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Greene & Greene Inspired Crib #4: One Panel Done!
Since last time, I finished fitting all the slats and the center panel: I started out by fitting the tenons in the bottom rail. Then I marked at the top how long and at what angle the top tenons should...
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Shopvac Sandwich Separator #2: Bits in the Middle..
Ok, so I got the top section sorted in Pt.1 now on with the separator chamber itself… -I knew I wanted a rectangular side inlet and had worked out the size and aspect ratio so I proceeded to cut the...
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Shopvac Sandwich Separator #3: Suck it and See...
Now on to the inner/upper 5 gallon bucket which will serve as the secondary container between the separator outlet and the vac fan/motor assembly and also form the roof of the separator chamber. It...
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End Grain woes
I’ve been working on a few cutting boards for christmas presents. Doing 3 at one time seems to make things go a little faster. I pulled my first final one from the clamps today and of course it’s not...
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Guitars, and such. #1: The next batch of Guitars..
After finishing the spalted alder strat archtop, and the purple heart guitars I’ve decided to push myself in techniques to see what I could come up with…here are the next few. My first try was a semi...
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Random Musings #6: A follow-up on the new truck...even more depressing than...
Well, as fate would have it, 3 days after I got my “new” truck I was dismissed from my job. This all occurred after receiving my yearly eval. stating I did good work and was getting a modest pay...
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My Journey As A Scroll Saw Pattern Designer #495: Even Brighter Days Ahead
Well, I got back on track and actually accomplished a lot of small things yesterday (and some larger things, too!) Overall it wasn’t a bad day at all and I even had the time for a short nap with the...
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Entertainment Center #7: The Finale
I’ve got my own site where I like to write about my projects so rather than duplicate them here I’ll just provide a little teaser. If you’d like to read the full post just click here. The entertainment...
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LumberJocks Halloween 2011 Challenge : Candy Container #1: Announcement
The Headless LumberJock rides again, this time creating a special Halloween Candy Container. There are candy containers used by the average person and then there are those created by...
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LJ Interviews #22: Cajunpen
This interview, with Cajunpen, is from the October 2011 issue of our eMag 1. How did you first get started working with wood?I can remember being about 8 or 9 years old and building my first scooter....
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Rocking Chair Build #3: Laminations and seat
I have been busy on the rocking chair, just not busy posting updates. I’ve made 8 back braces two at a time on the glue up form. The back braces are walnut, ash, ash, walnut (4 layers) and are...
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Rocking Chair Build #4: Headrest
The headrest is made up of 6 billets, 4.75 wide by 8 tall. They are glued together to form a curve. This means they need an angled edge to create this curve. I used a Wixey angle guage to make a pair...
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Rocking Chair Build #5: Starting to shape the seat
I threw caution to the wind and took my new Kutzall to my seat. Most of this is by eye, which is a leap of faith for me, but I think it might turn out ok in the end. I strongly suggest doing all of...
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The stuff a guy hauls home
This is the jointer that I was forced to haul home with the afore mentioned band saw. A fellow I know owns a commercial building in Port Townsend. When I told him I’d been looking at a used planer he...
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Handplanes #4: You don't know Jack!
It all began when I was building my workbench (blogged here). I was using my first (dedicated woodworking tool purchased) #5 BORG buck-bros Jack plane and it broke. It was working quite well after I...
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Stanley hand planes #1: After honing the try out
The pleasure of feeling a really sharp plane in your hand taking the wood and making those curls – the sound of it – wow!In high school woodshop (under duress) I was shown how to tune a hand plane,...
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My new body
finally i got maggi 29 , the guy didn’t told me he didn’t bolt the machine to pallet ,
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First Backsaw Restoration #2: New Handle
After finishing restoring the blade, it was time for a new handle. A lot of friendly lumberjocks suggested that I try to make the old handle fit better before I went all out and made a new one from...
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Tuesday Tool Time #3: Tablesaw review
If you are a beginner woodworker or a woodworker with a small shop then this is a good review for you. Enjoy
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Workbench #13: Tail Vise Is Complete
Hello. I have now finished the tail vise, and today I had acually started work on the base. After I had got the dovetails for the tailvise fit and the pins on the guide rod I cut out the place for the...
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