This blog is written by Don | 31 entries so far |
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Deck upgrade
Spent the summer resurfacing my deck. Next spring I plan to replace the rails and stairs.These pi...
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I'm Back!
I know I’ve been having a busy summer and hadn’t been on Lumberjocks in quite a while...
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The garage is all mine!
For the last 5 years since I bought a house and set up a shop in my garage I’ve been keepin...
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My 1st Attempt at Greene and Greene Style Furniture #15: Lagavulin
I couldn’t think of a better way to celebrate the completion of a project like this than my favor...
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My 1st Attempt at Greene and Greene Style Furniture #14: Ebony Pulls
Ebony pulls are done and mounted. I even got the first coat of finish on them. I almost had to ca...
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My 1st Attempt at Greene and Greene Style Furniture #13: Hickory Pulls
Yea, I know these are supposed to be made out of Ebony but I don’t cut anything out of ebon...
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My 1st Attempt at Greene and Greene Style Furniture #12: Working on the Finish
The more I looked at the tops the less I liked how much lighter they were than the rest of the ta...
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Wood Gloat (almost)
The power company had to cut down my Cedar tree because it had overgrown an access gate and they ...
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My 1st Attempt at Greene and Greene Style Furniture #11: Almost there...
All that’s left is drawer pulls, the bottom shelfs, and a few more coats of finish. I decic...
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My 1st Attempt at Greene and Greene Style Furniture #10: No more Plugs!
I’ve got all the holes and plugs cut and if I never have to cut another Greene and Greene s...
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My 1st Attempt at Greene and Greene Style Furniture #9: Not going to make it...
I really hoped that I would finish these up by the time my holiday vacation ended but since that ...
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My 1st Attempt at Greene and Greene Style Furniture #8: Plugs and Splines
Had I realized there are a total of 40 decorative plugs and splines required for each table I mig...
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1st Anniversary
One year ago today I joined Lumber Jocks with the expectation that it was just another woodworkin...
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My 1st Attempt at Greene and Greene Style Furniture #7: Working on the tops
I almost titled this “Screw Up #2” since I had a little mishap when cutting the splin...
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My 1st Attempt at Greene and Greene Style Furniture #6: All cleaned up.
The gorilla glue squeeze out was much easier to clean up that I expected but I could still kick m...
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My 1st Attempt at Greene and Greene Style Furniture #5: Rolling along
I didn’t make as much progress as I’d hoped a couple of weeks ago when I posted my la...
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My 1st Attempt at Greene and Greene Style Furniture #4: First glue-up
Getting all the mortise and tenons to fit good is taking a bit longer than I thought it might. I ...
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My 1st Attempt at Greene and Greene Style Furniture #3: Back on Track
Well I’m back on track after last weeks screw up with the tenons. I’ve got them all f...
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My 1st Attempt at Greene and Greene Style Furniture #2: First Screw Up
This week I got all the mortises cut into the legs without any problems. My new Grizzly mortisor ...
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My 1st Attempt at Greene and Greene Style Furniture #1: The Beginning - With help from Darrell Peart
I’ve been an admirer of Greene and Greene style of furniture for a long time. I love the soft edg...
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Tool Gloat
I’m beginning a new project in the style of Greene and Greene and to do that I need to be a...
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SawStop #4: The Assembly, Phase 2
It took less time to complete the rest of the assembly than I thought. The directions really are ...
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SawStop #3: The Assembly, Phase 1
Last night I got the main part of the saw assembled including the extension wings, rails, and ext...
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SawStop #2: Unpacking
I got most of it unpacked last night after posting the first blog. The instructions said to get a...
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SawStop #1: The Arrival
I finally got fed up with my cheap General hybrid table saw. It’s been a good saw for the m...
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Double Dovetail Box #6: The End
The box is almost done. First thing I did today was cut the top to fit. I inititially cut it the ...
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Double Dovetail Box #5: Assembling the box and Starting the top
Everything about the double dovetail joint is complete. I hope it was cear enough for folks to ma...
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Double Dovetail Box #4: Cutting The Remaining Dovetails
I didn’t quite get the box assembled on Sunday but I was close. Next step after gluing t...
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Double Dovetail Box #3: Attaching the Corners
Well I’m back from California. I enjoyed the trip but it was raining more there than it doe...
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Double Dovetail Box #2: Cutting the first set of dovetails
I’m not planning on going into all the gory details about how to cut the dovetails, that wo...
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Double Dovetail Box #1: Milling the parts.
A1Jim suggested I post a blog to describe how I did the double dovetail Joint I used on my Spalte...