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Lego Table #14: Fixing the sliding bottom...
I had a eureka moment last night. How to get the false bottoms on the bins to slide in and out? I...
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Lego Table #13: Sliding bottom idea...
After a quick check on the wounded drawer to see how things were drying, I came to the conclusion...
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Lego Table #12: The Mistake
Well, as I sit here icing my hand, I can sit back and say once more with authority that I need a ...
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Lego Table #11: Drawer fronts
*Note, this post is image heavy. If you want to see all the pictures, click here see my woodwork...
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Lego Table #10: Pushing ahead with the drawers
Back in the shop and back on track after yesterday’s detour to make the shooting board. I put tog...
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Lego Table #9: Shooting board side project
So I took some time to think about how to get better results from my drawers (well…that sure soun...
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Lego Table #8: Making Drawers...or one drawer.
Had a blast up at the Great Wolf Lodge this past weekend—as proof of our never-say-die, got to ke...
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Lego Table #7: Good progress
This post contains a lot of images—I’ve posted some here, but for the rest, please vi...
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Lego Table #6: Hybrid woodworking
This post is fairly image heavy—I’ll post a few here but to see all the images, pleas...
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Lego Table #5: Prepping for paint...
Today I cut up the main play area surface (MDF). I knew I wanted to prime the base, so figured I’...
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Lego Table #4: Assembling the base
Today was a pretty productive day in that I got all the lower parts of the table ready for finish...
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Lego Table #3: Framework
First order of business today was to fix those tubafore supports in the table top. It was tedious...
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Lego Table #2: First cuts
After letting the lumber acclimate for a week, I’m back in the shop, ready to work on the Lego Ta...
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Lego Table #1: Design
The Big Project of 2015 I think I’m warmed up now. On to the big project (there’s still a few ...
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New Sawhorses
The background… Keeping the big project in mind, I realized I’d need to do some assembly work ...
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Mallet 2.0
A New Mallet To get back in the game, so to speak, I decided on a project that would be easy a...
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What Happened???
I’m baaaaaack! (Sort of) It’s been over a year now since my last post—it’s amazing how much ti...
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Rocket Bookcase #11: Liftoff!!!
Don’t know what it is about these last two posts…I’ve done something wrong and ...
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Rocket Bookcase #10: Detail Painting...
NOTE: for some reason, the images keep getting jacked up on this entry. So I’ll just the t...
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Desk Repair #3: Routing the Trim
Today, taking advantage of the 50° temperatures outside after another cold snap (yes, it snowed ...
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Rocket Bookcase #9: Painting (at last!)
It has been entirely too long since I last worked on my son’s bookcase. Since then, my wif...
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Desk Repair #2: Routing the trim...
Today, taking advantage of the 50° temperatures outside after another cold snap (yes, it snowed ...
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Desk Repair #1: Back to work...
Back in the heart of winter, oh, about a month ago, before my surgeries, before Percoset, before ...
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Opening Day 2014
It’s official! The Vaught Woodworks Shop is open for 2014. The weather finally eased the ...
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Rocket Bookcase #8: The Hinge...and my return!
At long last, I was cleared (sort of) for duty back in the shop. This back injury has been a doo...
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Hiss Drive Rover #6: Assembling the Drive
Now the fun part begins. This project is all well and good as a telescope base (albeit one tha...
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Hiss Drive Rover #5: The Lever, and Attaching the Top, Part Deux
At last it was time to fabricate a handle lever to attach to the rover—-oh, and complete th...
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Hiss Drive Rover #4: Attaching the Top Half
I had planned on attaching the top of the rover to the base today…I really did. But alas&#...
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Hiss Drive Rover #3: Adding Support and Wheels
Building off the early success of this project in it’s second incarnation, I started to dis...
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Hiss Drive Rover #2: Version 2.0
With the approach of Comet ISON and the Mars 2014 apparition getting under way and me out of comm...
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Hiss Drive Rover #1: Back to the Drawing Board
Note: I thought I had published this post back in the summer—-I was wrong. So…only 3...
