was very impressed with the machine and the work being done by the master marqueters there but never dreamed that I would ever find myself building one. Well, retirement has it’s ways of taking you places you never thought you’d be going. After a working lifetime of more or less “creative woodworking” who knew I’d be this interested in per...
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904 days ago
by Blake |
41 comments »
I was clicking around the net when I came across these videos. They are some of the best videos I’ve ever found of a real Japanese craftsman using traditional techniques to build a project from start to finish.
In this series of 5 videos he builds a beautiful small chest of drawers (most likely a jewelry box) using only hand tools. I am in awe at how the techniques he uses are so simple yet so effective. I wish I spoke Japanese. If anyone could repost these videos translated to engli...
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980 days ago
by Dennis Zongker |
37 comments »
In the new Holiday Edition of Woodcarving Illustrated 2010 I have had the honor to have my “Stylish Box, #1” in this edition… it is an eight page article on how I assembled the box, carved the roses and it also includes templates. I hope you enjoy reading it
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