| This blog is written by William | 213 entries so far |
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As The Lathe Turns #33: Promises And Challenges
Today I needed to get to work on some deer antlers and fulfill a promise I’d made. You see,...
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My Shop #2: An Updated Shop Tour - 5/22/13
I knew it had been a while since I had updated my shop tour. When I checked though, I realized th...
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As The Lathe Turns #32: A Gift From a Friend
Recently, I received an unexpected package in the mail. When I opened it, I discovered that a goo...
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As The Lathe Turns #31: Turning Something Besides Wood
This is deer antler. Ever since I first seen this in the Penn State Catalogue I have wanted to tr...
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As The Lathe Turns #30: The Lumberjock Pens
Most of you know of my health issues. Since we’ve been getting winter in May lately, I have...
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Modular Marble Machine #12: Then Finish, The Catch, and Some Instructions
If you haven’t already seen it, you can see the finished project here. Now the catch is,...
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Modular Marble Machine #11: Preview
I was ready and anxious to get back to testing this morning. You may remember from last time thou...
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Modular Marble Machine #10: Testing..............Ooooops!
Today started the testing process. I didn’t feel well at all, but figured that I could hand...
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Modular Marble Machine #9: Track Blocks - Part 3
I had a good day today. Actually, it wasn’t a good day at all, but I did get a lot done. To...
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Modular Marble Machine #8: Track Blocks - Part 2
Next up on the track block list is the zig-zag tracks.As you can see, these track pieces are doub...
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Modular Marble Machine #7: Track Blocks - Part 1
I’ve decided to break the track blocks into parts in addition to the separate parts of the ...
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Modular Marble Machine #6: Riser Blocks
In my previous post, I admitted to being sidetracked most of the week. I have gotten some work do...
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As The Lathe Turns #29: Sidetracked
I know. I am supposed to be working on a marble machine. I have a little, and I promise a post on...
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Modular Marble Machine #5: The Crank
If you’ve been keeping up, we are just about ready to start building the actual pieces to m...
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Modular Marble Machine #4: Base Plates
Yesterday I built the base. Inside the base there will be plates with holes in a grid patterns. W...
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Modular Marble Machine #3: The Base
If you seen the pump and elevator column I’ve spent the last couple of days making, then I&...
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Modular Marble Machine #2: The Elevator Column
Yesterday we built the pump to handle pushing the marbles, but now we need to get them on some ki...
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Modular Marble Machine #1: The Pump
Today I started on a new marble machine. While doing the first three machines, I have gotten mult...
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As The Lathe Turns #28: Squaring Solution - Shop Made Pen Blank Squaring Tool
If you read the last blog installment, you know I was having a problem squaring the pen blanks to...
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As The Lathe Turns #27: One Step Forward......
I have an opinion of wood working in general. If you’re not constantly learning something n...
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As The Lathe Turns #26: Failure Is Not An Option
I have been complimented on my “never say die” attitude in the past by fellow Lumberj...
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As The Lathe Turns #25: Woke Up With An Idea
Do any of you wake up with an idea? Almost like it came to you in a dream? I can’t say it d...
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As The Lathe Turns #24: A Tale Of Two Bowls
If you read my blog yesterday, you know I glued up material for two bowls. I got to work on those...
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As The Lathe Turns #23: People Spoke, So I Listened
For several days now, I have been wanting to glue up some more bowl blanks. It has been cool thou...
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As The Lathe Turns #22: Learning To Adapt
I am always trying to think of little lessons to give out as I learn all of this. Today, I want t...
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As The Lathe Turns #21: Solutions, And a Couple Of New Mistakes
I am a day late posting this. I got down in my back yesterday evening. Rain was coming in this mo...
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As The Lathe Turns #20: My First Pen From A Kit
I was on pens and needles this morning about, well, pens.According to the tracking information I ...
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As The Lathe Turns #19: Why Buy When You Can Make?
Since I decided I wanted to turn, I’ve learned how to use a variety of tools. I wouldn̵...
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As The Lathe Turns #18: Trying Something Different With The Next Glueup
If you’ve been reading my blog, you know I glued up two bowl blank. I turned one of them ye...
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As The Lathe Turns #17: The First Glueup Results
Today has been a long day. As a matter fact, I can’t even believe I made it to the shop tod...
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As The Lathe Turns #16: Gluing Up Bowl Blanks, And Some More Of My Ramblings
First thing today, I wanted to show the thread adapter and live center that someone sent to me. T...
