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Stanley #31 Transitional Plane Restoration
I came across an antique shop that had some old tools while on vacation. After strolling through I picked up a few planes and a saw vise (more to come on them later). Once I got home I decided I should...
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My art display at the Mountain Art Center in Prestonsburg Ky.
Hello to all my Wood working Buddy’s. It has been a long while since I have been in here. I thought you might like to know what I have been into lately. I have been working on my frames and my...
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A few sewn things #1: My perfect apron
In another life I used to make outdoor gear. Mostly sewn things but like woodworking it crosses over into other worlds. Most of my things were made using some old industrial sewing machines that are...
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A few sewn things #2: Screen curtins for the shop
When designing the shop or should I say remolding a very small garage I decided to make the doors open out. It saves on space yes! but I didn’t really think about screen doors in the spring/fall....
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Veneered Sofa Table #1: Getting prepared, wrecking tools
While I am waiting for the finish to cure on my tray project, I started my next adventure. I am building a sofa table to match, approximately, the end tables that I made last year...
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Mystery commission. #2: Inlay...
I took the glue up out of clamps today… a little longer than I usually leave a glue up… Sanded and squared up two adjacent edges… then cut grooves .. And inlaid some camphor laurel strips… Cut the...
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LJ Gateways #4: Lessons Learned The Hard Way
what are your “lessons learned” and other “don’t do” tips/stories for fellow woodworkers? (also add links to helpful blogs etc that are related to the topic) Gateway to all Tips & Tricks Topics
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Projects in process. . . #5: try square A La Roubo
I’m sure there a tone of people like me that were inspired to make a few tools after reading Chris schwartz’s blog or books. I do most of my reading on the bus ride into the city and home each day so...
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Setting Up Shop #7: I Can Do That, Chapter 3
A comment from William on my previous blog entry mentioned that his advice to beginning woodworkers usually involved investing in tools that would be useful to any type of handy-person, not just...
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A Peruvian Walnut Cradle #1: And in the beginning...
September 16, 2011 Our first granddaughter was born today, and although I had thought about it for some time leading up to her birth, other “more important things” just kept coming up, but now that she...
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from the top down #3 - done
last i was up in coloradowe got the last roof framedafter tearing the old one off http://lumberjocks.com/patron/blog/25946 it was partially sheeted then this time when i got theredaniel and roy had...
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Raised panel doors (Under flush)
Just pushing a method I have practiced and throwing it out there to see what your feed back is.This is what I do and why in regard to most panel doors I manufacture.To me the doors on a side board, or...
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Random Randomness #2: Free Madrone for Seattle Area LJ's
Last month I picked up 300 bf of Madrone. It’s mostly shorts and it is VERY “Rustic” that is it’s knotty and has plenty of checking. But it is nice wood if you have the time to to mill it or you are...
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Firewood Plane #1: Alternative Plane Blanks
It seems I had nothing better to do tonight, because I ended up splitting a plane blank out of a piece of firewood and planing the four faces down. Partially it was to see if I could do it. Partially...
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Rocking Chair Build #6: Update on Arm Shaping
I just sent an email off to Hal asking questions on some of my progress, and I realized I had taken some pics that I had not posted. I built a jig to cove the arms; it is designed to hold the arm...
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Mystery commission. #3: Nearly done
I used a spline cutting jig on the TS to cut kerfs in the mitres…. Used cedar for the splines…I know I was lackadaisical in not cutting the splines… just broke off pieces, This is what it looks like...
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My Journey As A Scroll Saw Pattern Designer #503: New Ornaments!
Yesterday was an extremely productive day and I finished both my order for the large snowflake and also my new ornaments. It felt good to get so much accomplished. I don’t think I worked harder than I...
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Woodworking projects under way. #24: The artificial Christmas Tree Stand is...
I should sub title this entry “fun with 2×4 scraps”... I have an artificial Christmas Tree, or as my Hebrew and Messianic friends would call it, a Hanukkah bush… I may have mentioned this, but upon my...
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