| This blog is written by mot | 37 entries so far |
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Cold Winter Days #1: I Think Punxsutawney Phil is a Genious!
My family awoke, early last week, to -30C with a -40C windchill. I was choked. Somebody told me...
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2 x 4 Challenge #2: All Is Revealed!
After gluing up the blank in the first part of this series, I moved over to the miter saw. I set...
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2 x 4 Challenge #1: Throwing My Hat in the Ring
Well, I wasn’t sure what I was going to do with this. I had to take a few days to ponder w...
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Jigs and Fixtures #3: Shooting Board Basics - VIDEO
WayneC, Bob #2 and I, have had some conversations about shooting boards. The conversations don&#...
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Rocking Horse #6: Final
Well, Christmas was a big hit, but I had to put a few finishing touches on the horse. Karson was...
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Rocking Horse #5: Hi-Ho, Silver!
Well, you’re going to see it how he sees it. More on that… I spent several very l...
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Rocking Horse #4: The Rockers
This part of the project gave me more grief than any so far. They have to be perfect and exactly...
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Rocking Horse #3: The Saddle!
The Rocking Horse build continues with the saddle. Two blocks measuring 4” x 4” x 10...
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Rocking Horse #2: Inlays!
I got a couple of hours down in the shop tonight, so I did the inlays on the horse. I started ...
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Rocking Horse #1: Every Little Boy Needs a Rocking Horse
Well, I procrastinated on this little project enough. Our two year old son, Mot Jr. (aka The Van...
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Jigs and Fixtures #2: Dowel Stock Preparator!
I’ve been fiddling with wooden hinges, and can’t get good dowel stock. Epecially dow...
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Jigs and Fixtures #1: Jig for hand planing small parts.
As I continue on my journey to becoming more proficient at the use of hand planes and the like, I...
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Hand Tools #1: Miniature Plane
Thanks to the likes of WayneC, Thos. Angle and Bob #2, I’ve been accumulating hand tools. ...
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Tools #5: Overhead Blade Guard
I’ve been meaning to blog this for awhile. I’ve gotten a few messages asking about m...
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Bob and Mot Go Shopping!
WARNING! Reading this blog and watching the included video will take 8-10 minutes of your life t...
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Learning from Mistakes - Advice from a 9 year old.
I’ve been fiddling in the shop lately. Mostly with multimedia. I’ll be blogging my ...
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Shop Multimedia #2: Shop Computer Workstation
Well, this isn’t fine woodworking by any stretch of the matter. After figuring out the tec...
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Fall Sketchup Challenge
There has always been a monument that intrigued me. It’s in the US somewhere. I was born,...
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Shop Multimedia #1: Shop Computer - Remote KVM via CAT5
Hi Folks, Many of you know that I’ve been trying to work out the shop computer situation...
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Turning a Pen
Hi Folks, WayneC posted a great blog entry on Turning a Pen with outstanding instruction and r...
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Turning a Bowl #3: Finishing Cuts, Sanding, Oil
Hi Folks, Here’s the final in the bowl turning series. Finishing cuts, some sanding (oo...
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Turning a Bowl #2: Hollowing
Hi Folks, Here’s Part II of my Turning a Bowl Series: Hollowing the Bowl. Thanks for ...
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Shop Cam Experiment - Lathe Cam
Hey Folks, I’m just screwing around with technology. I’ve just spent a little tim...
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Turning a Bowl #1: Turning the Bottom
Hi Folks, Welcome to the first installment of the Lumberjocks.com Cyber Skill Share. Please r...
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Tools #4: Nova DVR-XP Standing Coin Test - VIDEO
Just for giggles, I did a standing coin test with the Nova DVR-XP. Many of you know, this is a n...
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Auxillary Workbench #6: Finished
Well, I got the vise installed. I used red oak for the vice face for two reasons. The primary r...
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Auxillary Workbench #5: Apron - The inlaid (shadow) dovetail
I have been hemming and hawing on what I was going to do to give this little bench a bit more cha...
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Auxillary Workbench #4: Top
I joined the bases with the stretchers by using dowels as anti rotation pins, and then running a ...
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Tools #3: Incra Mitre Express / Incra 1000SE Mitre Gauge - VIDEO
I wanted to add to the mitre gauge posts. Wayne posted a photo tour of the Jessem System, and Da...
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Tools #2: Veritas Mk.II Sharpening System Quick Review - VIDEO
Hi Folks, As promised, a quick tour of the Veritas Mk.II Sharpening System. In the video I se...
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Festool Resource Information Collection #1: Domino Resources
Hi Folks, There have been a few new Festoolians born of the Lumberjocks crew, and as there...
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Auxillary Workbench #3: Using Dowelmax to join the bases with stretchers - VIDEO
I wanted to put a bolt through the stretchers in order to tighten up an seasonal slack that might...
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Auxillary Workbench #2: Using the Festool Domino to bore all mortises to assemble the tressel bases...VIDEO
Yeehaw! I anticipated this step all day. I had originally planned to use Dowelmax to join these...
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Auxillary Workbench #1: Stock Preparation
I've just started stock preparation for this little auxillary bench. I'll keep a constructio...
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Tools #1: Festool Domino and Dowelmax Comparison on Simple Joints - VIDEO
Hi Folks, There is alot of Domino support and bashing, as well as Dowelmax support and bashing...
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Festool MFT 1080 as Tablesaw Outfeed
Hi Folks, I did a little podcast on how I use the Festool MFT1080 as my tablesaw outfeed. Aft...
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Mot's Shop Tour Entry
Hi Folks! Here is my first entry in my lumberjocks blog. A video shop tour for challenge02. ...
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