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Mantle Clock Project #2: Getting Started...
In my last post on this mantle clock project, I mentioned a new wood that I discovered at my local Woodcraft store…sipo utile. Here is how it looked when I started:This wood mills and works like a...
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My newest workshop addition
I recently decided to upgrade my table saw. My budget and space still only allows a benchtop style table saw, but I was able find a pretty good upgrade, in my opinion. I purchased a DeWalt benchtop...
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Jewelry Cabinet #2: Refined SketchUp model and main body pieces ready for...
It’s been a busy month in the shop.I finally refined my design to the point where I was happy with it. I’ve added a very gentle curve to the outside of the top piece as well as the two side pieces. For...
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My Journey As A Scroll Saw Pattern Designer #341: Maybe Tomorrow
I am sorry guys and girls. Things are still pretty much the same here. I am sure you don’t want to hear about my aches and pains so I am skipping the blog for today. I really appreciate all of your...
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Remodel Folly- Observe and Report
Okay, okay, I know this is not a woodworking project, but I had to share this. I am certain we have all had our fair share of construction and remodeling follies, but for me, this one takes the cake. I...
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Restoring Hand Planes.. My methods #14: Stanley Bailey #4 1/2 cleaned, tuned...
Just when I thought I had all of the bench planes that I would ever need I found the 4 1/2. When I first took an interest in hand planes I was a little amazed that there were so many different sizes. I...
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How to turn a funnel, on purpose.
This is an accidental project. I started rough turning a piece of ash between centers and found out it had a crack in it. By the time it was roundish and crackless, it was looking funnelish, so it...
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Designing Modern vs. Traditional
Have you ever wondered when you’re designing a piece of furniture or box or anything made of wood, how your mind comes up with the design? What makes you say, “WOW” how did they come up with that...
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Planes restored - Because I can. #1: Planes Restored - Because i can.
Throughout my many years of marriage, my wife has constantly dragging me on her antiquing outings. At some point I decided I needed to find a way to make the time useful. One day while looking over my...
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My penance for today's negativity
I’m fed up with my own negativity, so I’ll share some nice moments from today, all wood related. Here’s a wooden birdhouse being shared by a chipmunk and birds simultaneously (All friends, like LJs)....
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Planes restored - Because I can. #2: My #6 Restore.
I found this Stanley #6 in a flee market. I paid a whopping $10 for it. This is my first restore blog, but not my first plane restore. I’ve learned a little, and need to learn a lot more. So here it...
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Workshop Renovation #1: Lumber Rack
Hooray! This is my week off, friends, and I plan to spend the majority of it in the shop. I went out there today to get started on my next project (a shooting board), when I realized for the umpteenth...
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Discovering Wood #6: Belated Safety Week 2011 Post
While I have been posting duplicate posts of my blog Discovering Wood at LJ, I have decided to post a text only version here. I try to post picture heavy blogs, and the extra time involved in...
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Workshop Improvements #2: Experience, The Right Tools, & a Little CA
I started this little adventure into Woodworking just over a year ago. It has been quite the God send as an escape from the mind numbing boredom that can result from permanent Disability. In that time...
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Planes restored - Because I can. #3: Millers Falls #18 a prelude to the #6
So, I wanted a #6 but didn’t want to spend much on it. I bid $15 on this Millers Falls on ebay. My thought was to use it until I found a Stanley #6 and resell it, hopefully for a profit from the...
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sharpening cheap chisel
This was an interesting exercise. I quietly hoped I was going to transform one of these cheap chisels but it was not to be. They are so bukkled and bent that even 3 nz dollars was too much to pay. See...
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Hollow Form Turning - A Trifern Class #3: Class Update
Hello everyone! Sorry for the tardiness from your instructor. Life has been busy lately. I have a special treat in store for this class. I have contracted with a professional video photographer to...
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My Journey As A Scroll Saw Pattern Designer #342: Slowly Improving
I want to start out by thanking everyone again for the nice thoughts. I haven’t really replied to each person individually and I trust you understand. I began feeling better yesterday and it was a...
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"Hobbit Holes in MyWorld" --by RusticWoodArt #77: Sculptured Wood Beauty
Sculptured Wood Beauty ’’....a time to turn the page! He who lives in the woods and forest, will at getimians break forth into the many places of solitude, where he sits with the wood spirits as they...
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information about our fellow lumber jock gmman
dear fellow lumber jocks, yesterday i sent two pm’s to the family of GMMAN, in the second reply this is what they said to me: http://lumberjocks.com/messages/363295...
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