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#1 ·
New band saw

Well i read a review on a craftsman 10 inch band-saw and seeing it was my birthday my wife bought it for me. The first thing i did was attempt to square it up. I have failed miserably. I will start again after some research on tuning a band-saw.
I have made a cabriolet [hpoe i speeled that wright] leg out of a treated 4 by 4 so that generated me making a table to out of ceder. I will place it at the garden for when i am tired of hoeing and my wife and I will have coffee and enjoy our hard work.
I love to hand cut dovetails but i just could not resist in using the band saw to cut some box joints. I was very impressed. I hope to have a few projects completed and some pictures to follow.
 
#355 ·
Simple Handcut Dovetails my way.

I have been asked to show a short video on my method of cutting dovetails. So here ya go Paul. Now two things, first I am near blind and the board is just some scrap. This is just a short demonstration.
I had a long list of step by step instructions and I don't think I will post those. I will let the video do all the telling of the story. But a few things. I am a tail first kind of guy. I choose tails first for the big reason that you have the face of the board facing you. So if there are any mistakes in the pass of the saw it will be on the inside of the joint. I use Japanese saws. I like the cut on the pull.
Please ask questions.
Any and all input is welcome.
Can anyone find the big oops in the video?
 
#356 ·
Well I watched it twice and haven't found the oops moment yet. I'll be watching to see what other's say though. I was hoping I'd find it just so I could rib you about it.
Great work as always.
I know how to cut dovetails, but have never been able to make it look as effortless as you do. That's why I call you the Dovetail Master when I talk to other people.

Well, when I'm not calling you other things.
 
#416 ·
What a great easter weekend!

The week end started with me filling my wife's order for four more picture frames. From scratch and 2 ten foot 2/4. I got it done.
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That is done and they are hanging in the living room.
Then a package came from a fellow LJ, Paul David Soto.
It seems he had been to Japan and had some inspiration.
Wood Gas Wood stain Hardwood Font


Another package came and a Ohio tongue and groove plane was in it. Its missing one iron but with time I should be able to find one.
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I needed some nails from the big orange box. I like to take concrete nails and heat the heads cherry red. Then wack em to a square end. While I was getting the nails they had a box of nails right next to them and I had to get some. They only had them in 8 penny.
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Then anothe package came. This one was from eBay and I had a few eBay bucks built up. I bid and won. With shipping I got them for $.62.
Irwin bits
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My prize for the Stumpy Nubs Tuba-four contest came.
A book, bumper sticker and an autographed picture of the Stumps.
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The picture holds a spot on the shop wall.
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Then the best package of all. I got this from eBay for a grand total of $27.00
The list of tools

Stanley

~Job Master Ball pein

~#62 SW marking Gauge

~9 1/2 block plane

~110 body

~#122 12" rule

~#364 torpedo level

~#117 scratch awl

~#25 bevel gauge

~8" square

~4" square

~#1220 egg beater drill

~# 26n masters 6' folding ruler

~Lufkin 4" callipers
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The plane was all I could get to clean up today.
It is doing pretty well. Still needs a bit of tweaking.
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It has been a great weekend. I have done some projects for the wife. Received gifts from good friends and had a bunch of Stanley tools to play with. Made a short film on dovetailing as well.
I do love this site> I have received so much kindness and friendship from here. A woodworkers heart is one of giving and friendship. Thank you guys for being YOU!
 

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#417 ·
What a great easter weekend!