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As The Lathe Turns #15: Move Along, Nothing To See Here
I have to apologize. I have no new project or techinques or newly learned advice to share today. ...
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As The Lathe Turns #14: The Disappearing Pen Mystery
Since the five pens I turned yesterday were quickly confiscated by my wife, I decided to turn som...
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As The Lathe Turns #13: The Trouble With Turning
Alright, this is getting downright ridiculous. I’m addicted to bowl turning. I’m alre...
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As The Lathe Turns #12: Turn, Turn, Turn, And Learn, Learn, Learn
I don’t know if anyone has noticed, but even though I’ve been getting better, I’...
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As The Lathe Turns #11: A Good Day
I am not completely over this bad spell I’ve been having, but I did feel a lot better today...
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As The Lathe Turns #10: Round Bowl In A Square Block
It’s funny to me. I’ve had several larger bowls thrown at me. I’ve had heavy pi...
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As The Lathe Turns #9: Now THIS Is What I Call Fun
I sat here this morning trying to figure out what I was going to do. I was hurting so bad I could...
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As The Lathe Turns #8: Close Only Counts With..............
I was going to title this entry, Close To Success. Every time I think of the word close though, I...
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As The Lathe Turns #7: The Bent Shaft Lathe
You may remember, my recent adventures into wood turning almost ended before it even got started ...
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As The Lathe Turns #6: Lessons Learned In Bowl Turning
Learning to turn bowls is becoming quite an adventure. It seems sometimes that the more I learn, ...
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As The Lathe Turns #5: This Idiot Can Learn
In the photo above, you see yesterday’s results. That was yesterday though. This is a new d...
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As The Lathe Turns #4: I Feel Like An Idiot
I’ve had the flu and haven’t felt up to doing too much. I’m been puttering arou...
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As The Lathe Turns #3: The Lathe Saga Continues
I have been working on a project. In the meantime though, my newly found wood turning fascination...
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As The Lathe Turns #2: As The Lathe Turns........Again
I bugged the boys to get their butts over here early. We replaced the MDF top on the stand and mo...
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As The Lathe Turns #1: How a Good Day Turned Bad
In the responses to yesterday’s blog, I told a friend of mine, Grizz, that I would turn him...
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Tools #6: It Never Ends
It never does end, does it? I’m talking about shop maintenance. Whether it be moving tools,...
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Around The Coffeepot Ramblings #48: Seriously Scientific Stuff
I’ve been working on a table. Everything is done except for the clear finish. I’m usi...
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Around The Coffeepot Ramblings #47: Some Things Just Aint Right
Some of you who read my ramblings know that I have been setting up my second shop build bandsaw t...
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Radio Table #7: Assembly And Stain
Today, after some final sanding, it was time to start assembly. The top and shelf surfaces were g...
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Radio Table #6: Drawer Front
I had several way I could go with the drawer front. I could have simply made a different shaped v...
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Radio Table #5: The Shelf Surfaces I Wanted
I am posting yesterday’s progress today. I wasn’t up to posting last night. So I had ...
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Radio Table #4: Changes Made From The Test Subject
I’ve started calling the first table I built my test subject, since I learned several thing...
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Radio Table #3: Take Two
I apologize for the lack of a finale on the radio table. I got kind of frustrated with it and too...
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Radio Table #2: Waming Up Now
If you read the blog post from yesterday, I had a problem with glue adhesion. This morning I disa...
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Radio Table #1: Skirts, Legs, and Something aint right.
My mom said she wanted a table for a radio she bought. She gave me the measurements, the hieght s...
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Tools #5: New Addition To The Band Saw Lineup
Some of you may remember that late last year, and into early this year, I built a band saw. Since...
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A Special Lamp for a Special Lady #4: Ready For Finish..... Almost
This is how I left the shade yesterday so the glue could dry.First thing to do today, of course, ...
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A Special Lamp for a Special Lady #3: Made In The Shade
I only got about an hour of shop time yesterday. Therefore I did not make a post. I just didnR...
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A Special Lamp for a Special Lady #2: Taken To School
I title this entry as it is for all the things I learned today. It is an exciting day for me when...
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A Special Lamp for a Special Lady #1: Getting Started
Some of you who read a lot of my ramblings know that I mostly work with cottonwood, pecan, oak, a...
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Tools #4: Another Oldie But Goodie
A local woodworking friend we call Chips was recently cleaning up around his place and was going ...
