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  1. Summer Breeze sailboat

    Between a new job, various programs we run for and projects we do with disadvantaged kids, building my living roof workshop, and replumbing the house, we ended up pretty burned out come late spring. The county 4H foundation has a big annual fundraiser, we had to go early in the morning to take...
  2. recycled garden bench

    ok lets keep this simple… stack off of cuts… a tool box… cordless drill.. a idea… a door step to work on… and a over helpfull son…. and a little bit of imaginanton.. enough said..
  3. Xmas Saw Handle

    "Quick" Last minute christmas gift for my girlfriend's Uncle. He saw me using my Marples ryoba saw one day and said, "well that's neat". So naturally while stumbling last minute to come up with some gifts I remembered this and decided to make him a handle from some walnut he gave me a few months...
  4. Ash sledgehammer handle

    A friend broke the handle on his sledgehammer recently. He'd seen the nice oak handles I'd made for the froes, and wondered if I could re-handle his hammer. I had a scrap of ash laying around, so today I made him a new handle. Used a Japanese pull-saw to rip the scrap to size, then a (Kunz...
  5. Power Tools, Hardware and Accessories
    Hi guys , need some info on the Porter Cable 693 router. Wondering if anyone has one and can give me the diameter of the plunge posts and the distance centre to centre between them.. I have an order for a Torque Workcentre as a surprise gift and I need the measurements to make the pins to attach...
  6. Woodworking Skill Share
    Have garden timbers rotting out. Hired Devlin to help. Between the two of us we got it done in about half a day. Everything was fine but we needed to trim 2" off the end of one of the timbers. Hand circ saw left about 3/4" uncut at max depth. Nothing else on hand worked to complete the cut...
  7. Blogs
    Sizing and Marking Out Hi all I have purchased some beautiful Red Cedar and am going to try my hand at some larger joinery work. It is really lovely timber and was a very good price as the timber yard sadly is closing. This was a bundelled mixture of boards and pieces; The main piece for...
  8. Blogs
    Hand Cutting Dovetails Hey everyone, This podcast is on hand cutting dovetails. I've had a few problems with some things in my printer table so it will take longer than i expected to get the third episode out. I figured i would add this one so i am not podcast less for another week or two...
  9. Blogs
    How To: (Maybe) Teach a Kid to Saw How To: Teach Sawing to a Young Student off "the other blog"....http://woodshopcowboy.com/ I have a perfect record in the woodshop. No fatalities. I have had two injuries though this year (I average about one a quarter or semester). Both happened due to...
  10. Blogs
    Surprise tool welcomed Found myself in need of a new saw for cross-cutting and another for ripping. Looked at the Axminster Tools Catalogue (Axminster in Devon, UK) which my son describes as 'pornography for woodworkers', and found a Japanese pull saw which combines both functions. It was not...
  11. Power Tools, Hardware and Accessories
    LJ's I've been woodworking for a few years now, but only just got interested in hand tool work. I'm very interested in learning to hand-cut doevtails, and have been doing research. Lots of articles recently (last several months really) on japanese pull saws for dovetails. Anybody have...
  12. Focus on the Workspace
    Hey LJ's, Thanks for all the great responses to Part I! Got me thinking and I mentioned I asked my wife to make ne a knee length shop apron. The only material heavy enough was upholstery fabric. Yeah right! LOL! And that striped pillow fabric. I said I'll either get lost sitting in a...
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