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Work(shop) in Progress #17: Sharpening Station
When I started working with bladed tools (chisels/planes/etc) I wanted a sharpening system that was on the cheap, small and storable and versatile. I chose to start with the scary sharp, and used sand...
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A Journey through hand tool land #2: Bedrock 605
DISCLAIMER If you reading this blog as a “how to.” I will caution you now, I am a complete novice at this sort of stuff. I’m an electrical engineer, a machinist I am not. I’m just learning about this...
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Woodworking in Evansville, Indiana #2: New job
Well it’s been a while, but I switched cabinet shops. I went from a laminate commercial shop to a more traditional cabinet shop. This is the first time I’ve really changed jobs as an adult so it is...
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New Workbench #4: Rising Dovetails
Well I have about 4 hours in cutting this out and I still have 1/32 or so bow in the faces. I sure hope the pride I may feel for these joints will be worth it. I’d love to hear how others would have...
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Treasured Gifts from LJ Friends
I’m not a very Worldly guy, I guess. I used to try to pretend that I was Worldly, to impress and all.Truth is, I get honestly excited when a little package arrives at my door.Out one door far, far,...
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clamp a mitered corner
Here is how I clamp up my boxes. I use blue painters tape. Line up your stock, I use a straight edge to keep everything flush. The edges should be touching but not overlapping. Give the tape a little...
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Square Hole Drill Bit
This is an interesting video on how to drill a square hole. YouTube Video
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Selling Your Wood Work Tutorial #9: How to handle Objections
DEALING WITH OBJECTIONS Part One Before I get into dealing with objections, I received a very good comment from fellow LJ thedude50 that is a very good and important point in closing the sale. When you...
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Boards. #5: Just a few more..
I decided that it would not hurt to have a few extra… different designs.. so… here are a few more glue ups.. Then cut an oval out of the checker one… and did a second generation glue up on the two at...
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Roubo-Moxon Bench Build #16: Over the Hump!
Well the separate paths of motivation and free time finally merged today for a couple of hours, and I was able to get my jack plane out and get busy! I am about 3/4 of the way through “Phase 1” which...
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Building a Tenor Guitar #5: Making the Spreader Clamps and Kerfed Linings
Follow along as I build a tenor guitar. In part 5 you will see how the spreader clamps for the guitar form and the kerfed linings are made.
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My Journey As A Scroll Saw Pattern Designer #506: It is Just One of Those...
Long story short – I wrote a blog. I had to answer an email. I closed my browser in the process of obtaining some information. I came back and the blog is gone. :( It is after 9am already and I have to...
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Cathouse Feral Cat Log Cabin
We adopted a feral cat, or she adopted us, not sure. Syndey It’s starting to get cold so we built this little kitty condo for her. Fun little project. Has some left over 2”x2” redwood pieces so we...
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A Journey through hand tool land #3: The 62 - The clean up begins
Here she is right out of the Evap-o-rust. Not quite what I was expecting form the Evaporust. I guess I was expecting to see it come out all nice and clean. Not that I was expecting a nice shinny new...
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Workbench #15: Base Mortise & Tenons
Hello. I have now finished the mortise and tenons for the base and have them all fit. Here are the two base assemblies put together. The assembly closest to view still needs a thin leg installed on its...
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My Journey As A Scroll Saw Pattern Designer #511: Our Day Trip to Bear River
Yesterday was the perfect day to take a short day trip. Although it was cool out, the sky was clear and the sun was warm and there were still places that had trees with remnants of autumn leaves...
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Making Lathe Tools #1: Design
I recently took up wood turning as the next step in my wood working addiction, turning has been extremely fun but costly. As I have been turning every log I could get my hand on, I have had a real hard...
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Get a grip on that bowl
Sometimes I feel that a bowl needs a little help. Maybe a spout, a handle or just a little something extra. One way that I like to do it is by leaving extra material when I turn it, then removing most...
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