2115 days ago
by Don |
23 comments »
I blogged a couple of weeks ago about what I should charge for a small box I was asked to make.
I thought that those of you who haven’t delved into the wonderful world of box making might like to journey along with me as I make this commissioned box. I was given the outside dimension for the box, as the owner intends to place it in a chest of drawers, so it must fit the size constraints of the drawer. The box will be 95mm high x 360mm wide x 240mm deep (approximately 3.75” x 14...
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1493 days ago
by Damian Penney |
24 comments »
So next project in the pipe is a sideboard California/Maloof rounds for the divider bits, maple drawers, cherry for everything else, and kane-tsugi doors. These are the designs I’ve come up with so far. Which do you guys like best so far (and any ideas, cool sideboards you’ve seen much appreciated)
From Drop Box
From Drop Box
From Drop Box
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435 days ago
by Stevinmarin |
29 comments »
Really happy with the way this fence turned out. It’s got a lot of weight to it, is square, and moves pretty smoothly. I found the clamping system in a great book called Woodworking With The Router, by Bill Hylton. If you want a good, basic router book, I recommend it.
Next week I plan on making a router lift. Not sure how that will go. I have all the parts and can start this weekend!
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1415 days ago
by Jon3 |
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The next tool up is the straight line cutter. This looked at lot more straightforward than the radius cutter, but it does still require a nice uniform mortise to hold the cutter support beam. I used Cherry on the first tool, but I decided to go for some scrap Sipo (afraican mahogany) I had left over from another project, since I wanted to make the tool nice and thick.
Like the first tool, all I had was a resized and pixelated image from the L-N website, the cutter, and some thin brass ba...
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