The week end started with me filling my wife's order for four more picture frames. From scratch and 2 ten foot 2/4. I got it done.
Wood Floor Building Wood stain Hardwood


Wood Table Flooring Wood stain Floor


That is done and they are hanging in the living room.
Then a package came from a fellow LJ, Paul David Soto.
It seems he had been to Japan and had some inspiration.
Wood Gas Wood stain Hardwood Font


Another package came and a Ohio tongue and groove plane was in it. Its missing one iron but with time I should be able to find one.
Brown Wood Wood stain Hardwood Gas


Wood Floor Wood stain Safety glove Flooring


I needed some nails from the big orange box. I like to take concrete nails and heat the heads cherry red. Then wack em to a square end. While I was getting the nails they had a box of nails right next to them and I had to get some. They only had them in 8 penny.
Wood Gas Font Measuring instrument Office ruler


Rectangle Automotive lighting Gas Bumper Wood


Table Wood Gas Ceiling Hardwood


Then anothe package came. This one was from eBay and I had a few eBay bucks built up. I bid and won. With shipping I got them for $.62.
Irwin bits
Wood Tool Hardwood Wood stain Lumber


Wood Household hardware Art Metal Hardwood


Brown Food Wood Ingredient Cuisine


My prize for the Stumpy Nubs Tuba-four contest came.
A book, bumper sticker and an autographed picture of the Stumps.
Brown Wood Font Publication Art


Handwriting Signature Font Rectangle Art


The picture holds a spot on the shop wall.
Wood Font Art Hardwood Visual arts


Then the best package of all. I got this from eBay for a grand total of $27.00
The list of tools

Stanley

~Job Master Ball pein

~#62 SW marking Gauge

~9 1/2 block plane

~110 body

~#122 12" rule

~#364 torpedo level

~#117 scratch awl

~#25 bevel gauge

~8" square

~4" square

~#1220 egg beater drill

~# 26n masters 6' folding ruler

~Lufkin 4" callipers
Wood Wood stain Hardwood Tool Auto part


Wood Automotive exterior Hardwood Auto part Wood stain


Hand tool Wood Musical instrument Metalworking hand tool Tool


Ruler Wood Office ruler Wood stain Font


Wood Household hardware Door Wood stain Hardwood


The plane was all I could get to clean up today.
It is doing pretty well. Still needs a bit of tweaking.
Plane Smoothing plane Shoulder plane Block plane Wood


Brown Wood Hardwood Gadget Communication Device


Ingredient Cuisine Wood Dish Burmese python


It has been a great weekend. I have done some projects for the wife. Received gifts from good friends and had a bunch of Stanley tools to play with. Made a short film on dovetailing as well.
I do love this site> I have received so much kindness and friendship from here. A woodworkers heart is one of giving and friendship. Thank you guys for being YOU!
it looks like you've confused xmas and easter Dave. Nice week end for you.
 

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#445 ·
Xylophone for my grandson

I made a xylophone for my grandsons second birthday. I had seen a old woodwright show where Roy had shown how to make a xylophone. The frame is red oak, the bars are also red oak. The mallets are made of sapele and popular. The frame was built and held together with dowels. The bars were cut then I used sawdust to find the dead spots to place the mounting holes. I used little squares of leather to float the bars above the frame. Here are some pictures and a short video.
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Thanks for your time.
 

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#446 ·
Xylophone for my grandson

I made a xylophone for my grandsons second birthday. I had seen a old woodwright show where Roy had shown how to make a xylophone. The frame is red oak, the bars are also red oak. The mallets are made of sapele and popular. The frame was built and held together with dowels. The bars were cut then I used sawdust to find the dead spots to place the mounting holes. I used little squares of leather to float the bars above the frame. Here are some pictures and a short video.
Wood Grass Cross Grassland Grass family


Hand Wood Cookie cutter Art Wood stain


Wood Natural material Hand tool Grass Grass family


Wood Grass Natural material Wood stain Hardwood


Wood Rectangle Wood stain Plank Hardwood


Wood Natural material Grass Wood stain Hardwood



Thanks for your time.
That is cools Super.
I'll bet he loves it.
I hadn't thought of using wood for the sound bars.
I was looking a while back a a set, a very expensive set, of metal sound bars in one of my catalogs.
 

