| This blog is written by Rob Drown | 42 entries so far |
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Roubo bookstand #5: Finished
Well, I sanded it and put a coat linseed oil and wax.
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Roubo bookstand #4: It opened !!!!!
I cheated and split it on my band saw. But it worked!! It opened with just a little fiddeleing....
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Roubo bookstand #3: Kuckes are done.
Now comes the moment of truth. Will it split in half with the joint intact. We’ll...
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Roubo bookstand #2: Chopping the "hinge"
Done with the first side. This piece of walnut is a full inch thick which means the knuckle has ...
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Roubo bookstand #1: Mill the blank
My Furniture Guild is doing a group build of a roubo book stand. http://www.woodwrightschool.com...
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Marking Gauges #3: Beams
I ripped two long strips of walnut and the rounded them with a spoke shave. The spoke shave real...
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Marking Gauges #1: 4 almost ready for finish, now to mortise the two holes on the fifth one.
These are the “french style” similar to the ones that Bob Rozaieski, http...
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Marking Gauges #2: Marking Gauges
I am building 4 marking gauges and a small panel gauge. Two of the marking gauges and the pa...
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Fix up the shop #5: Smoother Joy
Some time ago I bought a SB #3 off ebay. pretty fair shape but could never get it to tak...
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Fix up the shop #4: Support for two drops and dust control on the bandsaw.
built the brackets and maniflod, hooked up dust control to the bandsaw. added ...
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Fix up the shop #3: Extend duct work, add 4 drops
My awesome son just installed about 30’ of 6” duct , 3 – 4” d...
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Tools, I Love Tools #1: Panel / Sliting Gauge
, , I am so stoked. I found this marking gauge on Patrick Leaches tool site and plunked down...
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Trip to "design in Wood" #1: On our way
We are on our way to San Diego. Syl and I, with both dogs are going south. Sylvia is going to t...
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Heart Problem #4: So much better, SO MUCH BETTER!!! WOW!! Thank you God, wife Sylvia, Dr. Longoria and
IIt has been almost nine months since my surgery and I am finally really back, Working my rotari...
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LN Hand Tool Event @ David Marks Shop in Santa Rosa
So Cool, I get to go. Get to see Ron Hock and hopefully David Marks and his shop and hopefull ...
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Heart Problem #3: Coming Home
Surgery was moved up to 10/19 and went very well. I am home and learning to take it easy and get ...
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Heart Problem #2: Surgery 10/26, Valve Replacement
Open Heart Surgery Schedules for 10/26 @ 7:30 AM. Dr. Longoria will wield the knife and saw. NO ...
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Heart Problem #1: Angiogram
some personal news: I had an angiogram 9/2 and they found no blockages but there is a leaky ao...
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Tool Chest #5: Lid on and rejected as a blanket chest
Well I finally got the lid back together. My better half thought it looked too good to stay in t...
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Tool Chest #4: Shaping and adding Spacers to the Handles
Roy (Underhill) had the basic shape of the handles turned for us by a local chair maker. I shape...
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Tool Chest #3: Top is finished
Here is the lid after glue up. Turned ot well. Thanks Roy!!
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Tool Chest #2: Fitting the lid
Fitting the lid is taking a lot longer than I thought. I had to trim the sides to length freehan...
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Tool Chest #1: How far I got in class
I took Roy Underhill’s hand tool only class on making a tool chest. It was a wonderful cla...
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Wooden Planes, 2pc #2: Tasks so far
Well I selected the 2 pc method of construction instead of the easier 3 pc style because we have ...
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Wooden Planes, 2pc #1: Inital Saw Cuts and Shaping
I’m Starting to build 4 Wooden Planes. 2 Smoothers, a Jack and a Jointer.
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SAW Toys #1: Sacramento Area Woodworkers 2009 Toys
This year the members of SAW made over 1300 toys for the Salvation Army Toy drive.
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Workbench #12: assembled bench dogs ready to solder
drilled 3/4 holes. Long stringy chips. only cut my self once. press fit rods into holes. Now ...
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Workbench #11: Bench Dogs in progress
I am making 9 bench dogs out of 3/4 brass rod and 3/8 copper flat bar. Cut the rod to 3” pi...
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Workbench #10: Neighbors showed up and the top is on
Thanks Doug Phil and Randy (and Jeff who is incapacitated) ) now to attach it to the legs, ...
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Workbench #9: The base is ready, so lets put the top on it!!
there is our Briard, Baxter checking out the top. The base is done. One of 10 w...
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Workbench #8: Is Lee Valley great or what?
I just sent Lee Valley an email (and they answered TODAY) requesting to purchase some parts for m...
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Workbench #7: Twin Screw vise is DONE
I finally shimmed the brackets on the correct side and added matching shims on the opposite side ...
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Workbench #6: Twin Screw is almost finished
The front face is mounted. I need to attach the chain cover, then disassemble everything, drill ...
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Workbench #5: Twin Screw Vice
Well I drilled the 1.5” holes and they came out a bit crooked. They will require some fili...
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Workbench #4: Base is almost finished. Top is on the base, upside down. Time to build the twin screw vise
It has been a while since I posted stuff, so first I’ll catch up. I finished the mortises a...
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Workbench #2: feet pics
These need a bit more sanding and truing up the insides of the mortises then its is on to the...
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Workbench #3: Feet
They are almost done. I need to finish shaping the ends route a radius on the underside of...
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Workbench #1: The Feet
This project has been on the back burner since I had my accident in April of 2007. I was working...
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Sylvia's Studio #2: Book Cases by window, How to fix?
I am building two bookcases for either side of the window in Sylvia’s Scrapbooking Studio. ...
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Sylvia's Studio #1: Overview
soon
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Fix up the shop #2: runout table
(rear of mobile base) Once a year a local lumberyard puts on a BBQ for our wood working club a...
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Fix up the shop #1: mobile base
See project #1 It is a 2×2x3/16 angle iron frame with 4×2 casters. The front curves t...