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Antique Craftsman Scroll Saw Project
Some of you probably have figured out by now that I have a love deep in me for old machines. I lo...
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Around The Coffeepot Ramblings #46: Shop Improvements
I had my first full day in the shop yesterday in over a week. Most of you know that my health som...
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Lisa's Jewelry Cabinet - Part 3
Here is part 2, and the link for part 1 is on the top of that one if you haven’t seen it.Fi...
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Lisa's Jewelry Cabinet - Part 2
When we left off in Part 1, I had drawers gluing up.To hang the drawers in the cabinet, I used th...
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Lisa's Jewelry Cabinet - Part 1
Mother’s Day is coming up pretty quick. I decided to build my wife a jewelry cabinet for th...
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Shop Made Scroll Saw - Part 3
If any of you haven’t seen the rest of this build, here is Part 1 and Part 2.Here, I have c...
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Shop Made Scroll Saw - Part 2
You can go here and read Part 1 to catch up if you haven’t seen the building of the frame.F...
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Shop Made Scroll Saw - Part 1
I have wanted to make a shop made scroll saw for some time now. The problem is, the ones I’...
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The Box Joint Machine (Another Stumpy Design) - Part 3
This project really should have been done and over with in two blog installments. My back had sta...
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The Box Joint Machine (Another Stumpy Design) - Part 2
If you read yesterday’s blog on this project, I will now demonstrate the difference between...
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The Box Joint Machine (Another Stumpy Design) - Part 1
There is much debate about which is better, dovetails or boxjoints. Well I like them both and wan...
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Stumpy's Dovetail Machine - Part 2
So today I got busy on the fingers. I debated on how to do this. I just was not that confident on...
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Stumpy's Dovetail Machine - Part #1
A few weeks ago, Stumpy Nubs offered plans for a dovetail machine on his website. You can see the...
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Dunlap Plane - Good Deals and Good Friends
Between Bertha’s thread, and talking to my friend SuperD and seeing some of his creations a...
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Patio Furniture Refurbishing Project #5: Assembly
Note:Due to unforeseen circumstances, my previous blog posts are not viewable at this time. So if...
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Patio Furniture Refurbishing Project #4: A Long Twisting Road To Assembly
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Patio Furniture Refurbishing Project #3: Slats and Cleats, and Lots of Them
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Patio Furniture Refurbishing Project #2: Painting
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Patio Furniture Refurbishing Project #1: Patio Furniture Shopping
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Around The Coffeepot Ramblings #45: Offended At The Home Depot
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Around The Coffeepot Ramblings #44: Thoughts From The Asylum
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Around The Coffeepot Ramblings #43: A Father's Pride
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Around The Coffeepot Ramblings #42: Why The Vise Climbed The Pole
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Around The Coffeepot Ramblings #41: Yet Another Circle Jig
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Around The Coffeepot Ramblings #40: When Is A Circle A Circle?
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My Shop #1: An Updated Shop Tour 1/20/12
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Around The Coffeepot Ramblings #39: A Lesson In Arrogance.
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Around The Coffeepot Ramblings #38: A Colossal Costal Project
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Around The Coffeepot Ramblings #37: Shop Fun........Cubed
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Project Mississippi #12: All Aboard! Loading, Well.....Now!
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Project Mississippi #11: Finishing Touches, I Think
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Project Mississippi #10: Rails Are Up
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Project Mississippi #9: Safety For Those Tiny People
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Project Mississippi #8: The Floating Hotel
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Project Mississippi #7: I Have A Name Now
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Project Mississippi #6: Painting the Major Parts
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Project Mississippi #5: Is It Looking Like A Birdhouse Yet?
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Project Mississippi #4: Mock Up
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Project Mississippi #3: The Hull
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Project Mississippi #2: Paddle Wheel
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Project Mississippi #1: In The Planning Stages
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Around The Coffeepot Ramblings #36: Lazy Day Turned Busy
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The Iowan Clock Project #6: Finish, With Some Inspiration
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The Iowan Clock Project #5: 4th Level Side Sections and Trim
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The Iowan Clock Project #4: Coming Alive Now With A Face
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The Iowan Clock Project #3: Middle Of The Third
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The Iowan Clock Project #2: The Second Level
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The Iowan Clock Project #1: Dance With The One That Brought You
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Around The Coffeepot Ramblings #35: Gorilla Did It's Job
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Around The Coffeepot Ramblings #34: Gorilla To The Rescue
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Around The Coffeepot Ramblings #33: It Takes Two
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Around The Coffeepot Ramblings #32: How Many Lumberjocks Does It Take To .........?
