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• Lathe Refurbish #1: Starting with an unexpected gift. - 11-29-2017 06:36 AM | 11 comments

  This is a project that has been on the back burner for a while now. It started when a neighbour d...

• Portable Carving Board - 09-14-2017 08:07 AM | 13 comments

  I’ve been thinking about creating a Portable Carving Board that would act as a third hand t...

• Restoring Carving Tools #2: Dealing With Rust - 09-11-2017 01:27 AM | 13 comments

  OK, this post deals with files rather than carving tools, but it looks like it could easily be tr...

• Toxic Woods #1: Importance of dust collection. - 01-23-2017 12:19 AM | 11 comments

  As we all seem to be using a wider variety of different wood types, I have been searching for inf...

• Restoring Carving Tools #1: New Life For Abused Carving Tools - 10-08-2016 06:14 PM | 15 comments

  I recently unpacked a set of 6 small carving tools (no maker’s marks) that I had purchased ...

• Drying With a Microwave #2: Like a Phoenix from the ashes. - 02-26-2016 12:28 AM | 11 comments

  PART 2After ABC’s “friend” quickly left, ABC started over again by using another piece of cedar. ...

• Drying With a Microwave #1: Part 1 - A bit of a warning. - 02-26-2016 12:12 AM | 9 comments

  I have noticed several enquiries and comments on Lumberjocks regarding the use of a microwave ove...

• Characteristics of different types of wood. - 05-17-2015 06:16 AM | 7 comments

  While looking for a bit more information on different types of wood, I came across the following ...

• Photographing long or tall projects. #2: Adjusting Your Photos. - 03-22-2015 09:34 PM | 4 comments

  I mentioned in the first part of this Blog that I would be adding some information on Adjusting Y...

• Photographing long or tall projects. #1: Photographing long or tall projects. - 03-12-2015 11:53 PM | 11 comments

  Since a lot of us produce “longer”, or taller, items that we want to post on LJ’...

• Woodworking Books #2: Another source of older traditional carving methods - 1891 - 09-17-2014 02:18 AM | 4 comments

  Here is a link to yet another informative “older” 1891 book on wood carving that is f...

• Woodworking Books #1: Free Books On Line - 07-24-2014 09:21 PM | 9 comments

  For those LJ members who are interested in learning about some of the “older” methods...

• Pipe Clamp Holder for Laminations - 09-08-2013 07:35 AM | 5 comments

  Are you interested in taking the pain out of using pipe clamps when laminating large blocks?No pr...

• Wood Handbook by Forest Products Laboratory - 09-08-2013 03:29 AM | 6 comments

  For anyone looking for a detailed reference handbook on the characteristics of wood, have a look ...

• Drying Green Wood . . . or not - 07-04-2012 01:31 AM | 8 comments

  I was cleaning up part of my workshop this week and I came across a piece of maple that I had cut...

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