| This blog is written by kiwi1969 | 21 entries so far |
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the humble house workshop #10: happy days
Cut myself twice today, once when my tenon saw jumped out of the kerf and again with a slip of a ...
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the humble house workshop #9: one door closes, another opens
FINALLY!!! after almost 2 years of struggle in the Philippines it has actually happened. The ligh...
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the humble house workshop #8: Narra, King of the forest, destroyer of cheap plane irons!
I wasn,t planning to write about this project, but as it,s my first experience with Philippine Na...
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Woodcraft in the Philipines #7: How much?
So you made the move to the Philippines and you want to furnish your house with some nice example...
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the humble house workshop #7: Torrential rain and broken baileys
Being born and raised on a small island just north of Antarctica I revel in the tropical climes I...
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the humble house workshop #6: Cheap saws bad, cheap planes good
Only did about two and half hours today which meant I got the dovetails and all the mortises for ...
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the humble house workshop #5: LOVIN' IT!!
Sorry for the dim pic, got a late start to the next project today and just ran out of light. That...
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the humble house workshop #4: First workout
So I finally get to make some shavings and give the new budget bench a trial run. The project is ...
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the humble house workshop #3: Budget workbench needs all the help it can get
So with the basic bench built it,s time to increase its ability to do some serious work. Without ...
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the humble house workshop #2: Every shop needs a bench (please don,t laugh)
So in the first of this series I mentioned i,m starting an enterprise with no money, hardware sto...
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the humble house workshop #1: Very very humble beginnings
As my life slowly, frustratingly and boringly meanders along the path of unemployment, with the o...
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Woodcraft in the Philipines #6: Trees, bamboo,palms and their uses
The Philippines is finally moveing again after the holy week, Easter break. The entire nation sim...
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Woodcraft in the Philipines #5: vigan style
Just thought I would post some pics from a trip to the historic old town of Vigan that myself and...
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Woodcraft in the Philipines #4: the designers and makers
It,s been said that the Philippines has the best designers in all Asia. Whereas the bulk of the f...
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Woodcraft in the Philipines #3: Logging
Haven,t been out and about much so no pretty pictures this time. Just been reading up on the For...
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Woodcraft in the Philipines #2: Workshops in the Philippines
Most people assume that workshops in Asia are pretty primitive, and for the most part they are ab...
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Woodcraft in the Philipines #1: Carving in the Philippines
People in the Philippine archipalago have been carving simple images for millenia, but it was the...
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Man thinks,God laughs
My old boss once told me that “man thinks, God laughs” Well I have to say right about...
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Up and running( for the can/dunny/bog, insert euphimism of choice)
If its true that what you do on the first day of a new year is what you do for the rest of it the...
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Car spring plane irons???
So its almost New Year and I,m planing my projects for the next 12 months and one of those is a s...
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Up and running
Hi fellow lumberjocks! Thanks for the welcome. I have finally started my first blog after a long ...

















