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11-16-2021 09:44 PM
by dbhost
Long time Lumberjocks may have noted that I more or less fell off the face of the earth toward the end of 2017 / beginning of 2018 without much of an explanation. For those of you that are on my friends list. Sorry about that, and let me explain...
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11-16-2021 08:59 PM
by TxSurveyor
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11-16-2021 03:07 PM
by MovingChips
This project was based off the wood sent to me from Luie. He has a channel called Woodworking 220-7 and after he used the PSL I mentioned that I needed to get me some of that. He ended up sending me some!
The only question was what to make with...
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11-16-2021 02:01 PM
by NoWhiskeyWoodworking
Well, this coming Saturday, due to an unforeseen opening, I will be trying to sell my woodworking at a Holiday Bazaar.
The price for the table isn’t too bad: $25.
Since I just started woodworking in June, I’ll need to fight the &...
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11-16-2021 03:08 AM
by Underdog
So the next step is to remove the tenon. This is a bit tricky because you need to center up the blank to ensure concentricity of the base.
So I mount up a jam chuck that will fit the bowl nicely, and place some padding to pr...
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11-16-2021 02:53 AM
by Underdog
Once you’ve finished the bottom then it’s time to reverse chuck the bowl, and turn the top side.
I place the aforementioned tenon in the chuck, then use a cone center placed in the worm chuck hole to get the teno...
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11-16-2021 02:45 AM
by Underdog
Next thing is to waste away some bark and wood to find a good place for the tenon. Once that’s done you can move the tailstock temporarily and finish turning the tenon to fit the minimum diameter to fit your chuck jaws.
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11-16-2021 02:33 AM
by Underdog
First thing to do is prep the blank. On blanks this size I cut the blank off of a branch with a bandsaw, then split in half with axis of branch vertical. I try to cut out the pith to avoid cracking. Then I paint the ends of the blanks ...
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11-15-2021 02:08 PM
by WestCoastWoodMach
Anyone in the market for a Delta 24” Planer?440v 30ph 10HP.
Located in the southwest. Will ship
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11-15-2021 07:16 AM
by fatmansat
Hi friends,my daughter has a new office, and she didn’t know where to place but coffee machine. We had this bedside table in the attic of our country house for years. A wandered for years in various stables, chicken coops and cellars to reach us. ...
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11-15-2021 02:28 AM
by bandit571
laundry Detail last night….needed something to do while waiting on the washer and dryer to get done….hauled all the parts to the shop…whether to clean off rusty/dusty crud….or do a little woodworking…hmmm
Set up th...
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11-15-2021 01:45 AM
by lightweightladylefty
Hart Consumer Products Recalls Nailers Due to Injury Hazard; Sold Exclusively at WalmartRecall Date: November 10, 2021Recall Number: 22-017
Recall Summary
Name of Product: Hart 18-Gauge 2” Brad Nailers
Hazard:The contact sensor on the na...
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11-15-2021 12:08 AM
by Brodan
More Christmas builds. This time a swivel pencil box for each of my grands.
After a bit of googling , I found enough pics to sketch some plans. Since I was building several I build a couple of fixtures so that I could use a flush trim router bi...
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11-13-2021 03:21 PM
by NoWhiskeyWoodworking
For the past few months, I’ve really been able to engage with my woodworking, and I feel I’m making leaps forward.
I’ve got a bunch of ideas stewing for clocks, but after a $275 sale of bowls and boxes, I think I’ll have...
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11-13-2021 02:02 AM
by Bob Sundquist
I get tired of having sawdust all over my clothes when I leave my workshop. I recently completed a sewing bench, so it was time for the string shop to return the favor and produce something for the wood shop. This apron has sleeves but they are ...
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11-12-2021 02:34 PM
by bandit571
earlier this year…I “picked” a Mitre Box and saw….Spent a dollar. Have since rehabbed the saw..from..UGLY..
To something a bit more presentable to “Polite Company”....
Which left the box itself to freshe...
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11-12-2021 12:41 PM
by Hoosierwoodcraft
At the turn of the last century, one company expanded its factory to create mass produced doors, windows, and moulding and became the largest millwork factory in the world. To reach this goal, the Farley and Loetscher Company invented and use new...
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11-12-2021 03:51 AM
by woodshopnerdery
I’ve been thinking about this project for a very long time. I finally got my chance this year! The Wright Brothers 1899 kite was one of the many experiments which lead to the advancement of controlled powered and sustained flight. More detai...
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11-10-2021 01:59 AM
by grosa
Put a piece of 1/2” aluminum bar stock in the lath and taped the threads on the back side. Then i turned it around and with a file i made a cone on the other end.
Cut it off with a sawsall blade.
Drilled and taped the eye screw, thread...
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11-10-2021 01:20 AM
by JimDaddyO
Well I got the new workbench all finished off and installed. Of course if you add, subtract, or modify anything in the shop it leads to other things needing done…so while we’re at it…lol. So now the shop has been rearranged. H...
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11-09-2021 06:03 PM
by TxSurveyor
Out of the planes I purchased there were two Stanley planes, a #4 and #7 that date from the mid-late 1920s.
I was really excited about these ones….but they are proving to be the most challenging.
The tote screw for the No. 7 broke and ...
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11-09-2021 03:08 PM
by MovingChips
This project was had a great start. What I mean is it had a great plan. In my mind this was going to be simple with minimal accessory grooves, coves, beads, etc. Just a curving side to a base and a shallow platter. After completing the work, I thi...
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11-09-2021 01:39 AM
by sansoo22
I have not had time at all in the last few months to work on this project. I finally just got back in the shop a couple weeks ago after the summer from hell and had some customer planes that needed done first. Now that the first few of those are...
