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| 561 days ago |
How to buy wood - 8 replies Woodcarving Illustrated has a PDF on buying wood. It may interest some of you. |
| 573 days ago |
What Australian men do in their sheds - 20 replies Viewing Don’s shop tour, reminded me of this Video. I can’t remember if someone sent this to me, or if I just happened to see it on youtube.I hope Don doesn’t mind my posting this. |
| 579 days ago |
A gallery of interesting art ! - 5 replies I don’t know if you’ve heard of M. C. Escher, but he has created some great art over his long lifetime. A lot of optical illusions. His book is a great one for the coffee table, so I figured this should be a perfect fit for our Coffee Lounge. |
| 594 days ago |
Tool contest announcement - 2 replies I just found out Irwin Industrial Tools is holding a contest in different parts of the country. If interested check this out. |
| 597 days ago |
Using the "Woodworking Skill Share," forum - 9 replies I don’t think this section of the forum has been used enough. I think if someone has a jig, or method of woodworking it should be entered in this part of the forum.Recently there have been a lot of these entered as projects. I think it would be advantageous to all of us if they were separated, & entered in this forum instead. |
| 598 days ago |
Homemade tenoning Jig - 28 replies This is a jig i made to adapt to my Ryobi table saw with the sliding table. It bolts right to the sliding table.To adjust the tenon thickness you move the sliding table in, or out from the blade.Here’s three different views |
| 629 days ago |
Ratcheting bar clamps - 13 replies I recently acquired two Quick Grip Irwin one hand operated bar clamps. Check out the specifications on these. I used to always use my wooden hand screws while assembling things, but these sure come in handy while working by yourself. It frees up one of your hands to hold things in place. I had never use this type of clamp before, & it... |
| 629 days ago |
Help Lumberjocks Tab - 10 replies I happened to notice that the Help Lumberjocks Tab is covered by Search the site tab. |
| 632 days ago |
Fine Woodworking On-line has a free trial. - 11 replies I recently subscribed to FWW Magazine, & also FWW On-line. You get On-line at a discount if you get the Magazine. On-line has been a very useful tool for me. They have tons of Videos, plus a lot of informational PDF’s. You should check out the free intro for 3 months. |
| 635 days ago |
My homemade dowel maker jig - 28 replies I promised quite awhile ago that I’d show some images of my dowel making jig. I got the plan from a book , but I don’t remember the name of the book. It’s real easy to make, & you can get the material right out of your scrap pile.For 1/2” dowels you use 9/16” square stock. You chuck it in your hand drill, & ... |
| 641 days ago |
Make your own dowels - 13 replies I made a dowel making jig when I made my windsor chairs, but today I found a much simpler way, & you don’t have to make a jig. You can make a more accurate dowel this way also. All you need is a bullnose bit, & your router table. Check this out.http://www.routerworkshop.com/easydl.html Here’s were I get my bits with free s... |
| 663 days ago |
Keeping your carving chisels sharp - 7 replies I was recently asked about sharpening, & to write something about it. I don’t think I could do a good enough job of it., but here is one of the best I’ve seen from Finewoodworking. After many years, I even picked up some new tricks from this. I have to apologize, I recently found out, that not everyone can view the FWW links I... |
| 664 days ago |
A poor man's repair job on his cheap band saw. - 5 replies I bought one of those cheap “Made in Taiwan” band saws over 20 years ago. That was way before all the USA tools were being built in Taiwan. So it wasn’t the quality that you get now. It wasn’t long after I got this, the retainers for the blade guides cracked at the set screw area. I remedied this by running a bead of epox... |
| 666 days ago |
I'd like to comment on the banner ads. - 9 replies I like the way the banner ads relate to the page your reading. If something peaks your interest, you just have to click on it, & your there. It saves a lot of searching. |
| 667 days ago |
Minnesota weather alert !! - 14 replies We haven’t seen above zero temperatures since last Friday, but I guess it’s supposed warm up to “5 above” tomorrow afternoon. A niece of mine forwarded this to me today.>——>>>Subject: Winter Temperatures> >>> >>> >>60 above zero:> >>Floridians turn on the heat.> >>People in Minnesota plant gardens.> >>> >>... |
| 686 days ago |
Underwater Logging - 3 replies After reading about bigpops Full life Bed,http://lumberjocks.com/projects/383 It reminded me about how they log underwater in Lake Superior. They produce some high quality lumber in this operation. I ran a search, & came up with a lot of info. I found out this is being done all over the world. This is just one of them.http://www.ecoflooring.... |
| 688 days ago |
My Favorite Woodworking Books - 31 replies I was thinking today about some of you who are Woodworking beginners, & searching for plans, & trying to add to their knowledge of Woodworking. After many years of Woodworking, I’m still always looking at new books, & magazines.I’d like to start a list of some of my favorites, so I’ll start out with this one. I alre... |
| 690 days ago |
T shirt suggestion - 5 replies Martin.We received our order for the Black T shirts, & i’ll be posting a picture of my Grandson, my Wife, & Myself on my blog.I happened to notice, & I’d like to make a suggestion, if its not to late. You should have .com after Lumberjocks. A lot of people maybe don’t know that its a website. Just a suggestion. |
| 690 days ago |
My thoughts about Routers ! - 35 replies Obi suggested that I give a review on my Dewalt DW 625. After giving it some thought I decided that giving a review of my Router is kind of redundant.My beliefs are that most high end Routers that you can buy these days are pretty well designed, & built. I think a Router is basically a motor with a base, handles, & collet, also Amperage,... |
| 693 days ago |
Instead of a Pickup Truck - 28 replies I’ve hauled a lot of 2×4’s, & other things in my van. The truouble with that is they run between the driver’s, & passenger seat, kind of get in the way. I solved that problem, & now I can even haul a bigger load. With the price of gas, it even saves a couple of trips. It also saves on the wear, & tear of th... |
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