Toy Construction #273: Log Skidder #113 2&3
Days two and three I’ll need to get started on the wheels before I can go much farther.
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Two Chainsaw Secrets | Turning a Tree into Perfect Boards
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Cutting pyramids on top of tapered chair backs – Kevin Rodel’s side chair
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Houston, we have a problem.
In refurbishing the kitchen, I’m replacing the old boxes with new, dovetail boxes that I built to 24” depth. However in placing the 24” Hettich undercount glides, I find that they miss by about 5/8” as the prong is supposed to fit into the hole dr...
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How to Build a Cribbage Board
The board is made from cherry and the ends are walnut. I built these for a local shop so they are laser engraved with “Black Forest Colorado” to give the tourist something to take home. If you are interested in seeing how I made th...
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Bench top router table into a Router cabinet
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Fixing loose chair joints
I thought I’d share some knowledge on how to repair chairs properly. I’ve seen so many failed repairs, that I hope this helps people learn do fix chairs the right way. I’ve seen hot glue, screws, nails, and glue applied to the ...
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Life happenings #19: 2019 Woodstock Woodshow
It was a nice show. Lots to see, lots of displays and vendors. I even kept my purchases to a reasonable level. Take a quick trip around with me and enjoy some of the sights of the 2019 Woodstock Woodshow. View on YouTube
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Toy Construction #272: Log Skidder #113
My brother in law and his son have been loggers all their lives so wanted to build the son who now has his own logging crew a skidder.Turns out not to be as simple as it first looks to be but very interesting. lolI’ve always wanted to build ...
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wood alergies
I have been working with some pine and fir construction grade and my hands started to get dry and cracked. I found that sawdust can cause contact dermatitis. Has anybody else had this issue and what helped??
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1933 Ford Fordor Sedan #5: And now for the engine and radiator....
And now for the engine and radiator…. Again using the Dutchy blog/plans as the base I worked out the rough measurements for the engine and bonnet [hood]. I didn’t have the correct size timber so made a block to suit from a piece ...
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DIY Pry Bar Storage
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Workshop operational tips. #12: Perspex (Acrylic) Repair/CA Clean-up.
Boys and Girls, I opened my big mouth in one of my comments to a post and rather than live up to my reputation of being a liar, I thought I’d honor my pledge. I am currently making a display case for my 60 yo(ish) heirloom (post to follow so...
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1933 Ford Fordor Sedan #4: The sides can now begin
The scaling is mostly done so now for a real start. I’ve used the chassis measurements from Dutchy’s blog and plan as a starting point. So now the sides can now begin from a piece of Jarrah with a pattern and some cutting outR...
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Marquetry School #13: New Direction: home classes
It is time for a change at CSFM. I have decided to stop offering in shop classes and start offering the same (exact) classes via private interactive video. I am currently working through the level one class with a student in Texas who bought a che...
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1933 Ford Fordor Sedan #3: The next step was to find some drawings and dimensions of the Ford
The next step was to find some drawings and dimensions of the Ford…. Photos of the Ford Fordor Sedan aren’t as common as 2 door sedans or coupes. I put out a number of requests for assistance but friends who tried also struck out...
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Moravian Bench Reimagined #4: Which Bench, Part 2
So,…. at this point I had decided on a split top Roubo with an HNT Gordon face vice in place of the classic leg vice. I was still undecided about the tail vice except that I had finally ruled out a traditional tail vice in favor of a wagon vice. ...
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1933 Ford Fordor Sedan #2: Spoked Wheels are my first challenge
Spoked Wheels are my first challenge but thanks to Dutchy’s blog I have a jig… I had to do the centre’s twice as I was using too large a bamboo skewer.
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First 3d wood sculpure
Lj’s my apologies. Using my camera phone the pictures are upright in my files but not when I download. This is an adapted picture from an artist friend. I use a small router to engrave the picture into the wood. I’m doing...
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Restoration of a Stanley No 5 Handplane
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Truly Portable Moravian Workbench #2: Wood Selection for the Bench
This bench is intended to use up a bunch of leftover lumber from my first thought of making a moravian bench. Originally I just wanted a semi-portable hand tool bench, and that morphed over time as my basement shop turned more machine shop and les...
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Poplar Box, dovetail version #4: Stain, tray, shellac.....
Lets see….stained the box, using the same stain as the last box. Gunstock by Minwax… Then decided a tray would be nice…cut a chunk of Poplar to about the correct length.. Yeah, yeah…finger prints and a price sticker...
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Kerf-Mounted Corner Brackets for Legs - A Repair Story
I was familiar with leg brackets or kerf-mounted corner brackets or leg braces… they go by a few names. But when I had a piano bench brought to me by a customer, I was puzzled by what went wrong. These are normally bullet proof ways of con...
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Shop stuff #172: Another small project in the bathroom reno.
Every now and then I find a bit of time to do some more work on the bathroom renovation. Yeah, the one I started last year. The room functions perfectly well, but needs some detail work to finish it off. This time I tackle the small task of bui...
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Another new shop - third time's the charm? #1: Getting Started - Demo and Framing
This is the first in a series of posts. I intended to post as I went but the work was HARD and it was often all I could do to get the work on the shop done. Documenting? Sure, later… So now the shop is mostly done (haha) so I’ll try to docume...
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Poplar Box, dovetail version #3: Flipping a lid
Box came out of the clamps….looking in need of a clean up.. Sanders and plane….then lay out where the groove will be… Somewhere about there, I think…just barely over the inside groove, towards the bottom of the box. ...
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50 for 50 - turning 50 as I turn 50 #43: Kept from the ashes
Neighbors took down a dying ash this summer, and I rescued some blanks off the pile before it went to the compost site. After around 3 months drying, with Anchorsealed ends, the wood was still a tiny bit damp, which made for nice turning. The fini...
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50 for 50 - turning 50 as I turn 50 #42: Spalted birch
I saved this from a friend’s firewood pile in August. When I roughed out the blank on the band saw, I could see there was a bit of spalting, but I was pleasantly surprised with the extent and beauty of the spalting when I turned it. 6”...
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Poplar Box, dovetail version #2: Feeling groovy, and doing the Stanley 45 dance
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The board is made from cherry and the ends are walnut. I built these for a local shop so they are laser engraved with “Black Forest Colorado” to give the tourist something to take home. If you are interested in seeing how I made th...
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I thought I’d share some knowledge on how to repair chairs properly. I’ve seen so many failed repairs, that I hope this helps people learn do fix chairs the right way. I’ve seen hot glue, screws, nails, and glue applied to the ...
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Life happenings #19: 2019 Woodstock Woodshow
It was a nice show. Lots to see, lots of displays and vendors. I even kept my purchases to a reasonable level. Take a quick trip around with me and enjoy some of the sights of the 2019 Woodstock Woodshow. View on YouTube
263 views | 1 comment | Watch this video »
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First 3d wood sculpure
Lj’s my apologies. Using my camera phone the pictures are upright in my files but not when I download. This is an adapted picture from an artist friend. I use a small router to engrave the picture into the wood. I’m doing...
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Restoration of a Stanley No 5 Handplane
I have been looking for a stanley no 5 handplane for a long time. Around my parts people think they are gold. I ended up finding this one for a mere $10. Check it out and let me know what you think. View on YouTube
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Shop stuff #172: Another small project in the bathroom reno.
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Quick Relase Vise
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Shop stuff #171: Simon and Patrick folk guitar set up and adjustment.
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