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My Journey As A Scroll Saw Pattern Designer #459: Feeling the Change
It always amazes me how as the seasons change, things just begin to feel different. Perhaps it is due to the angle of the sun in the sky, or that the days are getting shorter, but in the past few weeks...
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Frame saws - bow saws. #2: A simple frame saw - part two
A simple frame saw. part two. I dedicate this blog to or LJ buddy WayneC, you know why. This is a blog about making a simple frame saw step by step. Last blog ended where we had made the tenons for the...
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Finally Saying Hello!
I have apparently been on here lurking as a member for over 500 days and as a non member for who knows how long. Whoops! I’d like to be a part of this community more, sharing ideas and showing people...
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How to repair bandsaw blades
Recently, I was doing some resawing with my bandsaw when the blade broke. It was a brand new blade that had hardly been used. It broke right where it had been “butt” welded at the factory. I had...
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Shipyard Memories #22: Closing Up the Hull
Time for the trickiest part of this round stern hull, fitting the stern panel. Here we have carefully clamped the stern piece exactly in place and Jim is scribing the line where it meets the bottom....
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Mission Chair Build
I am now midway through a project to build a mission dining set. It will include 6 side chairs and two end chairs. I started with the chair construction using quartersawn white Oregon oak that I kiln...
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52 Weeks #35: Getting Ready for Various Holidays
Due to work and several other things I did not a get a lot of shop time last week. I would have posted last night but I got sidetracked by the TV (9/11 broadcast) I have managed to start preparing for...
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Workshop **Work In Progress** #8: Realizing My Place
The workshop has come along, but I am atan absolute stand still. I need some wood!! I have to pay a bunch of money for day care to support the wife in grad school. I even worked OT to buy some wood,...
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Beech Pulpit #1
I have started building a pulpit out of beech. I have already constructed the 5 frames and panels that make up the casebody of the pulpit. I plan on keeping the progress posted for anyone that is...
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Machinist Toolcart #12: Spoken Too Soon: A Lesson in Drawer...
As I was fitting the drawer fronts yesterday I noticed that the fronts are being located with their bottoms pretty much aligned with the bottom of the drawers which made me think – shouldn’t there be...
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Older Woodworkers I admire #5: A chair created a long time ago
From the Masonic Temple, Staunton, VA. by photographer Katie Metraux. Thanks, Katie! Note the carving; The ratio of the top of the carving to the bottom creates the flow as the eye is carried up the...
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Passion for woodworking #1: Passing on knowledge to the next generation.
Get a true sense of passion for woodworking and the desire to pass on the tradition: http://www.wood.info/topic.Y24xMTA5MDYwMDAz Excellent inspiring video.
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Rocking Chair Build #1: Stop wanting, and start doing!
Hey gang! It’s been a while, but I’m back in the shop making scrap and creating a ton of dust. Over the years I’ve made bookcases and tables galore, all with straight lines and square corners. Then I...
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The Humble Hand Brace - A Beginner's Guide to Restoring, Buying and Using #6:...
I thought I’d mix it up a bit in this part of the blog and record a video where I: Discuss what to look for when you pick up a secondhand brace and consider buying it. Mention variations in design and...
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My Journey As A Scroll Saw Pattern Designer #460: "Knowledge is Power"
It is just beginning to get light out and I can already tell it is going to be a good day. I don’t mean just the weather, but I feel that something good or positive will happen. I don’t know why, but...
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Evolution of a Shop #23: Clamp cart update
I really didn’t need any new clamps (yeah right) but a guy was liquidating his cabinet shop and posted a Craig’s List ad. He had a bunch of the older style Bessey clamps and some F-style clamps. I...
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Evolution of a Shop #24: A couple of shop helpers
I thought I’d post these two little shop helpers I recently made up. The first is something most have seen, but maybe a newbie can get some use out of it: A sandpaper cutter. I’m lazy, so I find myself...
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Wild fire
Can pine trees and oaks survive a wild fire or are they totally dead. All the pine needles burned off but it looks like the trunks and main branches are ok. My MIL lost her house in the Bastrop, Texas...
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Live Edged, Spalted Maple Slab Coffee Table #1: Concept
While the project is already underway, I thought I go ahead and start from the beginning. A couple of years ago, I built a new workshop in the backyard. I included a ‘bonus’ room above it with plans to...
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Monster Maple Cluster Log
This one log just about maxed out this trailer. My bobcat can pick up 5000 lbs so it was a challenge getting off.we won! Yahoo. It ripped up the deck pretty good though.
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