| This blog is written by Rich | 36 entries so far |
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Shaper Origin Notes #4: Onboard Design Example
The Shaper Origin has a useful onscreen design mode to create basic shapes. It also has capabili...
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Shaper Origin Notes #3: The Shaper Workstation arrived
There is also a forum thread going on about the Shaper Origin. Apparently the November ship da...
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Shaper Origin Notes #2: Making a Sector
There is also a forum thread going on about the Shaper Origin. This post refers to the sector....
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Shaper Origin Notes #1: Intro
The Shaper Origin topic originated in this thread. I was encouraged early on to make it a blog, ...
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Color Matching Stain
I’m not posting this as a project since I didn’t build anything you’re seeing h...
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Sliding Miter Saw 5-cut Test
Someone challenged me a while back about my claim of having done a William Ng setup on my sliding...
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Hide Glue Pucks
Perhaps I should call them high-protein muffins. Anyway, I’m sure the hide glue experts wi...
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UV in the Shop #4: Fluorescent Lumber Crayons
I use lumber crayons for all sorts of marking on my work, from carpenter’s triangles, to ar...
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Cutlist Software
Foreword: I’ve only been using this app for a couple of weeks. I expect to learn more as I...
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Dado Jig for the Router
I built one of these a couple of years back and unfortunately didn’t make it long enough fo...
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Wood Defect and Damage Repair #2: Going Digital for Color Matching of Filler
I need to do a repair on a table top which involves matching the color of the filler to that of t...
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Adjusting the Incra IBOX in one pass - a foolproof method
When I first got the IBOX a couple of years ago, I was extremely frustrated by it. It’s a beauti...
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Wood Defect and Damage Repair #1: Using Epoxy Putty for Defect Repair
When replying to posts about repairing defects or other voids in wood, I often suggest using epox...
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UV in the Shop #3: Titebond II Fluorescent to the Rescue
NOTE: Since writing this blog entry I’ve experimented with mixing Titebond II Fluorescent ...
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UV in the Shop #2: Finding Flaws in Finish
Another thing that conveniently fluoresces in the shop is finish. Most finishes I’ve teste...
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UV in the Shop #1: Hide Glue Fluorescence
An interesting feature of hide glue is that it fluoresces under UV light. Most glues fluoresce t...
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Removing Bubbles in Epoxy Fill Using a Vacuum Chamber
I’m working a lot with mesquite lately. It often requires a significant amount of epoxy to...
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Homemade Hot Hide Glue Brush
I’ve become something of a hide glue junky. It started with liquid hide glue. I was intri...
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Folding Sandpaper
I know this seems like a trivial thing, but after folding sandpaper this way for decades, I was s...
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Cutting Thin Strips on the Table Saw — My Method
Disclaimer: Using a table saw in this manner is inherently dangerous. No one should attempt the...
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A Twist on The Wood Whisperer Crosscut Sled Slot Repair
I needed to repair the slot on my crosscut sled (actually three of them) after aligning my table ...
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Lock Miter Router Bit Setup
There was some discussion about lock miter bits on Rick M’s Deals thread. I didn’t w...
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Keeping Aerosol Spray Can Heads Clean
I’ve been experimenting with different spray toners lately, and I like to use cans pf pre-c...
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A shop made fixture for making face frames with the JessEm 08350 doweling jig
NOTE: The small face frame shown here is what I keep near the fixture for reference. It has not...
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Suspending power tools from the ceiling
OK, so I’d never considered this, but I was reading a piece about a small shop like mine (I...
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Happy New Year
Happy New Year guys & gals. Glad I found LJ, and looking forward to more great times on here...
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By the numbers
It’s hard to see in this resolution, but I used Soulver to do the numbers. It’s a so...
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First door. Glue up. Lessons learned.
Gluing up the first door was a challenge. I had no idea what to expect. I knew that, by myself,...
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Tests done, filling bags with shavings. Making the rails and stiles.
At this point, I felt I was as ready as I was going to be to get started. As a first effort, I c...
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Installing the bits and getting quite a surprise
The bits finally arrived. Freud includes a very detailed fold-out sheet that tells you everythin...
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Buying lumber and ordering the Freud bits
Once I had decided to commit to the project, I headed down to the local hardwood dealer, Woodwork...
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The Beginning
We moved into a house built in 1994 last November. It’s a great house with some nice remod...
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Homemade Punch Plate for Makita BO4900V 1/2 Sheet Sander
I’m sold on Makita sanders. I’ve owned Porter Cable sanders going back decades. Is ...
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Sandpaper Sheet Cutting Guide
Back when sandpaper had plain old paper backing, setting up a guide with an edge to tear against ...
