Shop Skills #4: Trusting Your Glue Joints
Many woodworkers lack confidence in their glue joints. The way to overcome this is by getting to know your products and materials. This is accomplished by experimenting and testing – particularly through destructive testing. I continu...
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41 comments so far
Obi
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posted 851 days ago
Welcome to the shop
-- http://ye-olde-cabinet-shoppe.com/
Karson
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posted 851 days ago
Welcome to Lumberjocks
-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †
Bill
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posted 851 days ago
Welcome Aboard Todd. We are looking forward to seeing your postings and pictures. Do you have a website we can check out?
-- Bill, Turlock California, http://www.brookswoodworks.com
Todd A. Clippinger
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posted 851 days ago
Thanks to the Lumberjocks Welcome Committee. I look forward to being part of the community. I was just checking my emails before heading out to the field to do some install on a kitchen. I have some great things to share when I get a little more time to sit down. I am hitting crunch time on a job.
-- Todd A. Clippinger, Montana, http://amcraftsman.com
Dusty
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posted 850 days ago
Todd.
Thank you for shareing your story and welcome.
I can relate to a lot of what you said.
Welcome to lumberjocks, I look forward to hereing and see more of your work and what you have to say in the future.
-- Dusty
Don
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posted 849 days ago
Todd,
Great to have you join us. I relate towhat you are saying – fine woodworking is an art.
-- CanuckDon "I just love small wooden boxes!" http://www.canterburybaptist.org/
oscorner
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posted 846 days ago
Welcome! I’ve enjoyed seeing your woodworking!
-- Jesus is Lord!
scottb
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posted 846 days ago
Your work is fantastic, glad to see you expressing your artistic side. Do you have another web presence? Can’t wait to see more of your work!
Where in Ohio are you from, My Inlaws moved east from the Cleveland, and Cincinnati areas.
-- I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it. - Pablo Picasso -- http://blanchardcreative.etsy.com -- http://snbcreative.wordpress.com/
Ryan Corrigan
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posted 832 days ago
Todd,
Nice work. Where are you froom in OH. Most of my extended fam is in Canton.
Ryan
-- Ryan Corrigan Sadieville, KY http://www.CelticCrossWood.com
Corey
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posted 832 days ago
You do some beautiful work Todd. Very nice indeed!
Corey
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PanamaJack
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posted 754 days ago
We’d like to welcome you to LumberJocks. Should you have a question on any type of woodworking, just ask. Somebody will have the answer.
-- Carpe Lignum - Seize The Wood,
David
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posted 754 days ago
Hey Todd, I’m a bit late in saying this since we have already been communicating but what the heck, Welcome to LumberJocks!
We are looking forward to your projects and input!
Got any tools to share?!
-- http://foldingrule.blogspot.com
DAN
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posted 723 days ago
Todd – noticed your most recent project and then checked out your website. You are hugely tallented !!
I feel lucky looking at yor work. Regards DAN
-- work from your heart and your spirit will live forever
Davesfunwoodworking
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posted 623 days ago
Hello Todd, thank you for the nice words. I want to let you know that all of you work is vry nice. I hope to be at your level of craftsmanship someday. I checked out your web site, great work. Thats all for now, have a great day, Dave
-- Davesfunwoodworking
Scott Tinker
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posted 597 days ago
Todd…I so appreciate your kind words. After looking at the gallery of your work, it makes me want to strive harder to be better, both in design and craftsmanship. Your work is exquisite.
Todd A. Clippinger
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posted 596 days ago
Thanks Scott, I look forward to seeing more of your work.
-- Todd A. Clippinger, Montana, http://amcraftsman.com
Karson
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posted 596 days ago
Todd here is Bill Kappels’ Lj id. http://lumberjocks.com/jocks/bkap
-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †
kenndenn
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posted 590 days ago
Thanks for the welcome, I wouldn’t say the best woodworking club (wink) but it’s a great place to browse around, looking forward to my time here…
-- Kenn from Kennewick, WA
oicurn2it2
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posted 589 days ago
thanks for the welcome, like youre work, look foward to talking .
-- "when you think youre going to slow, slow down just a little bit more" .... Pop's
Scott Tinker
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posted 585 days ago
Dear Todd,
Please cruise by and see my two new projects…I am always curious to hear your opinions, comments, and critiques.
Thanks.
Scott
TreeBones
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posted 565 days ago
Hi Todd, you have some great work, I think today is the first time I’ve seen any of your projects. I find a lot of motivation from postings here and will never stop learning and getting better.
-- Ron, Twain Harte, Ca. Portable on site Sawmill Service http://westcoastlands.net/Sawmill.html http://westcoastlands.net/SawBucks2/phpBB3
nakamaruchi
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posted 564 days ago
Thanks for the welcome. I am from Japan, and I need a lot of help.
