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My Journey As A Scroll Saw Pattern Designer #346: And Yet Another Tray
Will I ever get tired of seeing how walnut seems to come to life when it is finished with oil and spray shellac? I doubt it. Walnut is just one of my all time favorite woods. I think that I could make...
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Craftsman Table Saw 28462 #8: Table Saw Sled
I cut the wood for the cross-cut sled. I’m basing this on the woodworking for mere mortals design , but with one difference, I want to have T track in the sled top to attach a tenon jig, The track will...
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Workin’ With What You Got – Part 3 "Doing a Jig"
A note of explanation about part 3 -I would normally do dual posts of my blog on Lumberjocks and www.randallpice.com but as this post is very photo intensive and I had alignment issues with the photos...
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Cummins Mack Bandsaw Cleaning and Tune Up #2: Disassembly and Discovery
I’ve been extremely busy since my last blog entry and have not had much time to work on the band saw much. I was only able to work on it for a few hours here and there. So far I’ve been able to...
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gun cabinet plan
I would like to build my son a 16 gun cabinet, I looked on the internet at different sights and haven’t found one that I liked. Was wondering if anybody could help with a plan? I have many years of...
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Making simple slotted fences with stop block.
Step#1 Start by cutting two pieces of 3/4 stock, length and height to your need or liking.Step#2 Lay your stock flat on your table saw and Cut a 1/8 kerfs the length of both pieces of stock. The depth...
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Building My Entertainment Center #6: Problem on the Top fixed and making...
Entertainment Center making progress. Well after some trials and tribulations with the streaking on the top while applying the dye stain, we have fixed it! Thank-you my fellow Lumberjocks for all your...
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Weatherproofing exposed fir beams
Hello! I need to clear-seal exposed fir beams. What should I seal them with? Linseed oil? Marine varnish? Shellac? Any guidance would be helpful. Thank you!
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Patchwork Table #1: Wood selection
Shown (not in order): Black Palm, Hormigo Negro, Indian Laurel, Yucatan Rosewood, Wenge, Cocobolo, Lacewood, Bocote, Bolivian Rosewood, Padauk, Purpleheart, Bloodwood/Satine, Brazilian Cherry,...
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Building a wooden shoulder plane #2: About body parts and even a mouth...
24 hours later and I’m back in my favorite chair! It sounds like some has already sourced plane irons in many different ways. Good! Bertha is ordering a brandnew blade, Derosa found some old plane...
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Jorgensen clamps Limited time price alert May 22, 2011
This posting only good through Sunday May 22, 2011 I just had to share this. It’s for those people who want some quality clamps and need a really good sale. I put this together using an idea from...
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Learning how to make a ball and claw foot
Carving a ball and claw foot is something I’ve been planning to do for awhile now. Maybe some of you are in the same boat. Here is my progress to date. I’ve cut out a practice lowboy leg in basswood...
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Table saw upgrade #4: Another step, more things learned
As you can see in my “table saw upgrade” history, I took this with a lot of time, becouse I’m not so sure of what I wonted and more important, WHAT I NEEDED. I’m glad I did not rush to the worcenter, I...
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Just for Fun... #47: At Last...
So anyway, when I was last in the shop I left off here… an unfinished urn…And there it sat… and sat… never to be finished???Older Brother Steve is gone now… and at peace. He’ll have no use for...
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Craftsman Table Saw 28462 #9: Notional Tenon Jig for Table Saw
One of my objectives in making the table saw sled is to mount a tenon jig to the sled. I want to bolt down the tenon jig into T track so I am adding a slot for the T track to the sled top. To do that I...
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King Bed Commission #1: Shaped the posts for the headboard today
Yesterday I cut and inlaid the headboard.. a straightforward process that went fairly quick.Today my goal was to finish the sculpted posts for the headboard. I used laminated oak pieces that i glued up...
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My progress as a woodworker #1: Next steps - getting healthy again
As I read through posts and blogs of fellow enthusiasts who get set back on their passions due to health reasons… I admit I am joining that task force of LJs who have been forced to slow down but are...
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Planes restored - Because I can. #4: Stanley A5
I don’t have any “before” pictures of this one. It was in pretty rough shape, but cleaned up pretty easy. It works pretty well and I find myself reaching for it more than I anticipated. Someday I’d...
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My Journey As A Scroll Saw Pattern Designer #348: Writing Pattern Packets
Here we are at Monday again already. It is hard to believe that another weekend has come and gone again. I spent the majority of the day yesterday working on the pattern packet for the Grizzly Pull Toy...
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