Hidden door bookcase #1: Hidden door Bookcase
This is a new journey for me to record video while building a project. I hope everyone will enjoy and learn from my experience.Any suggestions or comments are always appreciated.
Boxland: Work Stations and Boxing Tips #4: Separating The Top and Cutting a Hinge to Fit
How do you make a hinge and fit it in a box so that it looks like this when you are done? You Could Use This!...My Hinge Station or a Hack Saw .. Just Browsing? If you want to casually breeze through this just read the dark print and look at the pictures. For more serious readers, I have included details in the fine print. Economics: Price is a major consideration if you are making boxes for sale. I simply can’t afford to put $35 or more into a set of fine brass hinges and m...
Drunken Cutting Boards #1: Drunken Alice in Wonderland Cutting Board
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&...
Decorative Molding: Constructing Shadow Boxes
Hi All - The following video was shot a couple of months ago while in the midst of a pretty significant dining room renovation project. I show how I construct one of the shadow boxes as part of my overall trim work design for the room. I’ve come to find projects like these sort-of addictive; once I did the first one, I just kept going onto various other areas of my house. This room is not 100% complete yet… I’ll start on the hardwood floor this weekend. The video is ac...
Video: How I micro adjust my table saw fence
I have seen this done before so Its not my original idea. An inexpensive approach none the less…
Bandsaw Resaw Method
This is a bandsaw resaw method that I much prefer over the traditional method of resawing. In the following article I share the advantages of this resawing method. How to Cut Great Veneer The Apprentice and The Journeyman ...Learn more, experience more!
Creating Wood Inlay Bandings...A Step by Step Process #3: A Banding with Checkers
“Look at every path closely and deliberately, then ask ourselves this crucial question: Does this path have a heart? If it does, then the path is good. If it doesn’t then it is of no use to us.” Carlos Castaneda…Peruvian-born American anthropologist and author…(1925-1998) (This banding pattern will be referred to as Banding #2 for the sake of convenience.) Banding #2 with Checkers can easily be understood and made in the shop if we take a few minute...
Shop Made Wood Inlay Banding - 45 Degree Diamonds
Shop Made Wood Inlay Banding – 45 Degrees Diamonds. Watch how to assemble and glue the maple and walnut segments together to form a decorative wood inlay banding. The diamond pattern is of 45 degrees. All the wood segments have been accurately and uniformly cut on the band saw with the aid of a few specialized band saw sleds. In this woodworking video you’ll see the woodworking methods that the woodworker uses to produce a nice, tight pattern for the banding “log̶...
From firewood to project lumber
My parents had a couple of sugar maples get diseased and had to come down. I begged them to let the local sawyer take it down, but they were afraid it was rotten inside. They had a local tree service come and saw them down, leaving the wood behind. I grabbed a truck load of the logs to attempt to make my own project lumber out of it. I started out by taking a chainsaw and removing one edge to give me a working surface for later. I then split the log into sections that I can work with...
Krenov-inspired cabinet #2: Knife hinges
For the hand tool users: If you have any suggestions on how I could improve my chisel technique to chop the mortises, please let me know ;-) – THANKS! From my blog post: In this episode I show how I did the layout and chopped the mortises for the knife hinges in the doors, and in the carcase. Then, for the first time, I do a dry fit of the frame and panel doors to the carcase. The knife hinges provide an elegant solution in this cabinet, because they are unobtrusive; they remai...
