| This blog is written by Dorje | 31 entries so far |
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Little Tansu Inspired Case #3: Drawers
I had some time in the evening to continue on my little case… I was able to get the drawer loc...
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Little Tansu Inspired Case #2: Keyed Miters and Drawer Parts
I had a little bit of time this afternoon to work on the little case… I keyed the miters with ...
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Little Tansu Inspired Case #1: Carcase and Dividers
I’ve had the urge to just make something small for some time now…I’ve been working on...
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Tool Tweaks #3: Saw Sharpening Pt.2
Got back out to the shop and made the little guide blocks as seen in the Vintage Saws site tutori...
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Tool Tweaks #2: Learning to Sharpen Saws
I’ve been wanting to add a few saws to the “toolbox.” And, rather than spend a...
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Tool Tweaks #1: Better Scraper Tuning
Just responded to a post with the following, but thought I’d add it to my blog too: I fi...
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Lumber Making #11: Gettin' It Stacked
Last step in the process (well not the last – but close to it – still have to get bac...
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Lumber Making #10: Milling the Maple Finale - and - Lookie What We Found
Here’s a little more ‘milling around’ for fun:........ This board turned out to...
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Lumber Making #9: The Second Half
At the end of this short video you’ll see me look up at Mike. If you listen closely you ca...
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Lumber Making #8: Continuing the First Half - Hit a Nail.
After the slabbing cut, we continued to cut the first half of the log. Here’s a short vide...
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Lumber Making #7: The First Slabbing Cut
On the same cold, crisp, gorgeous day in Sunny Seattle…the next thing we did was mount a 2&...
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Lumber Making #6: Maple Milling - Initial Halving Cut
Well, today was the day that fellow LJ, Mike Lingenfelter, and I got to the milling of that maple...
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Turning #2: More Rough Bowls and Blanks
Did some turning today…processed a number of maple rounds into bowl blanks…waxed the ...
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Lumber Making #5: Saw and Milling Attachment Procured
Another step in the process: I was able to get out and pick up the saw, a Stihl 046, and the 36&#...
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Turning #1: Rough Bowls
Here are a few of the ROUGH bowls that have come off the lathe in the past few weeks (sorry about...
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Lathest Addition to the Shop...
My wife bought me this Jet 1642 EVS lathe last month…I love it! She really likes bowls &...
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Lumber Making #4: The Maple has Landed!
The remainder of the maple came down today and I got a shot of the main trunk section that I plan...
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Lumber Making #3: Maple in the works...
Well, just some text at this point – but I can’t slow my heart rate down at the thoug...
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Outdoor "Coffee" Table #9: Edge Treatment?
So, the top on this sucker is an 1” thick… Should I just ease or chamfer the e...
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Outdoor "Coffee" Table #8: Closing In On It...
Was FINALLY able to get back to the shop after 12-13 days! Got a bit more done on the table: T...
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Outdoor "Coffee" Table #7: Tapers and Tenons
This is a one-handed post tonight; I had a bit of an accident, but I’ll get to that… We’ll kee...
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Outdoor "Coffee" Table #6: Mortises
I spent a few hours today mortising the stiles (of the frame top) for the table. Lots of mortise...
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Outdoor "Coffee" Table #5: A little time'll get ya...
Be forewarned: What follows is not the most interesting content, but I’m just trying to doc...
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Outdoor "Coffee" Table #4: SketchUp til now
After a couple more hours playing with SketchUp…this is where I’m at – and I wouldn’t even...
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Outdoor "Coffee" Table #3: The Wood
Well, my daughter and I went down to the hardwood lumber store on Monday and I immediately change...
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Outdoor "Coffee" Table #2: Next (baby) steps
I picked the wood I’m going to use for this project; I’m going to go with Lyptus. I ...
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Outdoor "Coffee" Table #1: Just an idea
We need a low outdoor table for drinks and food, etc., Something that would tie into the design o...
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Just an idea
It just struck me that I would like to make some kind of till for my Japanese saws (that I primar...
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Lumber Making #2: American Tulip Tree Bowl Blanks
Today I had the good fortune of cutting up a bunch of American Tulip Tree bowl blanks. Called va...
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Jigs and Things #1: Box Joint Jig
At the request of oscorner, I’ve posted some pics of the jig that I use to cut box joints on the ...
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Lumber Making #1: A "Mini" Series - up to present
I’m posting these pictures as a means to get bloggin’…and, because I’m interested in milling and ...
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- Little Tansu Inspired Case - 3 parts
- Lumber Making - 11 parts
- Outdoor "Coffee" Table - 9 parts
- Tool Tweaks - 3 parts
- Turning - 2 parts
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