| This blog is written by Eric | 104 entries so far |
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My Tools #5: Hugemongous Flea Market. One Purchase.
I mentioned on my blog that I planned on going to the world's largest flea market in Canton, Texa...
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Roubo Workbench #4: Which Vise Do I Nurse in My Bosom?
Bear with me. It’ll make sense eventually. I’ve got two vise screws. One was gener...
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Roubo Workbench #3: Cold Feet
So I had my order all lined up: 123 board feet of kapur wood. But I couldn’t pull the trigg...
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Cross Training
When going through marathon training (I ran three in 2001 and hope to run another in December of ...
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Roubo Workbench #2: More Roubo Musings (and Questions)
There was (and still is) a book called The Inner Game of Tennis, and while I never read it, I rem...
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Woodworking Magazine - A Review
Until last week, I had never read Woodworking Magazine. It first hit the press when I was already...
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The Sawdust Chronicles Challenge #3: My First Incomplete Project
In my short time in this great craft, I’ve many times wanted to give up on a project. Somet...
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Roubo Workbench #1: Musings
If you’ve been following my blog you know that we’re moving into a new (to us) house ...
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The Sawdust Chronicles Challenge #2: Okay, uncambered smoothing plane. You got my attention.
Okay, so I had 30 minutes to work on the TSDC desk organizer build challenge. I figured the first...
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The Sawdust Chronicles Challenge #1: The Stock
Okay, so I’ve decided to sign up for The Sawdust Chronicles (TSDC) challenge to build a des...
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Schwarzalanche
There’s a blog out there called Instapundit, written by a law professor named Glenn Reynold...
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In Between Projects
Now that the Lego Table is done, I have decided that I really can’t take on any more projec...
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Lego Table #8: Finished!
I swear, my shop time is so infrequent it takes me forever to complete a project. But I had a dec...
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Lego Table #7: Making Our Mark(s)
Yesterday I had just a little bit of shop time. Enough to make sure the tops of the legs are all ...
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Lego Table #6: Oh Yeah, I Was Building a Lego Table
My wife sent me into the shop yesterday, saying, “It’s been forever since your last p...
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Anyone "Game" for Turning Some Dice Cups?
Note: I posted this question on the Forums, but since I think the Blogs get more reads I thought ...
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Lego Table #5: Taking Shape
Today I had a decent amount of shop time for a guy with two kids and an infant – a whopping...
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That'll Do, Pig.
Note: This post started out as a reply to this comment on my personal blog, but I felt it warrant...
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Lego Table #4: Everything is a Workbench and the World is My Shop
Today is a national holiday (it’s Eid ul-Adha, the big Muslim holiday celebrating Abraham&#...
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Lego Table #3: Hand Planing and Hand Sanding
On Saturday (the day after our baby was due, and he’s still not here!), my wonderful wife s...
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My Saw Bit Me. Three Times!
In my video for Woodworking Safety Week 2008, I repeatedly reminded my viewers to keep finger...
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Lego Table #2: A Tough Day in the Shop
So yesterday I went to the lumber yard and bought all the wood I expected to need for the lego ta...
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Lego Table #1: Sketchup Model
I had been planning on entering the LumberJocks Halloween Challenge. Anytime the prizes are given...
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Step Stool #10: Hey Brother, Can You Spare a Vote?
I’ve entered my step stool in a contest on SmartFlix (think NetFlix for DIYers). While I do...
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Finally, Some Shop Time!
Since we’ve moved to Kota Kinabalu, I’ve been sick almost the whole time. Nothing ser...
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My Transitional Shop
We’re finally in Kota Kinabalu, the capital of the Malaysian state of Sabah, on the island ...
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Last Post from the Mainland
Well, we’re moving in three days. We put 16 boxes on the boat, and I’ve dropped 12 bo...
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Making a Marking Knife #4: Almost Done!
So I had a good couple days in the shop before I packed it all up the other day. Besides doing th...
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Reverse Engineering Complete
A few weeks ago I shared about my problems resawing with a handsaw. Several people suggested vari...
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Leaving My First Real Workshop
We’re moving in about 10 days to a different part of the country. Tomorrow the movers come ...
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Making a Marking Knife #3: When the Bit's Too Small for the Brace
Still working on the marking knife. Now I need to drill a small (3/32”) hole for the tang o...
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Making a Marking Knife #2: Filing a Bevel onto a Knife Blade (Aargh!)
Last week I blogged about making a marking knife from scratch. I had gotten as far as getting a g...
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Malaysia Lumberjocks Gathering: 100% Attendance!
Today was the first (and only?) meeting of LumberJocks in Malaysia. Masrol (a.k.a. woodworm) came...
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Making a Marking Knife #1: The Stock
I was wading through my old woodworking bookmarks, and stumbled across this great guide to making...