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#479 ·
nautilus cam bench clamp

I have seen cam clamps for benches of all shapes and patterns. I thought of the nautilus shell because of the golden ratio. Most cam clamps use a progressing curve. The shell is an easy to find curve on the internet. I have made 6. If they are used in a pair the need for a bit of friction is due. If used this way a piece of leather or some sandpaper should be applied to the edge of the pair. If you use the in a set of four they hold very well. I will apply sandpaper to two of them and keep the other four without. I like this for speed of clamping. If I am doing a lot of batch work this are a near perfect method of holding the piece. I have seen this shape used for holding rigging on sailing ships. The project is an easy build and fun to make.
I will also post this as a project for the Stumpy Nubs Jig contest.
Video as follows.

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Thanks for your time!
All comments and questions are welcome.
 

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#480 ·
nautilus cam bench clamp

I have seen cam clamps for benches of all shapes and patterns. I thought of the nautilus shell because of the golden ratio. Most cam clamps use a progressing curve. The shell is an easy to find curve on the internet. I have made 6. If they are used in a pair the need for a bit of friction is due. If used this way a piece of leather or some sandpaper should be applied to the edge of the pair. If you use the in a set of four they hold very well. I will apply sandpaper to two of them and keep the other four without. I like this for speed of clamping. If I am doing a lot of batch work this are a near perfect method of holding the piece. I have seen this shape used for holding rigging on sailing ships. The project is an easy build and fun to make.
I will also post this as a project for the Stumpy Nubs Jig contest.
Video as follows.

Wood Table Flooring Wood stain Hardwood


Brown Wood Rectangle Font Beige


Wood Table Wood stain Floor Hardwood


Table Wood Flooring Wood stain Floor


Brown Wood Wood stain Hardwood Door


Wood Hardwood Flooring Art Wood stain


Rectangle Slope Line Parallel Font


Thanks for your time!
All comments and questions are welcome.
Very cool Dave - I am kind of surprised how many power tools it took to create those hand tools clamps! :) Looks like they work great…..nice production!
 

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#505 ·
New blog site

I want all my friends to now I am a proud Lumberjock. I have been wanting to grow a bit and have chosen to start my own web page. I will be learning to forge and needed to spread out into metalwork. I will still continue to post and blog here because lj's is one of the biggest woodworking social forums in the world. I have made many great and wonderful friendships here. The management have been kind and thoughtful in the care of this site. So I would like for you to stop by and take a look. Give me some feed back. If you could stumble, like, 1+ and or tweet it for me.
Tell me what you think here or there.
WWW.CHISELANDFORGE.COM
 
#506 ·
Hi Dave,

Didn't have the time to really look INTO your site clicking links, etc., etc.

My first impression was GREAT SITE!

Looks super good!

Are you doing it yourself?
Who are you using for a Server, domain, etc.
(I'm using Godaddy)

Will take a better look later…

You're doing GREAT!

Thank you!
 
#534 ·
Just an update.

Hey guys sorry for not posting much. I have been real busy at work and the wife has had me doing some home remodeling. A lot of you have seen these, but I was asked to update them here.

Stanley 71 and Veritas



Block Planes.

Whale Tail joint.

Thanks guys.
Update
 
#560 ·
Very kool IM, Dave. Will the music play when the book opens? Also, where did you get the music workings? Thnx in advance, just curious. OH, almost forgot, that Birdseye Maple looks awesome after using that finely tuned scraper… Well done. Gr8 way ta do it. Very simple, very effective. Lotsa gr8 tips there my friend.
 
#575 ·
Music Book II

I had enough of the birds-eye maple to make a second book. I wanted to make one a bit smaller. The spines of the books are tiger maple and I wanted a contrasting wood for the pages, Granadillo was handy and I think a fine contrast. I worked on the smaller book first to get the bugs and design changes out of the way before finishing the larger book. I am thinking on poping the grain with some gel stain and then a good rub down with BLO and a french polish finish. I might try an airbrush technique that I have used before on smaller items.
Short video.
 
#602 ·
Winter is coming so I desided to install a stove. Now I cant wait for the cold!