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[Mobile Band Saw Base] Wheels and Such
At long last I was feeling well enough to strap on the back brace and tinker in the shop. First ...
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Kindle Kradle
As some or most of you may know, my back has been injured/screwed up since, oh…late July. ...
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[Mobile Band Saw Base] The Frame
Well, I’m still on quasi-bed rest from the doc. No lifting, no twisting, and no woodworkin...
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Band Saw fence
My father-in-law procured a new shop addition this past weekend, namely a Ryobi 9” benchtop...
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Rocket Bookcase #7: Update
Still working on this project but due to a back injury I’ve had to slow waaaaay down on my ...
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Hickory Harvest!
I love Autumn. Okay, so, this post isn’t technically about woodworking, though it does i...
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Some Days You Just Can't Win.
While waiting for parts of the Rocket Bookcase to dry, I launched into another project. Turns ou...
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My First Workbench #42: Leg Vise Chop Finished
Finally wrapped this project up, after some setbacks. To correct the angled chop I had to see ...
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My First Workbench #41: Leg Vise Chop: Seating the Garter
Good news bad news kind of day. Twice. The first thing that hit me today was that the bare sp...
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My First Workbench #40: Leg Vise Chop Carving Finished
Well, after two sweaty hours out in the shop today in ridiculous humidity, I was able to wrap up ...
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My First Workbench #39: Leg Vise Chop Carving Update III
Here’s the latest update. I scrapped the flames as too difficult for my skills/tools. ...
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My First Workbench #38: Leg Vise Chop Carving Update II
There’s not much that words can express that pictures can’t outdo…I got to carv...
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My First Workbench #37: Carving update
So I had some more time today in the shop and continued to work on the leg vise chop. There̵...
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Deep Thoughts #1: How I learned to stop worrying and love the oilstones...
Okay this post is definitely for the newcomers to the hobby or anyone who is stepping into the wo...
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My First Workbench #36: Starting to Carve the new Leg Vise
Got a little time in the shop left after repairing my jack plane iron—-that’s another...
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Carving Mallet Completion
I came real close…real close…to just going ahead and using the little carving mallet ...
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My Workbench: One Year Later #1: The Top
I thought I’d take some time to do something that I’ve been thinking about for a whil...
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My First Workbench #35: Leg Vice Chop Shaping Complete
Got to spend some more time in the shop after I put the kids to bed. I continued shaping the cho...
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Making a Carving Mallet for under $7
So if you read the other post on the leg vice chop, you know I’ve got some plans for a pret...
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My First Workbench #34: Slice and Dice the new Leg Vise Chop
Finally got a chance to sweat in the shop….I mean work in the shop today. Wisconsin may no...
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Shop Organization #3: Compressor shelf, router table shelf, coping saw jig
I had sporadic time in the shop today as the kids were in and out all morning and took very short...
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Rocket Bookcase #6: Assembling Stage Two
Had a little time today and thanks to the Kreg jig, made a lot of progress, relatively speaking. ...
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Sword #1: Progress
After seeing some amazing examples of swords produced by fellow Lumberjocks, I decided to try my ...
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My First Workbench #33: Leg Vise Chop Redux
Okay, so if you follow this blog, you’ll know that last year I built a leg vice and attache...
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Rocket Bookcase #5: Beginning Stage Two
Haven’t had a lot of shop time in the past week, too many tasks around the house and yester...
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Rocket Bookcase #4: Coopering the Base
Finally got back to work on this project…I dove right in with making the staves for thr coo...
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Rocket Bookcase #3: Stage I Assembly
Busy day today! The Stage I carcass is nearly complete! I planned on attaching the sides, cut...
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Rocket Bookcase #2: First Cuts
This design for this bookcase calls for a simple shape for the backing. In the previous post I m...
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Rocket Bookcase #1: The Design
Wallowing the success of the princess castle bookcase, I quickly realized that with our third chi...