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11-08-2021 03:41 PM
by Dave Polaschek
Time to wrap up the shelves today.
First was putting on the top. A dab of glue on each corner piece of the frame, set the top in place, and screw it down. Had to drill pilot holes and countersinks for the screws.
Then I set the shelf on ...
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11-07-2021 10:56 PM
by Brodan
One of my greatest woodworking challenges is creating tight mitered corners without a lot of “fitting”. Although I can usually “fix” the miters, hiding any gaps, it results in me spending a lot of extra time getting an acceptable result.
Discla...
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11-07-2021 06:26 PM
by JrneedzMoreClamps
At this point it would definitely be cheaper to buy sum pine or similar and make the beams. Unfortunately this client really likes the look of the used pallet planks so look like i may be off to buy more clamps its really hard to get these
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11-07-2021 05:09 PM
by Dave Polaschek
First thing this morning was cutting shelves. I needed six shelves, all roughly 10×12½ inches, so I gathered my MDF scraps and started cutting. Two of the shelves were a little narrower than 10 inches due to the rails holding the frame of the...
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11-07-2021 01:02 AM
by Carey Mitchell
I have been trying to upload photos for a new project for an hour. Tried directly from the phone, then copied to the computer and tried uploading from it.
Either way, when I select a photo and the thumbnail shows in the form, and hit “Up...
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11-06-2021 11:09 PM
by lumer
Hi guys I want to make a lazy Suzan with three positions one for a roll of paper towels and the other two for misc things ,I will need three pieces of cedar boards joined together in the center of the base I need to know what angle do I bevel the ...
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11-06-2021 05:18 PM
by Dave Polaschek
Not too much to report today. I put everything together this morning in a test fit. It was pretty good, except the front panel had potato-chipped a little bit. Drat.
With that out of the way, I carefully took everything apart and put glue on th...
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11-16-2021 07:07 AM
by MovingChips
This project was based off the wood sent to me from Luie. He has a channel called Woodworking 220-7 and after he used the PSL I mentioned that I needed to get me some of that. He ended up sending me some!
The only question was what to make with...
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11-11-2021 07:51 PM
by woodshopnerdery
I’ve been thinking about this project for a very long time. I finally got my chance this year! The Wright Brothers 1899 kite was one of the many experiments which lead to the advancement of controlled powered and sustained flight. More detai...
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11-09-2021 05:20 PM
by JimDaddyO
Well I got the new workbench all finished off and installed. Of course if you add, subtract, or modify anything in the shop it leads to other things needing done…so while we’re at it…lol. So now the shop has been rearranged. H...
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11-09-2021 07:08 AM
by MovingChips
This project was had a great start. What I mean is it had a great plan. In my mind this was going to be simple with minimal accessory grooves, coves, beads, etc. Just a curving side to a base and a shallow platter. After completing the work, I thi...
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11-06-2021 05:09 AM
by WoodshopTherapy
My organization in my workshop wasn’t working very well. Watch this video to see the cabinets and organizer boxes I use to clean this up and make it more functional.
Video Link—> https://youtu.be/PLt2DCyKSPk
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11-03-2021 05:25 AM
by woodshopnerdery
I’ve noticed that some of my favorite woodworking clamps are not being re-stocked at my local Menards store. And, I saw on the Menards Website the fateful “Low Inventory Alert” and “While Supplies Last” tags on these ...
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11-02-2021 10:18 AM
by JimDaddyO
Whoa! It’s been a while since I took a break from house reno’s and made a whole thing. I put scortch marks on my Roubo making the sign for our house and that was the straw that broke the camel’s back. No more of that, I needed...
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11-02-2021 06:06 AM
by MovingChips
This project was based off the theme of Thanksgiving for the month of November. The first project for this theme I thought a pie plater display pedestal would be nice. Although as I made it the piece seemed to grow. The plate became more of a bowl...
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11-01-2021 06:42 AM
by Dave Polaschek
A while ago I got a dowel maker. Got it up and running this morning, and made a video of making a 1/4 inch beech dowel.
Edited to add: a photo of the instruction sheet:
I have cutters for 1/4, 3/8, 1/2, 5/8, and 3/4 inch, which I thi...
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10-26-2021 11:19 AM
by MyGrowthRings
I had the pleasure to record a conversation with author and educator Nick Engler, which is now available to view here: https://youtu.be/-UA5ZIFJCfA
Nick was the original Editor of Hands-On Magazine before moving to Popular Science Publishing...
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10-26-2021 06:04 AM
by MovingChips
This project was something I’ve been wanting to do for some time now. Making a cane is one thing and to give it a theme was a bonus. And so, the Spider Cane was conjured from the depths of my imagination! That and it’s the last turn before Hallowe...
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10-22-2021 01:11 PM
by woodshopnerdery
Come winter, I’ll be sharing my garage workshop with two cars. It’ll be here before you know it. So I have to thin out some of the tools and materials that I accumulated over the summer to make it work.
https://youtu.be/As2FHxibiAA
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10-19-2021 06:08 AM
by MovingChips
The project of making a pen was brought up recently and I realized I hadn’t made one in a while. So I thought I would make a pen I’ve not turned before. The Gatsby pen is a click pen that looks fancy and I’ve never done one.
After getting I dis...
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10-15-2021 01:21 PM
by woodshopnerdery
I make three brooms for Halloween costumes or decoration from a regular whisk broom. I use a spiral cutting technique on the table saw and Rit Dye to decorate the handle.
Happy Halloween!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dbq30V-mLjY
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10-15-2021 12:30 AM
by WoodenWorldDenic
In this video, I will show You how cheap and simple, with the help of a brake cable for a bicycle, and remnants of materials from the workshop, You can make an automatic analog indicator of cut depth for Your table saw, router, or some other machi...
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