| This blog is written by helluvawreck | 36 entries so far |
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Constructing My New 30 X 30 Shop #9: Finished Shop, Equipment in Shop But Not Setup
This is the last part in this blog about my shop construction. The following pictures show a few ...
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Constructing My New 30 X 30 Shop #8: Siding, Heat Pump, Insulation, Steps and Deck
In this part I document the installation of the siding, heat pump, insulation, steps and deck. Ev...
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Constructing My New 30 X 30 Shop #7: Roof Framing and Sheeting
I apologize for the delay in getting this part of my blog up. I’ve been a little busy and I...
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Constructing My New 30 X 30 Shop #6: Putting the Exterior Sheeting on Walls
The next step in the construction of my shop was to install the exterior sheeting. This will stif...
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Constructing My New 30 X 30 Shop #5: Framing the Walls
I made a decision early on that the shop would have 10 ft walls and 2 X 6 studs. I think that the...
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Constructing My New 30 X 30 Shop #4: Pouring Floor
The pouring of the floor went well. The moisture barrier was placed down and the forms for the fl...
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Constructing My New 30 X 30 Shop #3: Pouring Foundation Walls, Backfilling Walls, Red Barn
The pouring of the walls went well. There was ample steel rebar in the footings and the walls wer...
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Constructing My New 30 X 30 Shop #2: Clearing Site and Preparing Foundation for Pouring
Unfortunately I lost some pictures of clearing the underbrush and the trees that needed to come d...
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Constructing My New 30 X 30 Shop #1: Site Selection and Shop Orientation
This whole year has not been very productive for me. A little over a year ago we lost our plant t...
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What's the Best Way to Heat a 30' X 30' Shop With 10' Walls?
I am going to build a new shop and I’m hoping that I can build it 30’ x 30’ x 1...
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Working On My Shop With Plans and Hopes and Dreams #3: Adding Tools To My Cupboard
I’m still working on my shop. Unfortunately I’ve had a few interruptions with a honey...
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Working On My Shop With Plans and Hopes and Dreams #2: Building a Wall Tool Cupboard
In this part of this blog I will show the preparation of what I call a wall tool cupboard. I woul...
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Working On My Shop With Plans and Hopes and Dreams #1: I Built Four Wall Cabinets
Some of you probably know that I have mostly been carving in my shop nearly every weekend for alm...
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My Painting Station
Some of you are aware that I am trying to teach myself how to do folk art painting; it is also ca...
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My Woodworking Blog
About a year or so ago I set up a blog and then I promptly forgot about it after making the first...
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Green Men and Wood Spirits #2: My Second Green Man - It's larger and deeper.
This green man is from a pattern by the famous artist and woodcarver, Lora S Irish. The pattern i...
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Green Men and Wood Spirits #1: My First Green Man
This is my first carving of a Green Man. This is carved from the pattern that is in the book, Rel...
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I Carved the Sun #2: - Carving the Larger Sun
This sun was carved from a pattern by the wonderful artist and woodcarver, Lora S. Irish and is i...
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I Carved the Sun #1: - Carving the Smaller Sun
About 4 weeks ago I carved this sun. It is a pattern by Lora S. Irish from her book, 101 Artistic...
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I Carved a Lion
About 3 or 4 weeks ago I tried to carve this same lion. I began carving it on a Saturday morning ...
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I Chip Carved Four Plaques
The weekend before last I chip carved the following four basswood plaques (one not pictured yet)....
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Carved Three Carvings Saturday and Sunday
I’ve been trying to learn chip carving for about 3 months. I like to carve free form chip c...
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Carving on the Cartecay #1: - The Setting
A few weeks back my family had the opportunity to go to my brother’s cabin on the Cartecay ...
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New Carving Vise or Workholder - Made From Junk
I haven’t carved anything for a couple of years other than a little whittling while I was u...
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Fabricating a Horizontal Boring Machine #1: Fabrication of Frame and Mounting Head
About a couple of months ago my brother bought a very large Bell combination double end cutoff sa...
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I Made a Batch of Rosettes Today
Every now and then I have to make a small batch of rosettes in the machine shop. I normally don&#...
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Genuine Rivergirl Footstool and My Genuine Redwing Boots
My Genuine Redwing boots feel just right when they’re propped up on a Genuine Rivergirl Foo...
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I recieved rivergirl's stool - please rejoice with me
Dear Lumberjocks, I recieved rivergirl’s gift to me only moments ago. I don’t know wh...
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Building Rivergirl's Tool Box #1: conclusion
I will conclude this blog on the building of rivergirl’s toolbox. I worked real hard this p...
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Did I Ever Tell You Folks That I'm a Junk-a-holic?
Folks, I’m a junk-a-holic. I don’t know how to put it any other way than that. Here a...
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Rivergirl's Tool Box #1: The Beginning
Since rivergirl has built me a stool that is exactly the way that I wanted it to look I decided t...
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Does Your Shop Ever Get Scary
Does your shop ever get so crowded at times that it’s just plumb scary? This weekend I had ...
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Dovetailed Utility Box #1
Last Saturday, after making four practice corners with hand cut dovetail joints, I began making a...
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Dovetail Practice Session #1
Last week I received my Veritas dovetail saw and planned on having a dovetail practice session th...
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My Main Toobox - Built 14 Years Ago - and My Tools Inside
Yesterday, I took every tool that was in my main tool chest out of the box and cleaned and vacuum...
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Welcome to my blog
I have worked in the woodworking industry for the past 40 years. During that time I have been exp...