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Drill Press Table #1: The Basics
For my castle bookcase project, I needed to make a series of 1” holes in a long strip of 1/...
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Router Table #2: The Fence
Took advantage of some quiet time after the kiddos went down tonight to make up some time on anot...
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Router Table #1: The Scrap Pile Got a Little Smaller...
As I contemplated working on Kylie’s Castle Bookcase, I realized that my plan for custom tr...
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Birthday Picture Frame for my Wife
Here’s another project I’ve recently completed and now have time to upload the blog e...
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Castle Bookcase #16: Grand Finale
Thus begins the home stretch. Yesterday, I glued up the letters, decorated some little stars and...
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Castle Bookcase #15: Paint, Paint, and More Paint
The color scheme on the castle is fairly simple, but it coordinates with Kylie’s bedding on...
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Castle Bookcase #14: Prepping for Paint
I wrapped up the final bits necessary before painting in the past few days. Here’s the run...
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Castle Bookcase #13: Drawbridge and Blog Anniversary
Well, time sure does fly. I was 1 year ago today that I started this blog with dreams of buildin...
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Castle Bookcase #12: Crenelations and Glue Up
A lot of progress today. I decided to skip using the round turret tops because it was proving to...
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Castle Bookcase #11: Gluing the Turrets
Today I finished the lower part of the turrets. The bottom pieces were glued up this morning. ...
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Castle Bookcase #10: Modifying the Turrets
I took the opportunity today to cut doorways in the sides of the turrets per Sara’s suggest...
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Castle Bookcase #9: We Got Turrets!
This is a short post but has a picture that shows more than I can write. I cut the sonotube up i...
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Castle Bookcase #8: First Tower
I spent the time I had today out in the muggy shop sweatin’ and sandin’. I took the ...
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Castle Bookcase #7: Decorations
After discussing it with my wife, we decided it would be better to have another shelf on the book...
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Castle Bookcase #6: Trim Part II
I used what time I had today to make the final cuts on the base moulding and attach both sides an...
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Castle Bookcase #5: Trim
Today was a short day in the shop. I had to split my time between the bookcase and weeding, trim...
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Castle Bookcase #4: Carcase Assembly Part II
Today I installed a block (2 2×4 cut-offs glued and screwed together) to support the bottom...
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Castle Bookcase #3: Carcase Assembly
Spent an hour in the shop today assembling the carcase. It was very quick. First I marked on th...
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Castle Bookcase #2: First Cuts
Today, I transferred all my measurements from the plans to the 1/2” ACX plywood (4’x4...
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Castle Bookcase #1: Design
In the spirit of keeping up to date, I’ve decided to post the blog entires for my recent ca...
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Drawer Insert
I have to say, one thing that really bugs me is the tiny drawers you typically find in bathroom v...
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Medal Chest #14: It's Done!
Note to my readers—-this is the secret project I’ve mentioned a few times. It has co...
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Medal Chest #13: Let's Get Shellacked
Note to my readers—-this is the secret project I’ve mentioned a few times. It has co...
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Medal Chest #12: Lining With Felt
Note to my readers—-this is the secret project I’ve mentioned a few times. It has co...
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Medal Chest #11: The Lid, or, No Tablesaw, No Problem!
Note to my readers—-this is the secret project I’ve mentioned a few times. It has co...
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Medal Chest #10: Router Inlay
Note to my readers—-this is the secret project I’ve mentioned a few times. It has co...
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Medal Chest #9: Finishing the Carving
Note to my readers: This entry is part of the secret project I’ve mention previously. Now...
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Medal Chest #8: Relief Carving is Good for the Soul
Note to my readers—-this is the secret project I’ve mentioned a few times. It has co...
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Medal Chest #7: Trimming the Fat in Style
Note to my readers—-this is the secret project I’ve mentioned a few times. It has co...
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Medal Chest #6: The Devil's in the Details
Note to my readers—-this is the secret project I’ve mentioned a few times. It has co...
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Medal Chest #5: Fitting It All Together
Note to my readers—-this is the secret project I’ve mentioned a few times. It has co...
