| This blog is written by Blake | 61 entries so far |
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Free Standing and/or Krenov Style Cabinets
Please help me… A month or two ago I was looking at someones woodworking website who had...
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Amazing Dovetail Joinery at Ft. Ross
I wanted to share some photos from my summer vacation with you… A few weeks ago I drove pas...
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My Website (Revamped)
I made some major changes to my website. The original announcement was made on Lumberjocks here. ...
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Etsy.com
I just found out about Etsy.com What do you know about it? Have you tried it?
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Opposing Arch Table #1: Sketchup Design
I have been thinking about making another table lately. I had so much fun building the Sewing Tab...
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Firefighting Career Path Update
Hi everyone. I just thought I’d check in. Boy have I been busy. The California wildfires...
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Sewing Table #8: Done, Done, and Done.
This project is finished. Let me show you what I have been up to the last two days. MAKING THE...
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Sewing Table #7: Assembly at Last
So I decided to make a bead around the drawers which would give me the room I needed to clean up ...
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Sewing Table #6: Stupid Stuff and Serendipitous Solutions
When I left off I was ready to glue up the apron and legs. So in my excitement to see it take ...
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Sewing Table #5: Tapers and Curves
Yesterday I cut the curves in the apron and the tapers in the legs. I just bent a stick betwee...
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Sewing Table #4: Mortise and Tenons for my Birthday
Time for the Mortise and tenons. First of all, thanks to all who gave me advice about the mort...
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Sewing Table #3: Using the Mortising Machine (for the first time)
I have had this little Delta Mortiser for about a year and have never used it. So I am exited to ...
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Sewing Table #2: My First Fine Furnature!!! Getting Started... Milling the Lumber
Well, I am finally graduating to furniture. I intend to blog the journey in this series to share ...
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Sketchup Question... How do I make walls?
Can anybody tell me if there is an easy way to make walls in Sketchup for a building without just...
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Sacramento Wood Show
I was in Sacramento the last two days and of course I spent a few hours at the WOOD show. I bu...
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Sewing Table #1: Sketchup Model
Looks like I may be graduating to larger fine woodworking projects. My dad wants me to make a sew...
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Multiple Project Postings
This blog is in response to dlcarver's blog about his postings. He was worried about “overp...
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Mistake with Stile and Rail bits
I did a little trading at work a while back and ended up with a nice pair of “Stile and Rai...
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My Shop on 'Deep Clean' Cycle
Well, here it is, Spring cleaning is over! My bench area… clean and organized with the h...
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Random Ramblings of Recent Wood-Related Adventures #2: Various Projects
Hello again, another random rambling. I just thought I’d keep you updated on what’s going on late...
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Humidor Builders: Stay away from "CigarExtras.com"
As you may know, I have been preparing to build a Humidor for a buddy of mine. So I ordered a few...
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Local Wood Selection
Lumber yards from around the U.S. and especially around the world offer a different selection of ...
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The “Immediate Use” rule
This blog was inspired by another LJ asking if anybody could think of a use for an old table saw ...
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Seeking Advice on Delta 14" Bandsaw Dust Collection
Ok, as you can tell, I am in the process of totally “pimping” out my Delta 14” ...
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Music in the Shop
Just curious… Do you listen to music in the shop? What do you listen to? On what kind of...
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Black Acacia Wood
Today a friend of mine through our used tool store and a fellow craftsman dropped off an incredib...
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Homemade Bandsaw Blade Tension Quick-Release
Grab some popcorn… I made a movie!(Make sure the volume is up… it might be a little q...
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Tales from the Tool Shop #1: Craftsman Router Bit Sharpener Thingamajigy
I thought I would start a blog series on tales from the Tool Shop I work at. We come across weird...
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Seeking Info on homemade Bandsaw Tension Quick Release
Somewhere, in some magazine (probably Shopnotes) I remember seeing a homemade version of the Cart...
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My New Radial Arm Saw Table #1: First Stage of Design
Ok, so the next piece of shop furniture that needs updating is my radial arm saw table. The origi...
