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My Journey As A Scroll Saw Pattern Designer #376: Goin' To The City
I got the site updated with all the new stuff yesterday, and the weather looks to be good for the day so we are dropping the top on the Mustang and heading out to Halifax (to go WOOD SHOPPING!) and see...
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Bag Toss Game Boards
Spent a day in the shop with my son building these 2 sets of Bag Toss Boards.(we call em Corn Hole Boards in KY) Was a great way to spend over Fathers Day weekend.My son and his wife are going to paint...
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3 Girls & A Woodworker #8: Father's Day Tool Gloat.....
Got these for fathers day yesterday, i’ve heard people say that there not “real” marples but honestly i don’t know what “real” ones are….. Can’t wait to make the scarry sharp and put them to work…..
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Putter Display Box
My husband, Eric, is not the father of my children but is a great step-dad to them. On Father’s Day I like to give him a little something to show my appreciation for doing so well at what is a...
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Machinist Toolcart #2: Measure twice, Cut Once, then measure twice again, and...
Its been a while since the previous post mostly because I wasn’t sure I was happy with the original design. I went to the local lumber supplier that carries mahogany plywood and bought the 3/4”...
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Mobile woodshop
Hi, Just read about this mobile woodshop. I think this is a great idea to keep kids engage and keep interest in the trade alive in the younger generation. This is a great idea....
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My first Hand Plane Restoration Stanley # 606 #1: Stanley # 606
Well i finally recive my hand plane but i think i bought the wrong one, I thought it was a Bedrock but i might be wrong, but it sure dont look like a bed rock to me maybe just the lever cap is bedrock...
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A New Pen
Here’s a Vertex pen in Gun Metal finish with a Cocobolo wood blank. This is the first Vertex pen that I’ve made, I put 8 coats of CA finish and buffed. Thanks for looking.
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Trying out the Consignment Route #4: A bit of feedback and a photo!
It’s been just shy of twenty days now and my curiosity got the better of me. I picked up the phone and gave the shop a call. As always the co-owner who I talked to could NOT have been nicer! She stated...
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Meserizing Musings... a.k.a. Picking (splinters out of) My Behind.
The expression, “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle” is such a favorite topic, because it is good for the environment and therefore, good for us. I am constantly “repurposing” things… Straightening out nails,...
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The Iowan Clock Project #2: The Second Level
If you read the last entry, you know I was having problems with some angles for the second level. Since a new miter saw or better miter gauge for my table saw are sort of out of the question any time...
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New Little Good Pieces blog post: Krenov Smoother 4 – The Pin and Reassembly
There’s a new Little Good Pieces blog post: Krenov Smoother 4 – The Pin and Reassembly. I fabricate the crosspin and glue everything up. Check it out!...
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Workshop Development #26: Now that the cabinets are up, the peg board is down...
So I went ahead and installed the catches for the second clamshell cabinet, which freed me up to at last get rid of that old peg board. What a relief! I have a couple of small storage projects left to...
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Restoring History-Auburn Tool Co Try Plane #2: Cambering the Iron
Never try to outsmart a dead guy. If you see something that worked a hundred years ago, don’t try to improve it, that’s not your job. Your job is just not to mess things up. Moderns tend to put way...
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thought it was funny...so i had to share!
Not really wood but worth sharing to all you dads as a late fathers day gift!:)
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Making a Thomas Jefferson revolving bookstand #4: quick update
Remember this project?. So many people have asked how mine is going that I thought I’d better explain the delay. All of the wood parts are cut (to my preferred size) and ready to go. Here’s a look at...
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My Journey As A Scroll Saw Pattern Designer #377: Wood Shopping Hangover
We left the house approximately 6am and didn’t return until nearly 10pm. The sun was just sliding into the ocean as we were on the final leg of our trip on the (almost) longest day of the year. It was...
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cool jigs
Last weekend I help a friend do some custom home improvement work, (sorry no photos). We had to do some dadoes and other little tricky techniques to make it strong enough to hold a heavy appliance. He...
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Machinist Toolcart #3: Dividers Fittings
A small step for this tool cart, a huge step for woodworking… or not really, but a small step nonetheless. I was able to dry fit the mitered carcass, and trim the horizontal and vertical drawer...
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New Toys...
Morning…I know this in nothing compaired to the hoards and wonderful things you guys stumble/fall into but, I’m damn pumped about it. Just scored these babies from a friend (now, a very, very, dear,...
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