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Around The Coffeepot Ramblings #31: Do, Done, or Overdo? I Don't Know
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Around The Coffeepot Ramblings #30: The Evolution Of The Armored Uni-Carousel Horse.
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Around The Coffeepot Ramblings #29: Progress Made, and Newest Toys
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Around The Coffeepot Ramblings #28: Down But Not Out
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Around The Coffeepot Ramblings #27: New Spin On The Rocking Iron Horse
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Antique Desk Project #4: It Finally Got Finished
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Around The Coffeepot Ramblings #26: The Underground Furniture Company
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Desk Cabinet Project #18: Q-Tip #&!!
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Desk Cabinet Project #17: Zinsser
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Desk Cabinet Project #16: Completed The Construction Process
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Desk Cabinet Project #15: We'll Call It Level 4A
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Desk Cabinet Project #14: An Exercise In Frustration
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Desk Cabinet Project #13: Inspiration
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Desk Cabinet Project #12: A Good Day-Details, Details
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Desk Cabinet Project #11: Long Day
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Desk Cabinet Project #10: It's Dave's Fault.
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Desk Cabinet Project #9: Slow Moving
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Desk Cabinet Project #8: Forty Three And A Half Up
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Desk Cabinet Project #7: Scrollin', Scrollin', Scrollin'
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Desk Cabinet Project #6: Rounding Second, Headed For Third
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Desk Cabinet Project #5: 2nd Level Scroll Work
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Desk Cabinet Project #4: Going For Level Two
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Around The Coffeepot Ramblings #25: What A Slob
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Desk Cabinet Project #3: Completed Base
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Desk Cabinet Project #2: More Progress On The Base
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Around The Coffeepot Ramblings #24: One Easy Scroll Saw Repair (I'm An Idiot)
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Desk Cabinet Project #1: A Start, Finally
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Around The Coffeepot Ramblings #23: The Pearl River Woodcarvers Guild
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Chippendale Cabinet Project #12: Guilty
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Chippendale Cabinet Project #11: Four Foot Topper
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Around The Coffeepot Ramblings #22: A Lumberjocks Trip
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Chippendale Cabinet Project #10: The Doors
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Chippendale Cabinet Project #9: Two For One With Some More Scrolling
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Around The Coffeepot Ramblings #21: Encouragement
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Chippendale Cabinet Project #8: Level Up
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Chippendale Cabinet Project #7: One Happy Scroller
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Chippendale Cabinet Project #6: Started The Scroll Work, Oops
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Chippendale Cabinet Project #5: Patterns and Stain
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Chippendale Cabinet Project #4: Basic Cabinet
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Chippendale Cabinet Project #3: The Start Of A Good Foundation
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Chippendale Cabinet Project #2: One Messy Glueup
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Chippendale Cabinet Project #1: Shopping And Planning
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Around The Coffeepot Ramblings #20: Got A Few Round Tuits (Planer Blade Sharpening Jig)
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Church Clock Project #6: Open For Service
Lord bless the UPS guy!Ok. Maybe that was just a tad in poor taste, but I was so happy that my cl...
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Church Clock Project #5: It'll Be Ready For Service By Sunday
First things first today, I had to finish cutting the lower side gable trim.Here’s a view o...
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Church Clock Project #4: It's In The Details
Since I had a very productive day and have lots to show, I’m just going to jump right in.Ga...
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Church Clock Project #3: Raising The Roof
This first photo today is one I forgot to put in the last blog. I wanted to show the doors. I rea...
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Church Clock Project #2: Erecting The Walls
Today just started out to be one of those days. I ripped a four foot section of mahogany. Then I ...
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Church Clock Project #1: Build The Inside First
Well it FINALLY happened. I finally got enough caught up on around here and had a good enough hea...
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Around The Coffeepot Ramblings #19: I'm A Big Boy
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Around The Coffeepot Ramblings #18: Putting The Final Touches On The Chandelier
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Around The Coffeepot Ramblings #17: Guess I Needed Those After All
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Around The Coffeepot Ramblings #16: Busy, Busy, What A Challenge!
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Around The Coffeepot Ramblings #15: Plans For The Foreseeable Future
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Around The Coffeepot Ramblings #14: A "Me" Day
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A Special Unicorn Project #13: Have I Mentioned I Hate Painting?
I know I have said this multiple times in the past, but I hate painting. I don’t mind stain...