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Photo Tour of our Used Tool Store
Here is a photo tour (as promised) of our shop in Santa Cruz, “Drew’s Used Tools.” I just thought...
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Design Contest
I apologize, this is another non-wood related blog. But I was just wondering if you could do me a...
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Random Ramblings of Recent Wood-Related Adventures #1: New and improvements
I just thought I would share some of my recent wood-related adventures. Yesterday was the firs...
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Uses for Leather Around the Shop
I remember visiting the old Salz Tannery in Santa Cruz when I was a kid. I would go for school fi...
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Is it Chrismas?
Sorry, not woodworking related, but I couldn’t stop laughing. Check this website for the ne...
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Seeking Humidor Advice
Calling on the humidor experts: My best friend (since the 2nd grade) likes cigars. I always th...
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LumberJocks Woodshare... or maybe just Classifieds?
What do you think? How about a woodshare program for LumberJocks? Just an open market for us to t...
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Seeking help and suggestions on my website...
My wife is a painter, and along with my woodworking we have always dreamed of someday opening a g...
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Please take a look...
The Bead Trade at thebeadtrade.com is a handcrafted jewelry website that my wife and mother-in-la...
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My New Router Table #8: A Proud Moment
So, No more messin’ around! Its time to cut the hole! With my template all biscuited and...
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Vega Fence Modification
I don’t know if anybody has a Vega table saw fence out there… I got mine used and rea...
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Rare Earth Magnets Around The Shop
I find handy uses for rare earth magnets all over my shop. I just thought I would share this as a...
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Parts For Tools
I just wanted to let everyone know, in case they don’t already. At our Used Tool Store we s...
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My New Router Table #7: Tedious details... Gettin' there
Here’s what I have accomplished in the past week or so… Drawers:So last time I tal...
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Consider Buying Used Tools
Buying used tools is an under-looked option for low-budget woodworkers. First of all, I should...
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My New Router Table #6: Finishing Touches
I’ve been adding the details as I have had time here and there after work. I finally got...
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I wish I was that smart...
Has anybody noticed how the half-dozen or so major woodworking stores have been getting their pro...
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Scraper Video
There has been a lot of chat about card scrapers lately so I thought I would take the opportunity...
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My New Router Table #5: Doors and Drawers
I would have waited until I made more progress until posting this next one, but since I have been...
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A Place for Jigs at LumberJocks
It seems to me that we need a place for Jigs at LJ’s. This is how I imagine it: It would...
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Which bench should I get?
I am planning on setting up a very small hand tool workshop for my father-in-law for a retirement...
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Machine and Table Heights
I recently built a router table and when I was taking measurements around the shop to determine h...
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My New Router Table #4: Table top and drawer slides
More progress on the router table… I installed the drawer slides today. This is only bec...
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My New Router Table #3: Finishing Cabinet Assembly and Dust Collection
This project is really coming together. That biscuit jointer really makes quick and easy work of ...
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Seeking Advice on Thickness Sanders
I have been saving my pennies for a thickness sander. I really need one for surfacing small stock...
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My New Router Table #2: ...A Pile of Potential
This is the exciting start of my new “proper” router table: Pile of wood… I ...
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My New Router Table #1: First Go at Sketchup, what a cool program!
I have always liked CAD programs but have used them very little. I was an engineering major for a...
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EARTHQUAKE!!!
I Just felt a SIGNIFICANT earthquake about one minute ago!
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Taking Photos of Work
I recently invested about $40 bucks on a large sheet of black velvet from the fabric store for a ...
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Incra template keeper
Just a quick tip… The templates for my Incra positioner kept bugging me because I had no...
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Seeking advice on Floating Panel Box Tops ???
I have never quite been sure what the rule of thumb is for floating panels in box tops. I am r...
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Blog Series
- My New Radial Arm Saw Table - 1 part
- My New Router Table - 8 parts
- Opposing Arch Table - 1 part
- Random Ramblings of Recent Wood-Related Adventures - 2 parts
- Sewing Table - 8 parts
- Tales from the Tool Shop - 1 part
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