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• Compass Rose Inlay #2: Inlay the Compass Rose - 12-15-2009 09:25 PM | 13 comments

  I can’t emphasize enough how important it is to take this part slowly. There are no shortc...

• Serving Trays #1: Prep Work - 12-09-2009 07:46 PM | 4 comments

  I wanted to make a pair of serving trays for my wife, although knowing her, she’ll want to ...

• Compass Rose Inlay #1: Creating a Compass Rose Inlay - 12-08-2009 11:55 PM | 16 comments

  I decided to dress up one of the serving trays I’m making with a compass rose inlay. I use...

• Try Square #1: Trying out a Try square - 11-18-2009 11:01 PM | 8 comments

  I decided to make my own try square, in the spirit of the hand tool extravaganza I’ve been ...

• Building Hand Tool Skills: A Dovetail a Day. Make that a week. - 07-20-2009 08:33 PM | 11 comments

  While I would like to believe that I could dedicate enough time each day to run to the shop and c...

• Bowsaw #2: Completed! - 07-16-2009 08:44 PM | 1 comment

  Not much left to do. I picked up some proper braided 65lb test fishing line. Plenty strong enou...

• Bowsaw #1: Nice Kit! - 07-15-2009 07:03 PM | 5 comments

  The ever popular Joel over at Tools for Working Wood (also Grammery Tool), whom I also got my exc...

• Inlay Tools #5: Thicknessing Gauge - 07-13-2009 04:30 PM | 3 comments

  Once again, I went for some more of that curly spalted maple offcut. I spent some time seeing if ...

• Inlay Tools #4: Slicing Gauge - 07-13-2009 04:22 PM | 2 comments

  With my straight line cutter complete, I moved on to the slicing gauge. This tool, along with a s...

• Inlay Tools #3: Inlay Tools #3: Straight Line Cutter - 07-10-2009 02:55 PM | 5 comments

  The next tool up is the straight line cutter. This looked at lot more straightforward than the r...

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