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04-01-2020 10:39 PM
by Madmark2
For those following this blog you know I have a Smoke Shop for a client. Last time I was there she asked if I could make a dugout with a sliding, not rotating, lid. I told her I’d give it a shot and here are the results.
I just recently b...
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04-01-2020 03:21 PM
by TungOil
With the carcass glued up, I now fit the back and bottom panels. These panels are sapele veneered Baltic birch, 3/4” cores for the case bottoms and 1/2” for the case back.
Since the back of this piece will normally be against the ...
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04-01-2020 12:17 PM
by Dave Rutan
The last bit of the instrument to be added is the soundpost. It sits inside the instrument under the foot of the bridge on the treble side. The way it gets there is one of those great luthier mysteries. SEveral methods exist, but I prefer using ...
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04-01-2020 07:16 AM
by ScottM1
In this video, I will show you how you can add a window to a wall in eCabinents Custom layout that will allow the light to shine through and cascade down onto the floor. Subscribe here https://goo.gl/xaqyejlink to join my Facebook group https://...
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04-01-2020 12:55 AM
by Bill Berklich
OK, I’m not a galoot. I use hand tools to augment my power tools. While the quite whisper of a sharp plane on pine like the silent fall of heavy snow is wondrous, the screaming song of an 6 inch jointer and instant piles of wood shavings fit...
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03-31-2020 10:36 PM
by theoldfart
The basic parts of this box are a lower or base carousel, the upper turntable, two movable fences and the upright assembly.
A view from the bottom shows the base piece
This is the upper section with the fences. The fences more independen...
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03-31-2020 10:13 PM
by BlueRidgeDog
Time to make myself something. I am still using a pine bookcase air nailed together by my father back in the early 70’s…and I have a lot of books.
So I am going to make this:
I designed it some time back and just now have th...
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03-31-2020 08:27 PM
by bandit571
All clamps came off. 1×4s hauled to the shop…supplies laid out, even found a full box of 2” long, coarse thread screws….
So, laid the 1×4 x 6’ down on the mitre box…find the center…should leave 2 ...
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03-31-2020 06:40 PM
by Tom
It has been a strange time in recent weeks. It’s been nice to have my family all together to ride out the events, but a bit worrisome.
Last weekend was a rainy one and the spring gardening was off the table. I decided to knock out a few...
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03-31-2020 05:54 PM
by JimChrisawn
Hello allI apologize for being away so long. I have had a really bad time of it with my health. (A hiking accident that ended with a broken neck and later Three heart attacks) Making it back though and wanted to share a recent project that might b...
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03-31-2020 03:36 PM
by Dave Rutan
There are several different ways to do some of the operations I’ll be showing in the next few posts. It mostly depends on your background. A guitar person will have different tools and philosophies than a dedicated bowed strings tech. I c...
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03-31-2020 06:12 AM
by revieck
https://youtu.be/-8MHdyL3nXA In this video I make a gift for Father Benny.
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03-31-2020 01:36 AM
by theoldfart
A few years ago a fellow LJ, RealCowtownEric, posted a pic of a rather distinctive mitre box. It revolved and did compound mitre cuts. Fast forward to last December and an EBay listing for a damaged Dorn’s Mitre Box. The seller and I came to...
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03-30-2020 10:28 PM
by Dave Rutan
I’m forming the nut from a piece of maple, just like the saddle. It starts out as a chunk which is square on the sides which attach it to the fingerboard and the neck.
The nut does not need to stick up very far above the fingerbo...
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03-30-2020 12:57 PM
by oldguy2
Anyone can rip a 1×10 with their table saw, its the best way to do this. Ahh just a 6 ft board and take a few inches off. We are going to make a Nice Height Board for the Grandson. Now if you have any small shop you take a m...
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03-30-2020 11:25 AM
by JimYoung
While being in lockdown in Michigan, I’ve had some time to continue with my work bench build.
I finished gluing up the two slabs for the top and took them to Armstrong Millworks to have them jointed and planed to thickness. I just don...
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03-30-2020 04:34 AM
by bandit571
Taking things a bit slow, lately….taking it easy on the right hand….so
had a stash of extra chisels..
Along with a few everyday users….some of the “extras” can go back in the rack along the back of the tool well...
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03-30-2020 02:41 AM
by Bob A in NJ
Hi all,
Please check my newest video on how to turn a winged bowl.
Thanks
Bob March 29 2020
https://youtu.be/GJ67ziiDxFw
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03-30-2020 12:40 AM
by Dave Rutan
Glueing the fingerboard, saddle and nut (not shown) onto the neck and body. I’m using an ebony fingerboard that I previously purchased.
Note my very expensive saddle clamp tape!
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03-29-2020 11:17 PM
by Dave Rutan
Lately I’ve been watching the videos of Rex Krueger [link]
The videos are a little longer than I’d like, but the content and Rex’s style make up for it. Rex has a series called Woodworking for Humans where he shows haw to...
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03-29-2020 01:18 PM
by Bob A in NJ
All,
Check out my newest video on a CNC made cutting board. Tap your foot to the music. :-)
Thanks
Bob A in NJ
https://youtu.be/1Zsp1CTwni0
March 29, 2020
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03-29-2020 01:18 PM
by Dave Rutan
Tuning peg holes are tapered and have to be reamed out. The taper matches the peg shaper which is a pencil sharpener-like device.