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Step Stool #9: I'm #21!
So the big news of the day is that the results are out! I really didn’t expect to win, o...
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Yeah. A Bandsaw Would Be Nice.
Today I began a little reverse engineering project for a friend. He saved a sofa from the junk he...
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Dovetail Box #23: Reflections and Lessons Learned
In my very first post in this series, I said that I wanted to make something before building my w...
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Making Chalkboards
This weekend my family went with a fellow church member to a sister congregation located among on...
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Step Stool #8: Giving the Tenon a Wedgie
I know, I know. Juvenile title. I can’t help it. So it’s time for the wedges. By t...
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Step Stool #7: I Don't Need No Stinkin' Jigsaw
When I was contemplating my curves and complaining about my coping saw, Marco suggested that I co...
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Step Stool #6: Hand-Chopping a Mortise (with Video)
After I posted about doing my first hand-cut mortise and tenon, Scott wanted to see how I chopped...
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Dovetail Box #22: How I Fixed the End Grain
From all the feedback I got on my end grain finishing problem, Kaleo had the biggest word (oxidiz...
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Step Stool #5: First Hand-Cut Tenon
Today I was able to do both tenons for the supporting rail (rail? stile?) for the step stool I...
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Dovetail Box #21: End Grain Finishing Issue
Okay, so I’m just about done. I’ve put the “last coat” on, and buffed it ...
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Step Stool #4: Making Progress
For most woodworkers, especially those with the convenience and expedience of power tools, a step...
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Power Tools, What a Mess!
Well I finally decided to get rid of my one remaining power tool, a 2HP Ryobi router with 3 bases...
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Dovetail Box #20: Finishing Fun
Well, after my last post I decided to back up a step. I sanded down a bit with 360 grit, and then...
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Dovetail Box #19: Is This a Finishing Problem?
So I’m working on finishing my wife’s Mothers Day box. I went with Marc’s varni...
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Step Stool #3: Slight Design Modification
This one’s for you, Betsy! Commenting on my latest entry and picture, Betsy pointed out ...
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Step Stool #2: Taking Shape
Next step: Sanding and Dovetails!
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Step Stool #1: Starting from Scratch
Today I had my first real shop time since Mothers Day. I finished my wife’s box just in tim...
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Dovetail Box #18: Finishing the Box
I have to admit, since I finished with the actual woodworking part of my wife's box, and presente...
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LumberJocks on Twitter
I’ve been using Twitter for a few weeks now, and enjoy it. A few other LumberJocks are also...
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Dovetail Box #17: Mothers Day Gift - The Box Is Done!
Back at the end of January (yes, 2008), I said that I wanted to make, and I quote myself, “...
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Woodworking Safety Week 2008 #3: Super Glue: Safe for Treating Cuts?
Okay, okay, so the woodworking community has spent all week talking about how to be safe in the s...
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Woodworking Safety Week 2008 #2: Hand Tool Safety Tips (Video)
In conjunction with Woodworking Safety Week 2008, here is my very first attempt at a video. I thi...
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Woodworking Safety Week 2008 #1: Readers Poll: Choose the Tagline for Woodworking Safety Week 2008
As we kick off Woodworking Safety Week 2008, I thought I’d offer some improvement on market...
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Dovetail Box #16: Gluing in the T-Keys
Last week I cut the grooves for my "t-keys" and the other day I glued up the lid. Yesterday, I gl...
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Dovetail Box #15: Gluing Up the Lid
The moment of truth. The point of no return. The bridge beyond despair. Okay, I made that last on...
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Dovetail Box #14: "T Keys"
When I asked for feedback on how to glue up the frame pieces for the lid to the box I’m wor...
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My First Handmade Tool: The Allen Chisel
I’d been thinking about how to cut the slots in my box lid for the miter keys. The narrowes...
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My Tools #4: The Tools I'm Most Proud Of
After talking about the most embarrassing tools I own, I thought it would be good to get my mind ...
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Confidence
Last month, I posted about my adventures in hand-cut veneer. I was pretty proud of myself for how...
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My Tools #3: The Most Embarrassing Tools I Own
This post was inspired by one with a nearly identical name over at Modern Woodshop. It seemed wor...
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Necessary (and Stupid) Shop Time
On Saturday and Sunday I had a good several hours of shop time – my first decent shop time ...
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So Little Experience, So Many Commissions
Somehow word has gotten out about my interest in woodworking. Who knows what message people are g...
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Dovetail Box #13: Feedback Requested Before Lid Glue-Up
Okay, so I finished my panel grooves in my lid frame, and in the next day or two, I’ll glue...
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Dovetail Box #12: Feelin' Groovy
Well, it’s been a while since I’ve had time to work on the box for my wife. But with ...
