| This blog is written by sIKE | 46 entries so far |
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Quarter Round Display Shelf #7: and Finally!
Well after one long month of frustration with a height issue. I finally got this project to the f...
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Quarter Round Display Shelf #6: Many Firsts
I have been working on this project time permitting. Had end of school year stuff with the kids, ...
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Quarter Round Display Shelf #5: My ROS gave up the ghost!
I have everything together now (pictures to follow) and was working on the finish sanding phase a...
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Quarter Round Display Shelf #4: Finishing Question
This is my first go around with finishing cherry. I have decided, based off of my previous blog i...
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Quarter Round Display Shelf #3: Sockets and Pins Oh My!
Well, finally got some shop time in. I cut the sockets with my father’s help a couple of we...
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Quarter Round Display Shelf #2: Making the Quarter Round Shelves
I have been working on the overall project for the last several weeks. The panels and shelves glu...
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Norms Router Cabinet #8: and Finally the Fence
I have had the cabinet completed for sometime now, and had the Incra Fence already. However it is...
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Hanging Shorts Storage
Well get this done, despite my best efforts. The design I posted works well. I did make a couple ...
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Sandpaper Organizer
One of the future follow on project from the Norms Miter Bench project was to build in a sand pap...
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Quarter Round Display Shelf #1: Design and getting started
Well, I got my first commission to design and build a simple display shelf out of Cherry several ...
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Don't let this happen to you!
I have been jointing/planning down a good bit of rough 5/4 cherry and….. and neglete...
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My version of GaryK's jointing jig
I have some 10” wide cherry that I need to make four square and do not want to rip down to ...
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Small Shop Projects #3: Glass Sheets for the Scary Sharpening System
One of my Christmas gifts is due in tomorrow, a Veritas Mk.II Honing Guide, my kids got it for me...
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Small Shop Projects #2: Sandpaper Cutting Jig
I reciently made trip to North Carolina and while there I stopped in and visited the local The Kl...
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Small Shop Projects #1: In the begining / Marking and Measuring
I have written the following three blogs for the third time now. Originally I wrote them up as on...
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Great Legs! Bad Dadoes!
Following Daltexguy and Moshel I thought that I would throw in a time consuming and flesh damagin...
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My version of a End Grain Cutting board
Well I have decided to make one. I haven’t seen a “in progress” posting with on...
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Hand Plane Restoration #2: A couple for Christmas
After the previous restore I decided that I wanted to restore planes for both my dad and my fathe...
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Hand Plane Restoration #1: No 60 1/2 restoration
My father has been wanting a block plane for a while and had been dropping hints. So I went out o...
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Norms Router Cabinet #7: Router Table Top Design
I have been working out the design for the top for my router cabinet. I am going to build the fen...
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Norms Router Cabinet #6: Woohoo the Router Cabinet base is done
Well I got out late this afternoon and put a couple of hours into the base cabinet an got it comp...
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Norms Router Cabinet #5: Drawers and Trays are done
Got out today and get the trays for the left hand side of the cabinet redone, I found a real cool...
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Norms Router Cabinet #4: Bit Tray's and Cabinet Door are Done - well almost
Worked on this last weekend and got back on it today. When I worked on it Sunday getting the door...
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Norms Router Cabinet #3: The Electrical Work
Got back in the shop this afternoon and after two trips to the orange box I got all of the electr...
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Norms Router Cabinet #2: "My" Cabinet is done
This weekend I got the cabinet assembly completed (basically). Still have the drawer const...
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Norms Router Cabinet #1: Starting on the Cabinet
I am very excited about this project as it is the last major one before I consider the build out ...
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RAS Cabinet #6: Testing the Assembly
Finished up the Torsion box early this afternoon, after the glue dried I laid out the mounting ho...
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RAS Cabinet #5: Torsion Box is started
I started the torsion box this weekend. This is my first one and it has been a learning experienc...
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RAS Cabinet #4: The Case work is done
Started working on the case this weekend and got it done this evening. Here is the Sketchup drawi...
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RAS Cabinet #3: Getting started with the case
As previously posted, I had worked out the details to my RAS cabinet using Sketchup. I started wo...
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RAS Cabinet #2: The Cabinet Design and Sketchup
Well here is the drawing for the cabinet base for my RAS. The design for this has been challe...
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RAS Cabinet #1: Sketchup - Torsion Box Design and Layout
I have been working on the design of the Cabinet of the RAS for sometime now. I finally got the S...
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Miter Bench and Storage #8: Time to puts some drawers in!
I managed to finish milling the drawer fronts/sides/backs this past Sunday and started the assemb...
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Miter Bench and Storage #7: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Well, I have been slowly working on the this project over the last couple of weekends, but had to...
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Miter Bench and Storage #6: Back to work, Top is done (well almost)
After taking a month long siesta from the shop I was happy to get back out and make some sawdust,...
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Miter Bench and Storage #5: Delays - Will get back on it soon.
Sorry for the delays. Late March though all of May is very busy for me and have not gotten any sh...
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Miter Bench and Storage #4: Miter Box and Drawers
Got back on the project this weekend. The goal was to get the Miter Box assemblies completed. Wit...
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Miter Bench and Storage #3: The top is on and it is trimmed out (mostly)
I managed to get the top on during the week and got it mos of it trimmed out today. I need one mo...
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Miter Bench and Storage #2: Dust Collection and Leveling
I have been working off and on this project since the last blog. I have had to spend most of the ...
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Miter Bench and Storage #1: Getting started with the base
Finally got started on Norms Miter Bench and Storage. I had previously rough cut the base compone...
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My Cabinet Maker's Mallet #3: The final glue up
Well didn’t get as much done as I had hoped. I did get the 1 1/2 inch threaded rods epoxied...
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Switched DW746 to 220V
What a difference this makes! It took about twenty minutes to do and I am kicking myself for not ...
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My Cabinet Maker's Mallet #2: The first two glue ups and finished shaping the handle
I made some good progress today working on the mallet. I got the first glue up done and the dado ...
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Stanley #4 Type 9 or 10 - Plane Restoration #1: The cleanup
I have learned that projects in progress go in the blog and the completed project goes in project...
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My Cabinet Maker's Mallet #1: Stock Prep
I have restarted working on my Cabinet as shown in an eairler project I have already made two of ...
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Wixey Saw Fence Model WR700 #1: Problems - Sigh
Got one for my birthday yesterday, I really have been wanting one of these. I got out late this m...
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