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03-29-2020 01:04 PM
by Retired Guru
It’s been a month since my last post, and unlike previous lengthy periods between posts, this time it’s because of diligent effort to re-organize the dungeon workshop. As of this writing, I’m close to 90% complete, that being really ‘almost ...
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03-29-2020 01:57 AM
by revieck
https://youtu.be/KStTsg8M35g
In this video I build tool storage under my Jet wood lathe.
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03-28-2020 07:06 PM
by WoodshopTherapy
I’m starting to make the tool holders in my new tool cabinet. I made a video showing how I laid out the spokeshave and riving knife holder. It was a balance of function and making it look nice for displaying my tools. If you have question...
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03-28-2020 07:01 PM
by bandit571
First, I need a glue up done…two 1×10s hauled to the shop. trimmed down from 4’ to 36-1/8” long, then clamped up and the edges jointed.
Then glue the two together, into a panel…
needed a few cauls…
Shou...
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03-28-2020 05:12 PM
by Dave Rutan
I wanted to stain the top plate to tone down its ‘whiteness’. I used Golden Oak stain and I like the way it borought out the grain of the pine top. These first two pictures show the difference.
After staining, I put the inst...
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03-28-2020 04:34 PM
by revieck
In this video, I use scrap wood to build a storage box for my lathe turning tools.
https://youtu.be/mckc3SQAVyg
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03-28-2020 12:24 PM
by Dave Rutan
After the neck id glued on the tab that attaches the back of the instrument to the heel of the neck must be trimmed. My tab is actually a tiny bit short, so I cheated a bit by paring the heel of the neck down to fit. Then I carved and filed and s...
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03-28-2020 02:29 AM
by shawnSK
My Workmate is my only bench, so I am always looking for ways to expand its usefulness. .Over the past month, I’ve added two nice tools to make it work better. .First is a drill press clamp or a vice grip clamp. I first saw these on Retired ...
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03-31-2020 06:12 AM
by revieck
https://youtu.be/-8MHdyL3nXA In this video I make a gift for Father Benny.
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03-29-2020 01:57 AM
by revieck
https://youtu.be/KStTsg8M35g
In this video I build tool storage under my Jet wood lathe.
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03-28-2020 07:06 PM
by WoodshopTherapy
I’m starting to make the tool holders in my new tool cabinet. I made a video showing how I laid out the spokeshave and riving knife holder. It was a balance of function and making it look nice for displaying my tools. If you have question...
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03-28-2020 04:34 PM
by revieck
In this video, I use scrap wood to build a storage box for my lathe turning tools.
https://youtu.be/mckc3SQAVyg
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03-22-2020 10:33 PM
by woodify
I recreated Guns N’ Roses The Spaghetti Incident album cover as part of a you tube collaboration called Makers Rock. Check it out.I couldn’t figure out how to epoxy cooked spaghetti so this was my plan B.
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03-21-2020 12:44 PM
by WoodshopTherapy
I recently repaired a hutch with dozens of wood plugs to remove. I put a video together all about wood plugs, or Bungs as they’re referred to in the shipbuilding industry. I show how to make your own wood plugs and how to properly trim the...
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03-17-2020 10:41 PM
by JimDaddyO
What strange times we are living in. With the medical community urging us to practice social isolation I figured it would be prudent to follow their advice. Not that we go out much anyway. We are homebodies. We do have one young fella that com...
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03-15-2020 06:10 PM
by BenhamDesign
This build was inspired by one of my favorite furniture designers, George Nakashima. It is a live edge walnut slab that is joined to a walnut base using through tenons.The base is assembled using a complex bridle joint.
You can watch how I bui...
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03-07-2020 10:36 PM
by WoodshopTherapy
I recently had a customer bring me a chair to repair. It had a missing stretcher, but I didn’t worry about it since I added a lathe to my workshop last year. I also have a lot more confidence now in matching stain… and this one was s...
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02-29-2020 02:44 AM
by JimDaddyO
If you saw my last video, you saw the new LED lights I bought on Amazon. Well, I finally got them put up and I like them a lot. Instant light with more even light in the shop. Oh, I got a hair cut in there too…lol. It was a pretty easy c...
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02-29-2020 01:34 AM
by Tomy Hovington
over a year ago I started my florentine style Mandocello based on prints that I’ve presonnaly made. so to be accurate I’ve started this build when I started gathering information about this instrument, size, dimentions, scale length, p...
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02-27-2020 10:20 AM
by PeteCollin
Hello All,One of my favorite, most used tools broke. It’s too old to find a part. So I engineered a fix, and it worked!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIIvYzwNsBk
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02-17-2020 12:05 PM
by JimDaddyO
After my last video where I complained about the price of LED lighting in Canada for the shop, I decided I ought to let my fingers do the walking and got on Amazon to do some research. What I found was some pretty reasonable prices, and with Prim...
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02-15-2020 11:49 AM
by Hoosierwoodcraft
Today, am releasing my historic woodworker tribute on Ambrose Heal, the furniture designer, manufacturer, and retailer who successfully marketed arts and craft furniture well into the 1930s.
I also created this video because I was fascinated wi...
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02-15-2020 11:24 AM
by WoodshopTherapy
I had a really good time at the Toronto Woodworking Show last weekend. I bought some new tools, saw a SawStop in action, and I shot some video to share with you. Here are the highlights of the show. I hope you enjoy seeing what was there.
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