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| 165 days ago |
San Diego Design in Wood Pictures - 6 replies Hello all, I have posted a hundred or so pictures from the San Diego “Design in Wood” show on my facebook page. I will have a listing of awards shortly. LINK TO THE ALBUM You will see my Shoji Screen box in there. Tim |
| 168 days ago |
Absolutely Crushed - 12 replies So last Friday I got a call from Bob Stevenson, the organizer for the San Diego “Design in Wood” juried show. He said that there was a problem with my jewelry box: Apprently, the bottom hinge siezed and when he started to open the door, the wood on the front of the box was starting to chip out. He did a quick repair but it m... |
| 168 days ago |
Anyone going to San Diego "Design in Wood" - 1 reply I will be there 6/12 and 6/13. I have a piece on display that I actually need to repair. Tim |
| 200 days ago |
San Diego Design in Wood - 7 replies Hello all, I am looking for some info on the San Diego “Design in Wood” juried competition. This year is the first time that I have entered this competition and I was wondering if anyone knew when they normally notify the people whether they are selected for display in the fair. Items need to be delivered around the 28th of this... |
| 555 days ago |
Working with and drying Japanese yew (shrub) wood - 2 replies Hello all, This weekend we finally pulled out some overgrown yew shrubs. I remembered that Philip Weber (http://www.weberboxes.com) uses pacific yew in some of his boxes. So when I cut through the trunks I was even more pleasantly surprised to see that the heartwood on these shrubs is a beautiful redish-orange, almost like a paduk surround... |
| 634 days ago |
Activity for all you LumberJocks with LumberJuniors - 1 reply As a reminder for the parents that have younger kids. The Home Depot has kids workshops every first Saturday of the month. There is a workshop today. So get out there and start developing tomorrow’s LumberJocks! My local store is assembling wooden race cars today. Have fun. For more details Tim |
| 655 days ago |
Anyone with mahogany Chris-Craft finishing experience? - 13 replies Hello all, I am making a table that resembles the aft decking on a 1947 Chris-Craft Deluxe. The table is made with meranti dimensional lumber and meranti plywood for the deck. I built the exterior frame and then brought the pieces to a CNC router house to shape the outer frame and add the slots to the plywood. The pictures below show things dry ... |
| 659 days ago |
Slab table hints - 6 replies Hello all, This weekend Rockler in Cambridge MA had a sale where their slabs were 50% off. I picked up two slabs of Japanese Cherry. (See pix below) They are not bookmatched but are close enough. The interesting part is that one of the boards is upside down in the picture and the chatoyance forms a nice S curve across the pieces. I think I... |
| 661 days ago |
FYI Boston Woodworkers - 1 reply Hey all, I went into the Rockler in Cambridge today and they are having a 50% off sale on all their live edge slabs. They have curly japanese maple/waterfall bubinga/walnut and more ranging from 2-4 feet wide, 6-10 feet long and 1-4 inches thick. With the sale you would be looking at close to $10 bd ft for the waterfall bubinga, $15 for ... |
| 666 days ago |
Bowl lathe - 8 replies Hey all, This is not my posting but I found this on craigslist. May be of interest for any of you fellow New Englanders… Tim VEGA bowl lathe |
| 673 days ago |
Bandsaw boxes - Dealing with parts warping - 4 replies Hello all, On my last project I made a bandsaw box where I needed to slice off the top and bottom to allow me to hollow out the center layer. The issue is that when I sliced off the two 6”diameter x .5” thick sections (top and bottom) they turned into pringles potato chips. I put oil on the parts as soon as they were cut to mi... |