Harbor Freight sent me a coupon for $120.00 off of there $249 stove. So I jumped on the deal. I got a stove for $139.99. I brought it home and set it up. I built a fire in it to burn it in and get all the oils and smells burnt off.
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I need to place it in this corner.
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I used concrete backer board on the floor and the wall.
Wood Floor Line Flooring Gas


I used some extra floor tiles I had saved just for this purpose.
Wood Tool Gas Cylinder Nickel


I lined the backer board on the wall with sheet metal. I also lined the t111 between the studs with a heavy gauge of sheet metal.
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I cut a ten inch hole in the wall then cut a six inch circle in the sheet metal. I also lined the hole in the t111 witl some metal corner flashing.
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I welded a l bracket together and bolted it to the outside wall. Then attached the stove pipe to it so it would be stable.
Now because I lost a corner of my shop. The rest of the shop is a total wreck. Well we will have to toss out a lot and get creative with storage.
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I had to reroute some wiring as well. I had been using two electric heaters. I would have to go and turn them on for a few hours to to get the room to where I didn't have to wear a coat. Most of the tools on the wall were using french cleats so that shouldn't be a problem. And now I have a place to toss all those scraps pluse brew a pot of coffee. Thanks for reading.
 

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#603 ·
Winter is coming so I desided to install a stove. Now I cant wait for the cold!

Harbor Freight sent me a coupon for $120.00 off of there $249 stove. So I jumped on the deal. I got a stove for $139.99. I brought it home and set it up. I built a fire in it to burn it in and get all the oils and smells burnt off.
Light Motor vehicle Automotive exterior Grass Gas


Motor vehicle Heat Automotive tire Gas Bumper


I need to place it in this corner.
Wood Machine Hardwood Engineering Art


I used concrete backer board on the floor and the wall.
Wood Floor Line Flooring Gas


I used some extra floor tiles I had saved just for this purpose.
Wood Tool Gas Cylinder Nickel


I lined the backer board on the wall with sheet metal. I also lined the t111 between the studs with a heavy gauge of sheet metal.
Wood Door Wood stain Hardwood Fixture


I cut a ten inch hole in the wall then cut a six inch circle in the sheet metal. I also lined the hole in the t111 witl some metal corner flashing.
Sky Tree Wood Cloud Building


I welded a l bracket together and bolted it to the outside wall. Then attached the stove pipe to it so it would be stable.
Now because I lost a corner of my shop. The rest of the shop is a total wreck. Well we will have to toss out a lot and get creative with storage.
Engineering Machine Market City Box


Wood Machine Art Window Building

I had to reroute some wiring as well. I had been using two electric heaters. I would have to go and turn them on for a few hours to to get the room to where I didn't have to wear a coat. Most of the tools on the wall were using french cleats so that shouldn't be a problem. And now I have a place to toss all those scraps pluse brew a pot of coffee. Thanks for reading.
nice!i would love to have one in my shop someday.the heat they put off plus i love the smell of wood burning.thanks for sharing.
 

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#655 ·
Roys Dovetail Grease box

I had a snow day and built this little guy. It was a fun day project and I learned a few things to.
Being all out of mutton tallow I filled mine with wax.
It is made from Black Walnut and the dovetail key is Texas Ebony
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Did I mention that we got a inch of snow down here in the deep south. Well everything shuts down. But it is pretty.
 

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#656 ·
Roys Dovetail Grease box

I had a snow day and built this little guy. It was a fun day project and I learned a few things to.
Being all out of mutton tallow I filled mine with wax.
It is made from Black Walnut and the dovetail key is Texas Ebony
Wood Wood stain Hardwood Lumber Flooring


Wood Table Hardwood Wood stain Mallet


Wood Wood stain Hardwood Flooring Plank


Wood Stonemason's hammer Hardwood Wood stain Metal


Wood Wood stain Hardwood Flooring Plank


Wood Flooring Wooden block Wood stain Hardwood


Did I mention that we got a inch of snow down here in the deep south. Well everything shuts down. But it is pretty.
Very nice, Dave! I love walnut.
 

