| This blog is written by Dave | 75 entries so far |
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what i've been doing #33: 4 LumberJocks Meet
Well four of the members of this site got together on a Saturday afternoon. BoxcarMarty, Eddie, W...
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I am a Pawpaw again :)
Well I would like to welcome my 3rd grandchild Ms. Ayrabella Rose Jones.She was for a few seconds...
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Finding old tools #2: Tool gloat
I have found a mother load of tools. Come see. There is one more video on my blog. ...
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what i've been doing #32: Roys Dovetail Grease box
I had a snow day and built this little guy. It was a fun day project and I learned a few things t...
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Tobacco Box build
I have been in the need for a larger tobacco box. My pipes, cigars and loose tobacco have out gro...
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what i've been doing #31: Winter is coming so I desided to install a stove. Now I cant wait for the cold!
Harbor Freight sent me a coupon for $120.00 off of there $249 stove. So I jumped on the deal. I g...
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refurbishing old tools #22: Wood Plane 101
A few people have had some questions about the ways I have done some of the refurbishing and purc...
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refurbishing old tools #21: A four inch coffin smoother.
Hello, I found this little plane on ebay and had to have it. I believe David Ward made it. ...
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what i've been doing #30: Music Book II
I had enough of the birds-eye maple to make a second book. I wanted to make one a bit smaller. T...
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what i've been doing #29: Music Book
I have been piddling in the shop with a box project.If you care to read a bit more visit my blog....
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what i've been doing #28: Just an update.
Hey guys sorry for not posting much. I have been real busy at work and the wife has had me doing ...
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refurbishing old tools #20: Traditional Moulding Plane
Here is a video on a plane refurbish from out of the box to use. The plane was bought online and ...
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what i've been doing #27: New blog site
I want all my friends to now I am a proud Lumberjock. I have been wanting to grow a bit and have ...
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refurbishing old tools #19: Coffin Smoother part 2
A little more on the history of our American Planes.Prison Labor was used by a lot of plane maker...
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refurbishing old tools #18: Refurbishing an eBay $10 traditional smoother
This is a 9” coffin smoother purchased from eBay. It is a Cassy Clark and Co. from Auburn NY with...
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what i've been doing #26: nautilus cam bench clamp
I have seen cam clamps for benches of all shapes and patterns. I thought of the nautilus shell be...
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refurbishing old tools #17: Irwin Auger Bits
One after noon I had some time on my hands and took a little trip on my bike to one of my favorit...
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what i've been doing #25: Xylophone for my grandson
I made a xylophone for my grandsons second birthday. I had seen a old woodwright show where Roy h...
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refurbishing old tools #16: A Tune-up on a Fore Plane
As most of you guys know I love my wood planes. I try to keep them in razor sharp condition at al...
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refurbishing old tools #15: Stanley 95 and holdfasts
I had bought a Stanley 95 and it was missing the cap screw. I searched the internet high and low ...
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what i've been doing #24: What a great easter weekend!
The week end started with me filling my wife’s order for four more picture frames. From scr...
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what i've been doing #23: Simple Handcut Dovetails my way.
I have been asked to show a short video on my method of cutting dovetails. So here ya go Paul. No...
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what i've been doing #22: The wedge for my krenov plane
here is the final installment on the making of my krenov plane. I fought the wedge because of the...
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what i've been doing #21: Sash Picture Frame
The wife has been wanting me to buy some old windows for hanging pictures in and placing them on ...
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refurbishing old tools #14: An old stick n rabbet
Here is an old plane that BoxCarMarty helped me find. It seems that the British used a whole bunc...
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what i've been doing #20: Pole lathe
I had seen a few Bodgers on you tube and the pole lathe looked to be an early tool that was easy ...
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what i've been doing #19: Krenov part two.
Here is the second part of my krenov build. I had to modify the plans a bit to fit a two inch iro...
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what i've been doing #18: Old tools from LJ's and some small builds..
I have been really blessed with help from fellow LJ’s on tool finds. I purchased a Tormek f...
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Shop update
I have been wanting to update my shop page for some time now. I had some time on my hands today a...
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what i've been doing #17: Journey with me and Krenov.
I am a type of guy that will get a notion to do something and just go with it. I found a plan onl...
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refurbishing old tools #13: Electrolysis is my method of choice for rust removal, what is yours?
Electrolysis has become my favorite way to clean an old tool. It is a chemical method but is one ...
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what i've been doing #16: Hand Inlay of a Bowtie-Dutchman
Here is a method I use for inlaying a bow tie.You can cut any shape you want, I just grabbed my b...
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Finding old tools #1: Searching Mississippi's Antique shops found a yankee drill
My wife and I love going across our state and looking for antiques. I have gotten so caught up in...
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what i've been doing #15: Christmas 2011 - tools, tool box, and gifts...
This is going to be a long one, it’s raining and I have had a long day pushing planes so he...
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refurbishing old tools #12: Stanley 71
I won a bid on eBay for a Stanley 71 for $19.02 plus shipping. I was very pleased for the chance ...
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what i've been doing #14: A small wood gloat with a tool or two
Well the day started with me going to work and the wife was going Christmas shopping. A text came...