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Medal Chest #4: More Dovetails...
Note to my readers—-this is the secret project I’ve mentioned a few times. It has co...
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Medal Chest #3: First Dovetails!
Note to my readers—-this is the secret project I’ve mentioned a few times. It has co...
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Medal Chest #2: Let's Start This Project (right after I make a jig)
Note to my readers—-this is the secret project I’ve mentioned a few times. It has co...
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Medal Chest #1: Using REAL Wood
Note to my readers—-this is the secret project I’ve mentioned a few times. It has co...
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[Moxon Mini-bench] For sooth, mine bench completeth well.
Jumping back in to the icebox, I mean shop, I finished up the Moxon mini-bench today and am well ...
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[Moxon Mini-bench] Save thy back.
Well, after stooping over to cut three of the four dovetail joints for the project I’m work...
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[Dovetail Box] Adding chip carving...
Flush with my modest progress in the last post, I decided to jazz up the little box some before a...
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Shop time and dovetails (at last)
After what seemed to me (someone who’s lived in a state where winter was 3 months—Jan...
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Staining with tea.
Okay, there are a lot of pictures in this one, so I’m going to post the final image down be...
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My carving adventure begins!
My lovely bride got me a book and two chip carving knives for my birthday on Tuesday. I have to ...
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Saw till
I decided to burn through some more of my scrap wood, this time stuff left over from when I built...
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Cleaning great-grandpa's tools...
I decided to try my hand today at cleaning my great-grandfather Herbie's tools that my dad donate...
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Practice box.
I’ve been working for about two weeks off and on now on this project and I was so engrossed...
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Lamp Mounting Plates Day 3: The carving.
More progress on Jim’s light plates has occurred lately. Here’s the update: I too...
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Miter saw station/router table...on wheels!
For a while now (since June when my wife and I ripped out the powder bath vanity and put in the g...
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Lamp Mounting Plates Day 2: Progress
Got a hold of some free time today during naps and continued work on Jim’s aspen mounting p...
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Family tools and my first tool gloat!
Just before we left on our trip, my parents came up from Florida to visit in the last week in Oct...
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Shop Organization #2: Clamp storage.
For the pictures, click here. After returning from the Bahamas, I had a long list of projects ...
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Shop Organization #1: Chisel Rack!
For all the version with pictures, please click here. I guess I got a bug to get more organize...
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Krokskaft....or, how Mjolnir died.
For the pictures, please click here. Ah, it’s good to be back in the shop. Took a break...
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Mjolnir (part 3), or, A lesson in sticking with the plan
For all the evidence—-I mean pictures——please click here. As the title says,...
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Mjolnir (part 2)
To see the pictures, please click here. After finishing up the leg vise yesterday, I had a lit...
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My First Workbench #32: Day 33: Leg Vise finished!
For the glory shots of the completed leg vise, please click here. Today, I finally can scratch...
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My First Workbench #31: Day 32: Mounting the Leg Vise (part 4)
For the image heavy version of this post, please click here. At last, the day arrived when I c...
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My First Workbench #30: Day 31: Mounting the Leg Vise (part 3)
Please click here to see the version with pictures. I made some good progress for the 20 minut...
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Mjolnir (part 1)
To see the pictures, please click here. At long last I have begun construction of my first mal...
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My First Workbench #29: Day 30: Mounting the Leg Vise (part 2)
For the version with pictures, please click here. I didn’t have much spare time today bu...
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Lamp Mounting Plates Day 1: The Design
For the version with pictures, please click here. My father-in-law has commissioned me (I gues...
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My First Workbench #28: Day 29: Mounting the Leg Vise (part 1)
Here’s the link to the post with pictures. Today I finally had enough of thinking and wo...
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My First Workbench #27: Day 28: Leg Vise chop final touches
To see the version with all the pictures (there’s a lot!) click here. I am forcing mysel...
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Bench Hooks!
To see the pictures, please click here or see my project page. To top off a really productive ...