Your shop is very beautiful. I hope I have such a place someday.
-- Satoru Nakamaru, Japan ---It takes twenty years to make an overnight success. -- And if my English is strange or incorrect, please tell me.
Charles Maxwell
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posted 545 days ago
Todd,
I read through your personal bio. Great attitude and superb craftsmanship! Keep chargin! Max
-- Max the "night janitor" at www.hardwoodclocks.com
Roz
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posted 533 days ago
Todd,
Your are doing what I have thought I would like to do. However, the mechanics of business are a bit of a mystery to me. I am starting to get a lot of request for custom work in my area but never know what to charge.
Great projects, you clearly have a great talent.
-- Terry Roswell, L.A. (Lower Alabama) "Life is what happens to you when you are making other plans."
EdC
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posted 526 days ago
Great web site
-- Ed - Milan, IN
bfd
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posted 483 days ago
Todd,
I just got done going through your profile and checked out your website and man I am thoroughly impressed! Your craftsmanship and design philosophy truly motivate me. As you said “Individuals of the highest caliber become my benchmarks”. I am truly inspired to become a better craftsman after seeing your work.
-- Brian, Folsom, CA http://www.brianfullerdesigns.com
Jaeyoel Park
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posted 453 days ago
Dear Todd,
What a great talent you have.
I was very very glad to see your gorgeous projects.
Keep in touch ^^
See you…
-- Falling in love with wood... J. Park , South Korea
jgourlay
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posted 446 days ago
Todd: just looked at your website. You do beautiful work!!
-- No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
jeanmarc
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posted 426 days ago
thank you for your comments several times I am master key on your site you make the super one works
-- jeanmarc manosque france
PaBull
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posted 415 days ago
thanks for your comments, i enjoyed your site too and your personal website is very impressive!
-- http://www.twinoaksgrowers.com
kjverlanic
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posted 398 days ago
Thank for the warm welcome! We’re going to have to add your shop on our list of things to do and see when we are in Billings. Very Impressive!
Jolene
-- “There is scarcely anything in the world that some man cannot make a little worse and sell a little cheaper … and the buyers who consider price only are this man’s lawful prey.” John Ruskin
slick1970
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posted 367 days ago
Thank You for the welcome, Everyone has been very encouraging and inspiring. Hopfully I will have my 1 st project on here sometime this weekend. Again Thank You.
-- David, Tignall,Georgia
Miki
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posted 355 days ago
i am glad too to come here .
-- Everything is possible!
jSchrock
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posted 186 days ago
thanks for the welcome
Chill_Wills
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posted 173 days ago
Thanks for the welcome. If there is one thing I have noticed so far it’s that people here are very friendly and willing to share their knowledge.
-- "Experience is often what you get when you were expecting something else"
Junji
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posted 129 days ago
Thanks for your warm welcome and video. Oh I envy you to have such a huge workshop. Mine is just like a dog house… Anyway, very nice to meet you.
-- Junji Sugita from Japan, http://tetra.blog12.fc2.com/
Bureaucrat
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posted 125 days ago
Happy Anniversary! This week you have been a Lumber Jock for 2 years. Thanks for your participation.
-- Gary, South Central Wisconsin. So much to learn, so little time!
onehitwonder
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posted 76 days ago
Hey Todd,
Thanks for your comments. I finished this about 4 days before my graduation in in spring ‘06. I am currently completing my junior year at Columbia University in New York City where I am majoring in Mechanical Engineering. With all of my course requirements, I haven’t had the chance to get in a wood shop or take any art classes in the past three years (though I have had the opportunity to work with tools, heavy machinery, and metals on a weekly basis in our machine shop). I guess I had a recent interest to pursue woodworking further so I figured this blog was a good place to start. I was not looking to show my piece (I honestly did not know it was show quality) but I would be open to showcasing it. I was really just looking for a gallery to view and appreciate the work of others and to get ideas for future projects. Ideally, I would like to find a shop somewhere in the NYC area where I could work on a few projects this summer.
I will be sure to look into John Geraghty. Thanks again for the note.
Best,
Chelsey
-- Philadelphia / NYC (Columbia)
amat55
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posted 72 days ago
thanks for that video Its nice here. God Bless
-- "Well done is better than well said"
Handymom
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posted 66 days ago
Thanks for your warm welcome and direction to contact Les Hastings. I did so and attended the local woodworking guild and really enjoyed it. I can’t wait to be a part of Lumberjocks as well and learn from the professionals!
-- Karen W., KS.
jenniferljl
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posted 60 days ago
WOW!! The Cooper House is stunning. You go through a lot of effort to ensure the homeowner is included in the final product. I’d never seen scaled models of concepts used in that way. A great tool for them and you. Beautiful woodwork! And I love the tile work too. Kudos to your wife!
-- --If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten.