Woodworking Skill Share ... again or A.K.A. Tools, Tips and Tricks of the Trade

That’s a pretty handy chart. It should be printed out and hung up on the wall. Here’s another site that is pretty cool, and easy to use.

http://www.thistothat.com

Interesting

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Great chart Obi!

-- Dennis, Tennessee

Obi, I have a friend who has a very well equipped shop. His hobby is making jigs for woodworking. But as far as I can tell, that almost all he makes – jigs. I’m not being critical, because I’ve copied a number of his jigs and they are very useful. Some are very simple, whilst others are quite complex.

One of the shop items he made is almost entirely of his own design. He turned a small vacuum cleaner into a mini-cyclone. The mini-cyclone filters out all of the larger particles (chips & dust) before the air passes through the vacuum cleaner’s filter. I’ve been using one of these for four years, and it’s fantastic.

I will write up on this under a separate thread.

-- CanuckDon "I just love small wooden boxes!" http://www.canterburybaptist.org/

I was hoping that everyone would start putting their jigs, and little things in this thread so I wouldnt have to go looking all over for a specific item. Like jigs … you could put them on your site with a direct link, or you could put the picture here. I’m getting too old and Lumberjocks is getting too busy to go try to find like items in a different “Drawer”

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tips and tricks are good … I guess if people put the word “tip” in comments we could do a SEARCH for tips, in the search bar.

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

I already lost things, so I’m putting all the things I find in THIS drawer.

This is Don’s table saw sled

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Home made taper jig

I’m going to make another one with t-track along the top, I’ll put it in this drawer too

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IF you people have anything that might be a nifty little adition to another lumberjock, feel free to put it here

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Don’t forget my Drill Press Table.

-- CanuckDon "I just love small wooden boxes!" http://www.canterburybaptist.org/

Right

Now things are gonna start to roll

Once everyone knows what goes in what drawer, we’ll be able to find things much easier.
And I forgot about the search at the bottom of the page

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And my Bandsaw Table.

-- CanuckDon "I just love small wooden boxes!" http://www.canterburybaptist.org/

The Mortise and Tenon jig shown here is one designed by David Dundas in Sydney Australia. I made this after first having purchased a commercial M&T Jig that I thought was crap. I ended up giving the commercial jig away. This one is very simple, but works very well.

The CAD generated drawing below are done by David Dundas. If you send him an email, I believe he will send you instructions on making it. dldundas@hotmail.com

If it’s not clear in the photo and drawings, the router sits on the platform above the rectangular opening. The fence at the rear of the platform can be adjusted from to back, and the two side-stops can be adjusted for width of the mortise. The router-bit sits through the rectangular opening. (It’s best to use a spiral bit which helps to clear the debris.) The wood being routed sits flush up against the bottom of the platform and against the large vertical face to which it is clamped with G-clamps,

-- CanuckDon "I just love small wooden boxes!" http://www.canterburybaptist.org/

While you were loading this I got the e-mail from David, and I also found a simple jig in shop notes magazine that I loaded here ... I mean, isn’t that why we’re here?

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Yes, I have that Shop Notes issue and thought that it would be a very simple jig to make and use.

-- CanuckDon "I just love small wooden boxes!" http://www.canterburybaptist.org/

Shop notes gave the article away for free on their site

It looks easy enough to make, I think I’ll get started on it next week

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That is a great looking M&T jig Don. Tell David he should patten it before someone starts making and selling them.

-- Bill, Turlock California, http://www.brookswoodworks.com

Quote Bill: ”That is a great looking M&T jig Don. Tell David he should patten it before someone starts making and selling them.”

Bill, David is a great guy, retired like me and one exceptional woodworker. He may well already hold a patten on this jig. I know he has written articles in Aussie Woodworking mag’s on its construction. He used to send a step-by-step PDF file to anyone asking for it – not sure that he still does that. I have this, but do not feel at liberty to send it on without his permission.

I was a little concerned about posting these drawings here, but he has already done so on an Australian woodworking forum. (In fact these drawings are linked to that site.)

-- CanuckDon "I just love small wooden boxes!" http://www.canterburybaptist.org/

He sent it to me yesterday, Don

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There you go – hope David doesn’t mind a flood of new requests.

-- CanuckDon "I just love small wooden boxes!" http://www.canterburybaptist.org/

Nothing like 20 e-mails from one group to let you know that your work is getting out. My prayer is that Martin is getting blessed that his website is Zooming to the Top of the Charts.
If this was a New Single Music Release, he’s well on his way to going “GOLD”

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What does it take to get some people involved in this? I’m a wood freak and I wanna see your goodies. I want to see your tool. Whether it’s a lathe, a drill, I want to see your hand planes. I want to see you jigs. I want to see what makes you the craftsman you are. I wanna see your mallets, hammers, files, rasps, saws, I NEED TO KNOW, if I want to grow. Can you share this with us ??? Don understands the need I have to buy new tools, or better yet, make them if I can. If you can share your knowledge, then for cryin out loud share it.

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Obi, I’m beginning I should be getting some kind of consultation fee for this.

Here’s the HNT Gordon set of hand made tools in which I have started to invest. I have all of the planes shown here without the brass trim. These are incredible planes specifically designed for tough Australian hardwoods with changing grain direction.

Terry Gordon is a terrific guy and goes out of his way to make sure that his customers are satisfied with his products. Visit his web site and have a careful look at these planes. Take note of the thickness of his plane irons.

-- CanuckDon "I just love small wooden boxes!" http://www.canterburybaptist.org/

Here’s a diagram to make your own block place.

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Jigs

To reduce the huge number of hours spent fine sanding, I recommend the use of
(1) Velcro’s back sanding paper, attached to a plastic or metal ruler and or
(2) Sand paper attached to an electric meat carving knife.

-- Bandsaw Box Plans

Tony, I never hears this one before. Where do you boy Velcro backed sand paper? On an electric sanding knife????

-- CanuckDon "I just love small wooden boxes!" http://www.canterburybaptist.org/

Don

My source in Sydney has just dried up, apparently the manufacturer is now only selling it for the use of wood turners, e.g. disc size.

Re the electric knife, well I raided my kitchen acquired the knife, got some Velcro from the local Spotlight (a place at which my wife and others congregate to purchase linen, sewing things, curtain material etc). Then glue the Velcro to the blade, having ground off the sharp edges, and then you have another labour saving device, particularly useful for smoothing narrow spaces et al. If you are really clever you could put different grades on either side of the blade!!

-- Bandsaw Box Plans

My fingers must have been asleep on the last entry that was supposed to be a diagram for a BLOCK PLANE

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One trick I recently learnt of, from a UK forum, is when gluing veneer to irregular shaped enclosed space, inflate a party balloon to apply an even amount pressure within the enclosed space!

One wonders whether it could also be used to attach the lining of box drawers?

-- Bandsaw Box Plans

Worth a try, Tony.

-- CanuckDon "I just love small wooden boxes!" http://www.canterburybaptist.org/

I am starting to look for jigs to help improve my results as well. I received the M&T jig plans from David Dundas, and hope to build it soon.

So far, I have made a very simple cross cut sled, and a panel cutting jig for a table saw. Both have helped me tremendously, improved my results, and also saved time. So, I have seen the light and want to make more jigs.

-- Bill, Turlock California, http://www.brookswoodworks.com

Right here Mike

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This is the drawer where Im putting all of my Tools, Tips and Tricks of the Trade

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Mini Cyclone

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Thanks for the glue chart Obi. Going to laminate it and stick it on the shop wall.
Thanks to the rest of you guys for all the jig ideas! I like this place…

-- Russ - Bloomingdale, IL

The Karson Sharpening System

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Mortise Machine Review

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Don & Obi (and everyone else) thanks so much for these jigs and fixtures. I love this stuff! Please keep this gioing. This is sp helpful for those of use that are new and learning our way.

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Technically Im still a rookie. This is my first year

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To overcome the unsightly dimple occasioned on using a Forstner bit, use a similar sized bit with the sharp pointy end ground off.

So you use one with the point end to start the hole, then use the non pointy bit to finish the hole, resulting in a smooooth bottom (what more could one ask for?)

-- Bandsaw Box Plans

Great tip, Mate. Could have used that here.

-- CanuckDon "I just love small wooden boxes!" http://www.canterburybaptist.org/

Dicks Dowel Maker Jig

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Niki’s T-square

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Wow – This is a great post. This is exactly why I would like to see a Wiki. We could build a reference manual if you will. I’m really looking forward for more great posts to come back to the surface.

-- We must guard our enthusiasm as we would our life - James Krenov

Aren’t these blogs and forums becoming our own Wiki? Maybe a little disorganized (like my shop), but the information is there.

-- Bill, Turlock California, http://www.brookswoodworks.com

Does that make it Lumberwiki or Lumberpedia?

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Better than a Wikijock for sure.

-- Bill, Turlock California, http://www.brookswoodworks.com

I think all we are missing is the ability to quickly find stuff and to perhaps weed out bad information.

-- We must guard our enthusiasm as we would our life - James Krenov

Sounds like censorship

When Martin quits “Messing around” with that dead end Job and gives this his full attention, THEN we’ll be going places. LOL

B-T-W, Martin does your boss know what you’re doing on the side? HAHAHAHA !!!!

WAIT !! I got it… Sticky-WIKI

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STICKy-wiki hahahaha yah

And I’m sure there is a simple and efficient way to organize the tips/tricks etc.. so they can be easily found…

where’s that little Pooh Bear: “think think think”

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Here it is again

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I think it makes this the lumberpile!

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Pretty much… just stick all yer stuff in here as it pertains to skill sharing.

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Thanks for resurfacing this Obi.

-- Better to say nothing and be thought the fool... then to speak and erase all doubt.