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what i've been doing #13: Antique shoping and a new toolbox build..
I have been wandering around again searching for old tools. I have come across a lot but most wer...
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what i've been doing #12: Been gone a while but all is well..
Well its been a while but I have got back in the shop. My time has been busy with my grandson and...
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what i've been doing #11: Tool till jigs and glueup
Well I have been able to steal some time in the shop and at least get a little done on my project...
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what i've been doing #10: Double Beveled Dovetails
I have a fascination with dovetails as some of you might can tell. And have been in heavy researc...
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refurbishing old tools #11: Finishing of the Sandusky plane iron
Well I spent over 3 hours getting the iron and chip breaker sharp and square and wow. I had left ...
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refurbishing old tools #10: Sandusky jack plane off of ebay
My latest find from eBay came today. It is a Ogontz #13 jack Plane. Sandusky Tool co. is on the i...
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Wood Gloat a Grand gift from a fellow LJ, and some new refubs to, what a great DaY
Today was a day of giving. A fellow lj William gave me an intire truck bed of future furniture. L...
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refurbishing old tools #9: Work on the till and a tote catastrophe
First and foremost. This Saturday at our Agriculture Museum there will be a meeting of the Pearl ...
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refurbishing old tools #8: A suprize from a fellow LJ
My wife has been sick the last few days, so I stayed home from work to tend to her. Every now and...
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A very interesting japanese arts and crafts youtube site
I was fascinated and have watched several of these multiple times. Japanese craftsman Enjoy
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refurbishing old tools #7: The making of a simple Plain TOTE
OK I am running out of shelf space and am in need of storing my planes with a better method. I wi...
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refurbishing old tools #6: Wedged plow plane
Had a small amount of time today to work on my plow plane.Need a wedge built. I used navel jel...
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refurbishing old tools #5: A smoother and a plow plane
Today was a great day I had paid a visit to a fellow l j [william]. We had a great time. Then I p...
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Marc tweeted these free Roubo style workbench plans
http://www.sketchupwoodplans.com/free-plans/roubo-style-workbench/ Metric or in inches. Very d...
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A life in burl
http://vimeo.com/19502657 I found this thought it was a bit enlightening - ...
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refurbishing old tools #4: SLOW DOWN DO IT RIGHT its only waited a 140 years
I had been rushing with the refurbish and stopped took a step back and started over.I was not hap...
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Has anyone heard a good woodworking joke lately [in memory of the walnut dealer]
Did you here about the guy at the sawmill who had the whole left side of his body cut off? Don...
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refurbishing old tools #3: Try and fore finished, one fore more
I got off a little early today and caught some shop time. I had a nice couple of chunks of ceder ...
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IN MEMORIAM OF CHIP
I have just been informed of a fellow lj’s passing. Here is the message.From ChipSent ...
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refurbishing old tools #2: fore plane, rabbit and 2 bead molding planes
The day started with me preheating my shop with my kerosene heater. I fixed myself a tall cup of ...
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refurbishing old tools #1: Ohh I've been at it again. shhhhh [antiques]
Went shopping again today and have found many things. I found 2 fore planes, molding planes, groo...
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A day antique shopping and a great find
My wife And I spent the day going to county square’s and browsing antique shops. Of course ...
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Where have you been getting your woodworking entertainment?
OK I am going to list the 5 sites I have been learning, chatting, reading or just plain laughing ...
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what i've been doing #9: fixing error's and dry fit
First off I had to plug the hole’s the dado’s left at the end of the rails. Once that...
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what i've been doing #8: base assembly glue up
Ok we got iced in from a winter storm and that made me some shop time. So let the glue up commenc...
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what i've been doing #7: im a idiot when it comes to design
My lid for my bench has a large knot hole with a check in it. So I had put some filler in it and ...
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how shellac is made
This is very interesting. If you have ever wondered. click here. We need to keep buying shella...
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what i've been doing #6: bow-ties
I had to stop working on the dovetails because my legs had cured. I wanted to place some bow ties...
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what i've been doing #5: joinery starts
Today I needed to join the bench legs together. I do not own a biscuit joiner and needed a method...
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what i've been doing #4: more bench
Today has tested my match planning ability. As you can see the design of the legs leaves m...
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what i've been doing #3: new bench
I found wood.. close buy… ok now what?I bought 8 board feet of ribbon sapele to build a...
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Mississippi Hardwood dealer
Hey guys. I have been wanting to get some fresh materials for projects. I did not want to pay for...
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what i've been doing #2: Messy shop
My poor shop has blown up. After a weekend of playing with my new toy. My shop looks like a woode...
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what i've been doing #1: New band saw
Well i read a review on a craftsman 10 inch band-saw and seeing it was my birthday my wife bought...
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Board or bored on a Sunday
Today I finished the finish on my wife’s laptop stand. And it was raining so i decided to w...
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bettys desk organizer
My wife needed a better means to store handouts for parents and bus drivers as they came to her o...
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new to site and new to wood working
Sorry guys, I am new to all this stuff. I will try to do better on my posts.W hat i am buildin...
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new stuff
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betty's Laptop laptop