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My First Workbench #26: Day 27: Utility Shelf
For the version with pictures, please see this page. I got a hold of some more quality time in...
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Telrad Base part 2
To see more pictures of the project, click here. Continuing work on the Telrad base was easy&#...
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Dueling hobbies---Astronomy and woodworking
Please click here for this image heavy post. For those of you who don’t know me, I am an...
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My First Workbench #25: Leg Vise shaping part 2
To see the post with pictures, please click here. I got back to work shaping the chop for my l...
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My First Workbench #24: Day 24: Starting the leg vise.
To view the post with pictures, please click here. Had to start sometime I guess! I didn̵...
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My First Workbench #23: Day 23: Plugs for top anchors.
For the version with pictures, please click here. I didn’t have a lot of time today betw...
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My First Workbench #22: Day 22: Attaching the top!
For the version with pictures, please click here. I didn’t have a lot of time today, may...
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My First Workbench #21: Day 21: More planing...more sweating.
For the picture heavy version, please click here! Today was all about the grind. Just grit yo...
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My First Workbench #20: Day 20: Leveling the top is a full body workout.
For the dramatic (or not so dramatic) before and after pictures, please click here. A busy wee...
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How I fixed Herbie's Hammer...or how I love old tools.
To see the pictures of the hammer fix, please click here. As promised in Day 19 of the Workben...
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My First Workbench #19: Day 19: Assembling the base!
To see the version with pictures, please click here. Finally, the day I’ve been working ...
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My First Workbench #18: Day 18: The big dry fit!
To see the picture heavy version of this post, please click here! Very excited today because I...
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My First Workbench #17: Day 17: Cutting the Bridle Joints...
To see the version with pictures, please click here. I didn’t have much time in the shop...
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My First Workbench #16: Day 16: Winding sticks and cutting rail tenons.
For the pictures, please click here. I had some time this morning with kids out playing with c...
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My First Workbench #15: Day 15: Working on the top.
For the version with pictures, please click here. After reviewing tye excellent advice I recie...
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My First Workbench #14: Day 14: Trimming Tenons and legs...
For all the pictures, please click here. Note: This was supposed to have been posted Saturday ...
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My First Workbench #13: Day 13: Dry fit the base!
As usual, for the pictures, click here. Today was very exciting! I decided to finish the base...
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My First Workbench #12: Day 12: More mortises.
(Only one picture for this short update today so I decided to post it here too!) Nothing speci...
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My First Workbench #11: Day 11: Mortises, Tenons, Sharpening, oh my!
Please click here for the version with pictures. After a few friendly reminders, I realize tha...
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My First Workbench #10: Day 10: Glue up finished, starting on joinery
If you want to see the version with all the pictures, please click here. I got up with the sun...
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My First Workbench #9: Day 9: Still gluing...and my first tenon!
Note: To see today's pictures click here. My goal for today was to smooth out the tops of the ...
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My First Workbench #8: Day 8: Still gluing the top...
To see this post with pictures, please click here! Nothing nearly so exciting as yesterday’s p...
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My First Workbench #7: Day 7: Progress and lots of it!
Got a lot done today. My wonderful wife got up with the kids this morning to allow me to get dow...
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My First Workbench #6: Day 6: Short on time...
Didn’t get nearly what I wanted accomplished today. Must have jinxed myself yesterday by p...
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My First Workbench #5: Day 5: Slugging it out
Today was all about slugging it out. I ended up smashing my knuckles against the wall stud IR...
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My First Workbench #4: Day 4: Just Plane Fun
Got some more time in the shop today working on my bench…now that all the boards for the to...
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My First Workbench #3: How I learned to stop worrying and love the miter saw
OOOH I had fun today! After a few days off visiting relatives, I was finally afforded time back ...
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My First Workbench #2: Day 2 The cross cut jig
I’m letting the wood acclimate to the garage a bit and focus on other tasks around the hous...
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My First Workbench #1: Day 1
After debating with myself for the past 6 months or so, I finallly decided on a design and got th...