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Happy Easter!
Hope everyone has a nice Easter this year. It’s already late afternoon here, after enjoying...
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It's Hard to Find Shop Time
I’m guessing that most of you who read that entry title uttered, “Yeah, you and me bo...
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Dovetail Box #11: Hand-Cut Veneer
So I don’t have access to store-bought veneer (no stores) and I don’t have a bandsaw,...
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A Visit to a Malaysian Sawmill
I knew of a sawmill that was only about a minute’s drive from one of the places we used to ...
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Can I Add This to my Resume?
Since I’m such a newbie and have already encountered lots of failures (I mean challenges), ...
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Dovetail Box #10: Next Obstacle: The Lid
NOTE: As is my custom, my list of newbie questions are at the end of this post. So a week or t...
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Going on a Snipe Hunt (eBay)
The other day I griped about early bidders on eBay – that post got more hits and comments t...
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Ugly Sapwood Question
I posted this over in the forums yesterday, but it’s only gotten one reply (appreciate the ...
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You're Screwing Up My eBay!
The following is a rant, provided free of charge to LumberJocks and visitors. I’m sick a...
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Dovetail Box #9: Dovetails Glued Up, Now for the Top
No pics today, but there’s not much new to look at compared to last week's final fit. A big...
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MyPoints - Your Ticket to Free Stuff
The Japanese ryoba saw I just got (and blogged about and reviewed) ended up costing me a total of...
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My Tools #2: Who Needs a Ryobi When You Have a Ryoba?
I just posted a review here on LumberJocks on my new Japanese ryoba saw. Click here to read it. B...
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Dovetail Box #8: Be Vewy Vewy Quiet - I'm Hunting Wabbets
Okay, so you’d think that doing the dovetail joints would have been the hardest part of thi...
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Dovetail Box #7: The Dovetails Are Done!
Yes! Finally. The joints have all been cut, and the box is perfectly squared up. No glue yet,...
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Dovetail Box #6: Doh!vetail Template - Product Recall
A couple weeks ago I made a dovetail template to use when making the box for my wife (I’m h...
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Poll: Which Plane Should I Get?
Okay, so I’m in the market for a plane that will help me clean up my tenons and maybe do so...
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My Workbench #2: Questions About the Top
I have to say, the thought of trying to flatten 16(ish) boards entirely by hand (for the bench to...
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Price of Wood in Malaysia
Funny. In Malaysia, land of rampant logging (legal and illegal), I can’t seem to find reall...
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I Really Need to Get Me a Patent for This Thing
Today when I finally got ready to start chopping my dovetails, I felt cramped way over on the...
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Dovetail Box #5: Take a Deep Breath
So I’ve finally gotten the walls of the box flat. Well, mostly flat. They still wobble ...
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Getting Creative with Little Space
I’m glad that I had a sharpening session directly on my temporary workbench, before I finis...
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Dovetail Box #4: Making a Dovetail Template
Before I get to making the dovetails for my wife’s dovetail box, I thought I’d ma...
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Dovetail Box #3: Almost Ready for the Dovetails
So I’ve got the pieces for my box cut mostly to size. The walls are all currently about...
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My Tools #1: Mini Block Plane
I’m starting a new series with this post, figuring that I’ll want to talk more about ...
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LumberJocks, A Threat To Bloggers?
I’ve been blogging since 2004, running an anonymous blog on my own little patch of electron...
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Dovetail Box #2: When You Don't Plan Your Cuts
So I was thinking that I’d cut two (full-sized) 3/8” slices off of this block, an...
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Dovetail Box #1: The Wood
I mentioned recently that I felt like actually making something before working on my bench. What ...
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Shooting Board
A shooting board isn’t considered a major project – or even a minor one – f...
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Saw Sharpening: Wear Steel Underwear on This Slippery Slope
I took a Woodcraft class last year called Hand Tool Basics and Sharpening. Took me through sharpe...
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Jigs as Important as Tools
My wife is out of the country attending a conference, and while I do have kid duty (age 4.5 and 3...
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I Have a Dream
I’ve never been a woodworker. Shoot, I was never even a handy man. For the first 35 of my 38 year...
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First Dovetail, First Jig
I was considering using dowels to help hold my boards together for my benchtop; specifically,...
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My Workbench #1: Lumber for the Top
One of the hardest things about building anything here is finding nice wood. It seems that if...
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My "Starter Set"
[Taken from my Adventures in Woodworking blog, August 2007] Before heading back to SE Asia, I ...
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Kinda Lonely Over Here
That’s me down there in the middle. Over 2,500 Lumber Jocks on this site and the closest on...
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My Journey So Far
[Taken from my Adventures in Woodworking blog, August 2007] A few years ago, I came to the rea...
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