59 days ago
by pjones46 |
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One of the parts of woodworking that many would like to do better is finishing, and that includes me. On my quest to obtain the background I have bought books, talked with professionals in the field, and searched high and low on the internet to find the answers to my questions.
Some of the questions arose as I was completing a project but others were generated by what I had read. As I have gotten older I say to myself, “I know I have read something about this particular procedure”, but I...
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80 days ago
by ellen35 |
19 comments »
As a result of Lorna’s posting of her bow box, several requests were made regarding how to make inlay banding. We are not experts by any measure but here is our joint tutorial on making “wolf’s tooth” banding. We watched many videos and did lots of practice pieces before getting even remotely adequate at it. So… here goes!
PREPARE THE WOOD:In this example, we used 3 woods: maple, walnut and mahogany. We prepared the wood in the usual way by making sure it was flat and square. We used 4” x ...
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146 days ago
by JSB |
4 comments »
I went into the shop today to finish up a blanket chest. I ended up making a step stool….Here are some pictures and a video.
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153 days ago
by Weth |
6 comments »
I find myself spending time looking for these links from memory on different computers.
Wood Infohttp://www.davehylands.com/Machinist/Charts/Lumber-Chart.pdfhttp://www.thewoodexplorer.com/onlinedbf/index.html (used to be free)http://www.woodweb.com/http://www.woodfinder.com/http://www.woodbin.com/sitemap.htmhttp://www.trugradeveneer.com/
Tool How too’shttp://www.mlcswoodworking.com/shopsite_sc/store/html/smarthtml/pages/instruct.htmlhttp://torbwine.com/Stuff/Router_Book.pdf (free ...
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540 days ago
by shipwright |
6 comments »
So I went out to the shop this morning, all set to get the sander all tuned up and ready for the velcro kit which should arrive today. Unfortunately I didn’t get to do much tuning up because everything was OK. First I stuck a straight edge on the cylinder to see how much I needed to sand off to straighten it. It was dead straight so I just ran some sandpaper on it by hand to de-gloss it for the velcro adhesive.
Then I started to check the drum / bed parallel situation and the effecti...
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810 days ago
by Paul Pomerleau |
8 comments »
I’m in the middle of constructing the famous Thien Separator and I needed to build a circle cutting jig to use on my band saw.I decided to make a video of it (my very first one) to share with you.You can view it here on YouTube.Hope you enjoy it.
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236 days ago
by BertFlores58 |
8 comments »
Keep on wondering?!. Where am I now on woodwork? Lot of projects but only beginning.
Yes, as a hobbiest I am not particular in finishing a project. When I see something in my workshop, my mind will think of something else. The results are these: (Please note that they are not finished yet that is why you won’t see it in the projects.
THE BEGINNING
I experimented on using the old method of sawing pieces using miter boxes as guides. After a while… I have these…....
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657 days ago
by rance |
10 comments »
Of all of the jigs in the woodshop, the push block or push stick is usually one of the first that is built. I have qualifications that govern a utilitarian project like this. For one, I rarely purchase materials since scraps can often suffice. Other parameters are to make minimal cuts and processing since these are not that critical. I much prefer wooden push blocks over the plastic ones I’ve seeen. The plastic ones(besides having to be purchased) seem to not grip the wood as ...
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412 days ago
by William |
7 comments »
There is much debate about which is better, dovetails or boxjoints. Well I like them both and want to be able to use them both easily. So after building Stumpy's Dovetail Machine, I decided I also wanted the Box Joint machine he designed. For once in my dang life though, I’m jumping right in without procrastinating. First thing on today’s list was to do some shopping for supplies to get his thing started, then I was back in the shop.The carriage part of the machine was simple enou...
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433 days ago
by DaveTPilot |
13 comments »
Here is the video demonstration of the sharpening system I posted in projects.
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