391 days ago
by MsDebbieP |
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April 24, 2012(Thanks to Sawblade1 for this idea.)
A woodworker’s shop space is his/her castle!!
This month’s challenge is to do a clean-up on the shop, reorganize and whatever else you want to do to transform your shop for the “before & after” photos.
The Rules1. Post a blog showing the before & after photos of a shop transformation and/or clean-up. 2. Share with us what the challenges were and what your goals were. 3. Tag the challenge as ...
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391 days ago
by Joe_M |
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I’m not sure if this would qualify as a mistake or not, but I did learn a lesson. I had been building some cabinets over the last couple of months and they are all finally done. I have an upright that’s about 36w/16d/76h and three wall hanging cabinets that are about 46w/11d/33h. The upright and two of the wall hangers have doors that I put together. The carcass’ are all 3/4” red oak ply from Borg and the face frames/doors are 3/4 red oak with 1/4” red oak panels...
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620 days ago
by Doug McPherson |
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I’m sure others have posted a project similar to this, so I’ll be brief on the description.
This is just another great, simple way to get some use from those cut-off strips that accumulate in the shop. I start by gluing up several pieces side to side, first making sure that the sides are square and parrallel for a good lamination. I make each layer just over the sized of the width of what I want for the coasters’ width.
ok.
After they dry, I run them through the p...
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766 days ago
by Lockwatcher |
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When I pulled this off of my cabinet, I did not expect so many would like to build these. Well, I took one apart so that we could make some notes – and then detail construction.
Below: The marshmallow catapult in it’s finished form.
As you can see below, the catapult concists of only 6 wooden parts & some miscellaneous hardware, all easy to build with handtools if need be. When we did this project with the scouts, we put it together as a kit that they could sand &#...
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2003 days ago
by dewoodwork |
89 comments »
Construct these beautiful end grainCutting boards
Hello fellow woodworkers,In the spirit of sharing woodworking knowledge I am writing this tutorial for anyone interested in constructing these beautiful end grain cutting boards. Take a look at the photos of the four styles I have made, or create your own pattern’s and follow the steps I have outlined in this tutorial. Questions and comments are welcome, enjoy.
For this board I used maple, walnut, lyptus and purpleheart.
White oak, wa...
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1134 days ago
by Sinister |
30 comments »
I recently uploaded pictures of a cutting board (http://lumberjocks.com/projects/30543) and several fellow LJs asked me to show how it was put together. Subsequently, Patron quickly deduced the process and wrote a nice blog showing the step by step process for how to achieve the pattern. I encourage anyone who is interested to take a look because he has some nice pictures outlining the process. http://lumberjocks.com/patron/blog/15074. I thought I would add a short amendment to his blog de...
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1349 days ago
by poroskywood |
34 comments »
Hey everybody, after a few personal messages here is my version of a how to on a Drunken Checker Board. I of coarse bow to the Chairman of the Board and pay tribute with beer. This is a Off-Checker pattern I call “Drunken Alice in Wonderland” The “serendipitous” nature of this piece is appealing in a far out sort of way. Here Goes…
So first I prepare the Material. I am using Hard Maple and Walnut both are surfaced flat and cut 1” x 9” x 14&...
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972 days ago
by Jamie Speirs |
14 comments »
Cream Furniture Polish RecipeFurniture Preparation Oil Recipe or (Furniture Cream)Ingredients:32 oz 1.8lt Pure Turpentine (Not Turpentine Substitute or White Spirit)16 oz 908ml Boiled Linseed Oil8 oz 450g Beeswax1 oz 225g Carnauba Wax Flakes• Grate the Beeswax in a double bowl with hot water in the larger bowl (like a double boiler). Add linseed oil, stir well. Add Pure Turpentine, stir well. • There are double boilers available for wax candle making. They are expensive though and un...
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954 days ago
by mafe |
25 comments »
The grease box story.Chapter one: Roy Underhill’s grease box
Before I begin, I’ll quote myself: ‘If Roy Underhill is a snow storm, then I’m a snow flake’.Since I posted my first grease box here, there have been some discussions going on about the hen and the egg…- Most people never heard about a grease box until Roy Underhill made the dovetailed grease box. - Since I’m Danish and don’t have satellite TV, I never heard about Roy Underhill.Since then my eyes was opened up, and I realiz...
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922 days ago
by mafe |
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Grease box owners club.Ok – I admit it’s childish and stupid.
So it was time – time to make a place on the web, a place for the GBOC.
So what is the criteria to be GBOC member?
You have to have made a grease box, or received one from a fellow wood worker.Once you have done so, the GBOC will be extremely happy if you post your name, a little story of the box if you want, and a picture here as a comment under this post. This will make you a full born member right ...
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