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#679 ·
4 LumberJocks Meet

Well four of the members of this site got together on a Saturday afternoon. BoxcarMarty, Eddie, William and Superdave721 meet up at Williams Shop. We had a wonderful time. We told tall tails and discussed woodworking. Gifts were exchanged and I believe the coffee pot never ran dry.
Marty was coming down on a trip to the Gulf of Mexico and that gave us an chance to get together. Eddie came over from Louisiana and I from middle Mississippi. We met at Williams shop and the fun began.
This site is the only reason these four people know each other. I want to thank Lumberjocks for that very reason.
Martin and Ms. Debbie THANK YOU!
I wished more could have come.
I didn't get as many picture as I wanted to. I did the best I could with what I had.
Jeans Trousers Wood Engineering Machine

Jokes were told and we talked of the other friends we have on line. If you have the chance meet up with you fellow woodworkers. I bet you won't regret it!
Go to the home pages, introduce yourself and make a new friend. We are only as wealthy as the number of loved ones and friends we have. You can't buy that.

I wish every one health and well being.
 

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#680 ·
4 LumberJocks Meet

Well four of the members of this site got together on a Saturday afternoon. BoxcarMarty, Eddie, William and Superdave721 meet up at Williams Shop. We had a wonderful time. We told tall tails and discussed woodworking. Gifts were exchanged and I believe the coffee pot never ran dry.
Marty was coming down on a trip to the Gulf of Mexico and that gave us an chance to get together. Eddie came over from Louisiana and I from middle Mississippi. We met at Williams shop and the fun began.
This site is the only reason these four people know each other. I want to thank Lumberjocks for that very reason.
Martin and Ms. Debbie THANK YOU!
I wished more could have come.
I didn't get as many picture as I wanted to. I did the best I could with what I had.
Jeans Trousers Wood Engineering Machine

Jokes were told and we talked of the other friends we have on line. If you have the chance meet up with you fellow woodworkers. I bet you won't regret it!
Go to the home pages, introduce yourself and make a new friend. We are only as wealthy as the number of loved ones and friends we have. You can't buy that.

I wish every one health and well being.
Video is still Private!
 

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#692 ·
4 LumberJocks Meet

Well four of the members of this site got together on a Saturday afternoon. BoxcarMarty, Eddie, William and Superdave721 meet up at Williams Shop. We had a wonderful time. We told tall tails and discussed woodworking. Gifts were exchanged and I believe the coffee pot never ran dry.
Marty was coming down on a trip to the Gulf of Mexico and that gave us an chance to get together. Eddie came over from Louisiana and I from middle Mississippi. We met at Williams shop and the fun began.
This site is the only reason these four people know each other. I want to thank Lumberjocks for that very reason.
Martin and Ms. Debbie THANK YOU!
I wished more could have come.
I didn't get as many picture as I wanted to. I did the best I could with what I had.
Jeans Trousers Wood Engineering Machine

Jokes were told and we talked of the other friends we have on line. If you have the chance meet up with you fellow woodworkers. I bet you won't regret it!
Go to the home pages, introduce yourself and make a new friend. We are only as wealthy as the number of loved ones and friends we have. You can't buy that.

I wish every one health and well being.
No i didn't get one. Marty we need some pics please.
Thank you Jeff you were the highlight of a few conversations.
And they were all good.
 

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#771 ·
Top Ten Tools

Chad Stanton asked me what my top ten tools would be. I had a hard time with this but came up with my list.
Chad did one two. His is a hybrid list and mine is a traditional list.
What would your top ten be?

 
#772 ·
That was a good look inside the thought process behind your tool selections, for both you and Chad.
Though I believe, my thought process is much more similar to Safety Dan's!!!
 
#791 ·
Dave, you're alive! Cooling down a bit where you are finally?

If you want a pure linseed oil that dries a bit faster than the raw, take a look at the Tried and True stuff that Lee Valley carries. Their "Danish Oil" is pure linseed oil that is heat treated like boiled linseed oil was back in the day as far as I can tell. The label lists it as edible if I recall.

I'd love to find a place nearby that sells real turpentine like that. Turpentine still is a little toxic, but it has to be better than mineral spirits.
 
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