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New Little Good Pieces blog post: Grooving Planes Part 2 - Making the Innards
There’s a new Little Good Pieces blog post: Grooving Planes Part 2 – Making the Innards. I form the various parts that make up the body of the grooving planes and begin assembly. Check it out!...
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Calling All MY LJ Buddies and Who ever would like to help
Good Morning, This morning I applied to be nominated for a small business grant worth $50,000 to hire employees and grow. I need My LJ buddies to vote and post to help get the numbers up here is the...
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TOE the Trickle Outward Effect
On my walk this morning I paused to admire the Willamette River. It is wide and this morning it was quiet, peaceful and full. As always it was flowing past me, underneath my footbridge. The body split...
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Removing Dowels Without Damaging the Piece?
I have buddy that is looking to repair a piece of New England style furniture that was damaged during a move. It is only the top portion of a rectangular piece. The top is connected to the supporting...
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Restoring Hand Planes.. My methods #15: Discovering the history and wonders...
When I first took interest in restoring old planes and tools I didn’t pay much thought to the individual tools history. I just took a hunk of rusted metal and made it look new erasing the tools past in...
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$40 Trestle Table #4: Last entry. She wants benches too
History: This is about the making of a trestle table for someone out of framing lumber (spruce) designing it on the fly. The past couple of afternoons I produced a couple of benches to go with the...
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Random shop notes #9: A nice find, and some re-arranging.
I’ve been working on my shop the past few days, getting stuff that isn’t mine out of it, and starting to move tools and furniture into their proper places. I moved the utility shelf I am going to keep...
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Wood Types and Properties #4: Know your wood #4-Oak (red)
More on oak I first worked with red oak in the Texas Hill Country back in 1987. At least that was the first time I knew of red oak as distinct from English oak. Whereas I love English and European...
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Matthew's Wand ~ Day 2
Okay more like one day spread over two days, yet i finished it though it ended up being a cougar rather than a panther. I like it more and the wood just made me go that direction. I started taking...
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Finish Work
I am very new to both carving and this blog, I’m not sure if this has been discussed already if so, please direct me. So, I have done only a few pieces and the biggest challenge Im running into is...
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Chain mortiser
Here’s a chain mortiser I picked up recently. These things aren’t too common these days, except for timber framers who use portable ones that clamp to the beam you want to cut a mortise in. This is an...
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Woodworking projects under way. #3: Wood Magazine clamshell cabinet under way!
In my seemingly never ending quest for shop organization, not to mention skill building, I am well underway with the construction of my clamshell cabinet. The design is the one in the Wood Magazine...
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MI LJ get together
Hey guys we are still needing a head count for the event at Johnson’s workbench in Charlotte. Anyone wanting to go to the sawyers in Bath also need to let me know. Anyh questions about food need to be...
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Wedding Clock #5: Don't Get Mad at Me, The Back
As a reminder, I am making an Art and Craft style clock based on one at The Grove Park Inn for my eldest daughter’s upcoming wedding. See post #2 for the goal. I’ve decided to make the back frame and...
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My "Bucket List" #8: There has been some changes
Well after looking at my projects that I would like to complete, and getting a pretty nasty response to one of the many letters I have sent out, I have decided to make some changes to my “Bucket List”....
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basic financial planning #12: A couple of minutes very well spent.
How many of you just check the total and write a check when you get your credit card bills? BAD PRACTICE! I told all my clients to go over their receipts and check them against the bill every month....
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I have returned!!!
Haha it seems ive actually been missed here on lumberjocks?:)surprising hu?WELL I AM BACK:) i am gonna get back to making some videos!but i want to take a new approach to video makeing a more comical...
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Delta Mortiser 14-651 #8: Those Darn Casters
Finally picked up the casters. Design called for 4” casters and that’s what I got. They seemed big compared to the last two sets I bought at Lowes Depot and HF. They were. Forgot I need 4” from the...
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My Journey As A Scroll Saw Pattern Designer #343: Getting Back to Normal
Little by little I am beginning to feel a bit better. I felt better yesterday than Monday and I feel better today than yesterday. As long as I feel there is improvement, I am happy. I went to see my...
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Tool Gloat Work Sharp
The worksharp I have, I got a really good deal on eBay, I really got lucky, this was a buy now price and I snagged it up before anybody else saw it. $165 delivered, this is What it came with.Ended: Feb...
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