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A Special Unicorn Project #12: Ready To Start
That’s right. The title says, “ready to start”. It appears after doing a few si...
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A Special Unicorn Project #11: Same Idea, New Project
So ever since I finished the rocking unicorn, my wife has been giving me these little hints that ...
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Around The Coffeepot Ramblings #13: I Need More Of Those
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Around The Coffeepot Ramblings #12: Who The Heck Is Norm Adams?
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Scrollsaw Chest Project #5: Finishing
Today all that was left was to do a little more sanding, remove all the dust using a tack cloth a...
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Scrollsaw Chest Project #4: I'm Seeing The Finish Line
Here’s the lid for the chest with the scrolled panels already cut. I’m sure you notic...
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Scrollsaw Chest Project #3: Boxing It In
I had a very productive day today.After completing the front panels, it was time to start framing...
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Scrollsaw Chest Project #2: Side And Front Panels
I got a new toy for this project. I’ve used dowel joinery in the past, but I thought a jig ...
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Scrollsaw Chest Project #1: HiHo, HiHo, and ,huh, uh oh!
I’m still working on Christmas presents. My present present project (ha ha, I made a funny)...
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The Trebuchet Project #3: No More Baseball
I got the chute installed. This is what the sling with the tennis ball will ride on.Then I rigged...
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Phonograph Grill
A fellow lumberjocker wants me to cut a grill for a phonograph. I need to send him photos of the ...
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The Trebuchet Project #2: Bucket And Swing Arm
Well, I did find my steel rod today for the swing arm axles. The two axles are held in place with...
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The Trebuchet Project #1: The Frame
I am a gun collector, but have been fascinated by medieval weapons for years. Ever since I first ...
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A Special Unicorn Project #10: And It Is Done
I do appreciate everyone who weighed in on my decision to add flowers to the unicorn body. In the...
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A Special Unicorn Project #9: Approaching The Finish Line
Well I got up yesterday determined to get the rocker details finished. I went to the shop, starte...
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A Special Unicorn Project #8: The Tail
All those little pieces you see in the photo, those are the detail pieces for the tail. The real ...
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A Special Unicorn Project #7: The Head
I didn’t get much done today. It was just one of those days I guess. Here’s the compl...
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A Special Unicorn Project #6: Time To Start Ironing Out The Details
Well, as usual, my wife is always right. I told her with my doctor’s appointments and all f...
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A Special Unicorn Project #5: The Rocker Assembly
The rocker assembly is all I got done over the weekend. Friday evening and all day Saturday, my w...
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A Special Unicorn Project #4: Sanding with a New Horn
Anyone who is following this series or just happened to read it knows I was highly disappointed i...
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Around The Coffeepot Ramblings #11: Why Do I Do This
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Around The Coffeepot Ramblings #10: Kerfmaker, Drill Press, Friends, and a Tool Gloat
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A Special Unicorn Project #3: Starting To Look Like Something
After much cutting, the body pieces are cut. Some of the larger pieces I just ripped out on the b...
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A Special Unicorn Project #2: Finally An Actual Start
Well in the first installment of this series I talked a lot about my ideas for this project. Idea...
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Antique Desk Project #3: Sanding, And More Sanding
As I’ve said already, this project is being taken on just as Lisa has time. She put in a wh...
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A Special Unicorn Project #1: The Planning Stages
I’m switching gears here and starting on a new project that just a couple days ago, wasn...
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Antique Desk Project #2: Progress In Action
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L'il Skipper Project #3: The Finishing touch
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L'il Skipper Project #2: Boat Details and Finish
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L'il Skipper Project #1: Starting The Build
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Tools #3: Happy Birthday To Me (Tool Gloat)
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Antique Desk Project #1: Disassembling The Desk
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Around The Coffeepot Ramblings #8: Good To Get Back
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Tools #2: Rigid TS 3650
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Around The Coffeepot Ramblings #7: Something Good To Say About Home Depot
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Tools #1: The Price Was Right
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Around The Coffeepot Ramblings #9: My Lesson At The Furniture Store
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Around The Coffeepot Ramblings #6: The Great Pattern Exchange Saga
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Around The Coffeepot Ramblings #5: A Good Day, For Me Anyway
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Around The Coffeepot Ramblings #4: I Know It's a Saw, But What For?
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Around The Coffeepot Ramblings #3: It's A Small World After All
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Around The Coffeepot Ramblings #2: Quality and Lack Thereof
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Around The Coffeepot Ramblings #1: I finally joined
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