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• Questions #1: Want to get into lathe work - 12-17-2009 02:31 AM | 6 comments

  Well, with all my hard work and time put into restoring my great grandfather’s lathe, I fin...

• Firewood/lumber question - 11-07-2009 04:06 AM | 11 comments

  So we are having this big bonfire tomorrow like we do every year on my grandparent’s proper...

• Lessons... #3: Inheriting Tools #3 - 05-15-2009 04:26 PM | 5 comments

  Well yet again I was very fortunate to have woodworkers in the family, and I recently came across...

• Lessons... #2: Inheriting Tools #2 - 04-23-2009 03:40 AM | 0 comments

  Well after finally figuring out how to use my router and router table (thanks to many a help from...

• Dovetail Jig #1: 75% Done - 04-22-2009 02:44 AM | 15 comments

  This is a dovetail jig I’m working on from some plans of an old Shop Notes Magazine. The or...

• Lessons... #1: Inheriting Tools - 04-21-2009 11:30 PM | 13 comments

  I recently went digging through my late Grandfather’s garage and found a practically new Cr...