| This blog is written by lysdexic | 40 entries so far |
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American Girl Doll Table
I really like quick, no pressure projects. My daughter ask me yesterday how to glue straws to ...
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Mystery Mallet #1: Something bothers me
About this mallet. While straightening the shop last night a moved this mystery mallet for the...
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Cedar Sliding Doors #1: Design Considerations
Life is returning to normalcy around here and I need to make some sawdust as opposed to just read...
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Chisel Rack #3: The posts
The posts are tapered and have two slots to accept the base. The slots were cut at the table s...
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Chisel Rack #2: The rack
Creating the rack was simple enough. The holes are 1/2” drilled at the drill press. The lar...
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Chisel Rack #1: Design and Inspiration
I have been working on a chisel rack so I thought I’d just write a brief blog about a ̶...
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Moxon Vise Benchtop Bench #4: Shaping the front
I have been putting this off trying to figure out how to go about this. I decided to make some sm...
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Moxon Vise Benchtop Bench #3: Assembly
I did not get as much done as I wanted this weekend. Just a few notes and pics of the glue-up and...
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Moxon Vise Benchtop Bench #2: hardware installation and more design considerations
Installing the hardware was straight forward. For the fixed jaw an 1 1/2 hole is drilled and s...
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Moxon Vise Benchtop Bench #1: Milling the pieces
When I ordered the BenchCrafted hardware I also ordered the hardware for the Moxon vise. Not only...
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Split Roubo Workbench #25: Workbench Bling Yo
Every bench needs some bling. Check this. It is all in the way we accessorize. —̵...
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Split Roubo Workbench #24: Flattening and finishing
What can I say about about the finish other than the thought process. We have discussed an approp...
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Split Roubo Workbench #23: Dogs by Design.
It is time to finally make the dogs. I know that this is nit picky aesthetics stuff but I was won...
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Split Roubo Workbench #22: The Gap Stop
Hello, I felt a little stuck here. The remaining maple lumber that I had was milled 4/4 stuff ...
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Split Roubo Workbench #21: The Bottom Shelf and some Dawg Holes
The pace slows. I put some maple through the jointer and planer until it was about 3/4” ...
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Split Roubo Workbench #20: The Deadman - Capitulo Dos
Last time we were here. But I had a few issues and unfinished business. First the surface ...
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Split Roubo Workbench #19: The Deadman
In designing the deadman I realized that I would need to sacrifice/mill a huge piece of cherry. I...
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Split Roubo Workbench #18: Attaching the top
Before attaching the top a few things need to be done. First I dont have any pics of the final sh...
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Split Roubo Workbench #17: Getting ready for assembly
There a lot of items that are much easier to accomplish prior to glue-up. First, I need some 3...
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Split Roubo Workbench #16: Leg Vise - The Chain Leg Vise version.
Jim (Boatman53) has come up with a new/old way to keep the leg vise parallel without the need for...
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Split Roubo Workbench #15: Leg Vise - The BenchCrafted version.
Howdy, The left front leg requires a lot more development in order to turn it into a leg vise....
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Split Roubo Workbench #14: The Chop - updated
Lets get back to these guys… They were glued up months ago but before shaping and jo...
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Split Roubo Workbench #13: The Parallel Guide
Marc recommends a hard species of wood for the parallel guide. A hard maple board would have been...
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Split Roubo Workbench #12: The Rails
With the legs done it is time to move on to the rails. I have milled these guys during the millin...
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Split Roubo Workbench #11: The Legs - part II
In the last blog the tenons were complete and I trimmed the extra “margin of safety” ...
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Split Roubo Workbench #10: The Legs - part I
I have lost my momentum but progress remains. The Legs – it took me a month to get them don...
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Split Roubo Workbench #9: Tail Vise Installation
I have hesitated to post this blog because the variables involved are hard to describe and I didn...
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Skill Building #2: Winding Sticks
With a nod to Jim Tolpin and the New Traditional Woodworker I am going to attempt to complete all...
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Split Roubo Workbench #8: Dovetails and the front laminate
With the end cap finished it is time to get the front laminate on but the is slight problem. When...
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Split Roubo Workbench #7: Dog Hole Strip
These are all steps that I completed in the last week. I am getting ready to dive into 12 days st...
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Split Roubo Workbench #6: The End Cap
Although, from a design perspective, I wanted to use cherry for a vertical components and maple f...
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Split Roubo Workbench #5: The End Tenon and Screw Cavity
So the end of this week has been kind of weird. My wife had a yard sale. Man, that is a lot of wo...
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Split Roubo Workbench #4: Milling, gluing and clamping - The Slabs
I took my lumber for the top to Rick’s at The Woodworking Source to mill it up. What is tak...
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Split Roubo Workbench #3: Milling, gluing and clamping - The Legs
Progress is slow. But this is what is going on. The pics will do most the talking but the title s...
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Split Roubo Workbench #2: Rough Dimensioning
I spent the weekend cutting the lumber into bite size peices. I found this somewhat challenging b...
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Split Roubo Workbench #1: I have put this off for far too long
Ok, so let me get this blog started before I get so far behind that I put it off – forever....
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Tools #2: EC Atkins refurb
At an estate sale last fall I picked up this EC Atkins rip saw for $2. Thus, it is a good candida...
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Skill Building #1: Trying out the #78
InspirationMy daughter wanted a chest for her American girl doll for Christmas. My wife had h...
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Tools #1: The Lysdexic looT Chest
The Lysdexic looT Chest The following is a blog entry documenting the acquisition of a basic s...
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Wooden Mallet: An Exercise in OCD
Rationale: I aspire to blend hand tools and power tools. So—I needed a wooden mallet and &#...
