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03-24-2021 03:17 PM
by BTodd
I’ve been interested in purchasing a tongue and groove plane for a while now, but I wanted to wait until I definitely had a project where I’d use it. I decided to build a Dutch tool chest and thought this would be a great project to ju...
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03-24-2021 02:18 AM
by WoodAbuser
I have recently completed a Unisaw Side-Router-Table.
I’ve been planning to do this for almost 20 years, and when I bought the original Jessem Rout-R-Lift. I also had a wood vise from my grandfather’s shop (probably came from Minnesota Ag ...
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03-23-2021 05:24 PM
by bandit571
Been distracted the last few days…..working on building a metal shed out in the backyard….about the only wood working THAT involved….
Was cutting a couple 2×6 x 10’ treated planks down to 81-1/2” lengths…...
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03-23-2021 04:17 PM
by bobsen
I just got my new Sommerfeld router table which replaced a 20 year old Rockler table. I mounted my Milwaukee 5625-20, 3-1/2 HP in the new table. The Milwaukee can be raised and lowered from the top using the supplied T-wrench but my Rockler tabl...
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03-23-2021 02:05 PM
by MovingChips
This project has been on the books for a while. Maple Burl is so unique, well any burl for that matter. The swirls of wood grain is like ink spot you could stare at for hours and get lost in imagination. This piece of burl was no exception and pro...
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03-22-2021 08:24 PM
by DustyMark
Awesome Test Run!
I’m super happy with how the kayak/motor combo worked today during my test run at Agate Bay on Lake Superior. The raised seat was stable. The rudder pedals had plenty of authority. They got stiffer at full throttle, b...
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03-22-2021 08:31 AM
by Tony Slattery
I hesitate to call this a woodworking joint, it’s not the traditional mortise and tenon joint.
The justification for this is I am always looking for easier ways of doing things.
This is a dowel joint with a bit of reinforcing in th...
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03-22-2021 04:02 AM
by nbgarageshop
I’m an amateur woodworker that gets easily distracted with other tasks at hand. The last 3 years have been my wife and I having first and second child, working on/completing an MBA, and building our beekeeping business. Unfortunately my wood...
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03-22-2021 03:58 AM
by DustyMark
Fitting New Rudder Pedals
I really like my toe control rudder system, but they simply won’t have enough leverage to steer this powerful motor.
Unfortunately, Smart Track’s rudder assembly mount hole spacing is off by 1/4̶...
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03-21-2021 09:43 PM
by Dutchy
This is a blog of making a classic car. I hope you will enjoy it. Questions and comments are more than welcome.
There is also a breakdown vid made by LBD
If you want to build this car yourself visit: https://dutchypatterns.com/pattern/the-cl...
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03-21-2021 01:19 PM
by Jabba
New to this site. I have read many reviews on table saws but I’m still on the fence. I’m doing my wood working in my garage. I only have 115 volts available with 25 amp service. I’m looking at Harvey table saw C200-30 ($2199), hw110c-36p ($1399) p...
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03-21-2021 08:20 AM
by Dutchy
This is a blog of making a classic car. I hope you will enjoy it. Questions and comments are more than welcome.
There is also a breakdown vid made by LBD
If you want to build this car yourself visit: https://dutchypatterns.com/pattern/the-cl...
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03-21-2021 08:16 AM
by Dutchy
This is a blog of making a classic car. I hope you will enjoy it. Questions and comments are more than welcome.
There is also a breakdown vid made by LBD
If you want to build this car yourself visit: https://dutchypatterns.com/pattern/the-cl...
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03-21-2021 02:41 AM
by Tony Slattery
Decided to use recycled timber so you may see the odd hole or patch here and there.
Dry fit of the frame so far. The armrests are not fixed in place yet.
Cutting the half lap joints for the backrest. Not as difficult as I thought it ...
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03-21-2021 01:37 AM
by DustyMark
Comfort
I fished quite a bit out of the kayak last season and realized that raising the seat would make it considerably more comfortable. I know the boat is stable enough to handle raising the seat about 4” so I made a platform to raise ...
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03-20-2021 11:55 PM
by bandit571
One of the chores in the last few projects, is ripping a panel, or just a plank, to get to a certain width. usually results in a strip of scrap…..that for some reason or other, I just can’t throw out. After a while, there is a pile ...
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03-20-2021 08:47 PM
by James E McIntyre
This is one of my projects I used these plugs on.
Before I bought some Gabon Ebony I would make Green and Green screw plug covers from Ironwood Eucalyptus limbs that the wind blew down on a street in my town. This is a very hard wood wi...
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03-20-2021 01:39 PM
by Tom
I decided to use the Stanley 45 on a lot of the joinery for this project. It works well for cutting grooves and I enjoy using it. It also makes nice T&G match boards, but it does take some time to switch out the set up for tonguing and groov...
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03-19-2021 07:32 PM
by FreddieMac
One of the reasons I built my workshop was to help recover my house from the Flood of 2016. Before I had a shed with a lawn mower in it, no power and I had to pull an extension chord to power everything. With the flood and need to rebuild the hous...
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03-19-2021 06:58 PM
by JimDaddyO
After months of work we finally got the lower level of our new home ready. This project is for my wife and she will be running the show. We are both exhausted. The bookings are coming in. Most of them forest fire workers coming up for the seas...
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03-19-2021 06:02 PM
by mawilsonWCR
In 40 years of writing code, I’ve applied the practice of “build one to throw it away” an extraordinary number of times. It works because you learn a great deal about the problem as you build that first version. If you do it rig...
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03-19-2021 03:30 AM
by sras
Since this cabinet is so small I ended up buying some artists brushes for oil paints.
They really helped with the application of the oil based polyurethane.
I built up several coats to get a fairly glossy finish. I decided to finish the ...
