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Technique for installing solid edging on a top
When I put a picture frame together with 4 mitered corners I use a clamping fixture with 4 v-blocks and a draw bolt in the center. But when I put hardwood trim on the outer edges of a top it is always...
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Mondrian (inspired) #3: Neoplastic 'C' progress
I’ve decided to make this one with wood from from my scrap bin and my ‘Ebony Bits Box’ - I won’t bore you with the details but after a lot of cutting and sticking, using Viscose CA, I had made the...
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Getting Started
Hi all, this is my first post at lumberjocks.I am a stay at home mum after working at the Salvation army for arround 7 years.my kids are teens now and my husband makes ends meet so I am at home trying...
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my tool till
At the moment I don’t have much time to work on all my unfinished project but hopefully this weekend I can finish two of my tills for my carpenters trunk. I’ve been needing a place to store my tool out...
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Japanese tools #7: Sharpening station for water stones the base
Sharpening station for water stones the base. I have tried most of the sharpening methods by now, sandpaper, water grinder, oil stones and diamonds, but water stones were still a black page in my book....
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Mondrian (inspired) #4: Neoplastic 'C' - Oh well
I had a funny feeling about this. I first made a mask to put over the board to measure it up for cutting into a net for the box. This started as a CAD drawn outline printed over two sheets of heavy...
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The Blair Wood Project
Happy Halloween everyone. (As an aside, today is my 666th day on Lumberjocks.)
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A carpenter in Ethiopia works wood with no hands
Pretty unbelievable given his condition http://youtu.be/TjjN99I1uZE
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Incra Double Dovetail Project #6: Putting it together
In my last blog, I created the tray bottom. In this blog, I will cut the grooves for the tray bottom, rout finger holds and put the tray together. First step is to cut grooves in the tail section. I...
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Bandsaw #1: Bandsaw 1
Several months ago I bought a used Buffalo 14” bandsaw ( my first bandsaw). In the process of refurbishing it I’ve put on new tires, new cool blocks, blade guide bearings, and new blades. Now I can’t...
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Woodworkers and their trucks
I know I know not the norm blog for a woodworking site but… thru out my life I’ve always owned a truck whether it was my main ride or sitting on the side of the house waiting to go to the lumberyard....
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Crochet Box #2: Raised Panel
Tonight I spent some time working on the raised panel lid for the box I have been working on. All the work was done with a block rabbate plane. I started out cutting a wide rabbate on the ends of the...
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PLANER
after wating like ONE MONTH for a outfeed roller for my makita 2012 planer @ $130i went to home depot and bought a 13”RYOBI PLANER FOR 279$ LAST NIGHTAND wouldnt you know it…....makita roller is in...
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Complex Cutting Board Software
I have certainly been bit by the cutting board bug, and I thought about some more complex cutting board plans I could make, and I wondered if there was a design software for this. I found...
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My Journey As A Scroll Saw Pattern Designer #499: The Power of Labels
It is funny how sometimes we can take a simple task and turn it into something far more difficult than it needs to be. I think we all have been there. We know in our hearts that we are capable of...
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Tommy Mac
Had a chance to meet and talk with Tommy MacDonald yesterday at the Dallas Woodcraft store. Very nice guy and was a real pleasure talking with him. Vic
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A new business opportunity
My new (strictly speaking it’s used but just recently come into my possession) planer. Grizzly G1021. Frankly, I don’t know what I’m going to do with it. My wife asked what I needed it for. I really...
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Mondrian (inspired) #5: I get knocked down, but I get up again
You ain’t ever gonna keep me down. Lyric spotters please feel free to comment. I left you, last night, as I was hacking at the pattern board with a chisel. No, I’m not mad. I’ve done all the tests. It...
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Building a Tenor Guitar #4: Dimensioning the Tenor Guitar Back and Sides
Follow along as I build a tenor guitar. In part 4 you will see how the back and sides are dimensioned and brought to the final thickness – from a plank of roughsawn walnut to the 0.80” thick back and...
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Japanese tools #8: Sharpening station for water stones the pond
Sharpening station for water stones the pond. This is part two of the Japanese sharpening station blog. Today no ‘funny’ comments… Sometime ago I brought home a pallet, pine, it was as good as new.I...
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