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03-18-2021 10:13 PM
by metolius
This bench is unfinished but it has worked alright through winter. Winter projects are done, so Ive decided to take take it apart and bring the bench closer to completion.
The base is the focus in this phase; and its all about surfacing.
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03-18-2021 05:53 PM
by Sodabowski
Big-ass pallets aplentee, woohoo! \o/
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03-18-2021 05:01 PM
by pintodeluxe
Has anyone seen these new PX series planers from Laguna? They have a few size offerings from a 12-1/2” benchtop planer, all the way up to a 22” beast with electronically variable feed rate. The one that caught my eye was the PX20 bec...
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03-18-2021 11:55 AM
by MarvelWoods
Hi I would like to introduce myself. I am excited to join this forum. Besides my “about me” section of my profile I would like to see how of help to anyone who may be interested in the exotic woods that I have. As well as any questions that may ar...
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03-18-2021 01:53 AM
by mudflap4869
Hello fellow LumberJocks, this is Mrs. Mudflap aka Candy. Some of you know that Mudflap (Jim) had a stroke the first of this month. I sorrowfully report that life support was withdrawn this evening and he passed quietly with me and his dog Napoleo...
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03-17-2021 11:41 AM
by bobsen
I have an old Rockler router table with the MDF top. I can’t complain. It has served me well for a lot of years. I’ve run a Porter Cable 690 for a long time but the last several years I’ve use the Milwaukee 3-1/2 HP router. O...
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03-17-2021 04:06 AM
by MyGrowthRings
In this video, we install a Carter Products Blade Stabilizer on a Shopsmith bandsaw and do a little playing around with a couple narrow 1/6” and 3/16” blades. Here’s the video: https://youtu.be/35jiH89ng7A
This set was loaned...
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03-17-2021 03:58 AM
by MyGrowthRings
Installing and aligning the knives on a jointer can be a challenge, but the folks who invented the Shopsmith jointer were thinking of the DIY’er when they created it back in the 1950s. And the great news is this tool just got better and bett...
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03-23-2021 02:05 PM
by MovingChips
This project has been on the books for a while. Maple Burl is so unique, well any burl for that matter. The swirls of wood grain is like ink spot you could stare at for hours and get lost in imagination. This piece of burl was no exception and pro...
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03-19-2021 06:58 PM
by JimDaddyO
After months of work we finally got the lower level of our new home ready. This project is for my wife and she will be running the show. We are both exhausted. The bookings are coming in. Most of them forest fire workers coming up for the seas...
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03-17-2021 04:06 AM
by MyGrowthRings
In this video, we install a Carter Products Blade Stabilizer on a Shopsmith bandsaw and do a little playing around with a couple narrow 1/6” and 3/16” blades. Here’s the video: https://youtu.be/35jiH89ng7A
This set was loaned...
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03-17-2021 03:58 AM
by MyGrowthRings
Installing and aligning the knives on a jointer can be a challenge, but the folks who invented the Shopsmith jointer were thinking of the DIY’er when they created it back in the 1950s. And the great news is this tool just got better and bett...
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03-17-2021 03:56 AM
by MyGrowthRings
The Shopsmith 42” Strip Sander is one of those tools that at first glance just doesn’t seem worth the money, but trust me, all you have to do is use it and you’ll fall in love. Watch the video here: https://youtu.be/wG7dr6IDv44
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03-17-2021 03:53 AM
by MyGrowthRings
In this video, we will install a set of Carter Products ball-bearing blade guides on a Shopsmith bandsaw. According to their website “The Carter Shopsmith conversion kit updates your saws performance through the use of all sealed ball bearin...
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03-16-2021 04:54 PM
by pintodeluxe
How has this gun been hidden from the woodworking industry so well? It’s marketed to the auto industry, where it’s apparently a hit, but I couldn’t find a single mention about the LX-20 on woodworking forums. I use it with sati...
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03-16-2021 02:15 PM
by MovingChips
There is a challenge out there for the #YTCCC2021 or the YouTube Cross Channel Challenge 2021. Apparently, a group of people got together and have organized a monthly challenge.
Bruce from Jordan Woodwerx has the announcement for the month of M...
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03-12-2021 07:37 PM
by JimDaddyO
We are getting closer to being done. Here is a very short video tour of the renovation progress up to date as of today.
https://youtu.be/YJrpTlYB7RU
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03-09-2021 03:14 PM
by MovingChips
I am so ashamed I didn’t think of this sooner. I was attending a zoom meeting demonstration and our wood turning club (I below to) was offered to attend. The other club conducted their meet very quickly to start the demo, but mentioned their membe...
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03-07-2021 08:33 PM
by woodify
We couldn’t get into the school and use their robotics tables this year because of COVID so we built a Lego robotics competition table in our basement.
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03-07-2021 06:02 PM
by WoodshopTherapy
Here’s an instructional video on how to make wood wedges and shims. It also covers some unsafe practices I’ve seen on the Internet.
Link to video—> https://youtu.be/4VFBvs1x-lI
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03-02-2021 03:08 PM
by MovingChips
I heard about the term “basket weave illusion” and conjured up my imagination on what that might mean. Eventually I came up with my own idea of what it might mean and discovered it was nothing like I thought.
I was not prepared to invest in the...
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03-01-2021 04:41 PM
by revieck
In this video, I convert a Harbor Freight paint pot into a pressure pot and a vacuum chamber for resin casting.https://youtu.be/-i4iHM1ZaA0
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03-01-2021 12:19 AM
by revieck
https://youtu.be/5gJvuqxnHVo
In this video, I turn a walnut and epoxy resin clock, inspired by Nick Zammeti. I used clock parts and walnut purchased at a estate auction. Clock mechanism and hands from Hobby Lobby.
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