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  1. Joiners Mallet

    So I am about to undertake a project that is centered around a Mission Style end table and I am going to be doing alot of handcut mortise and tennon, im a little nervous as I am not too proficient at using hand tools, but we live and learn. Anyway I went to woodcraft and couldnt find a joiners...
  2. Rosewood and Ebony wedged mallet - Unplugged build - No Glue and Handtools only

    My offering to the 2018 Mallet Swap. This was undertaken with an idea to avoid using glue and allow the tool to be taken apart. This is my take on wedging the handle to the mallet head. Only these wedges are not glued into the handle, but can be knocked out to allow the tool to be...
  3. Designed a Mallet - Build a Dead Blow Hammer - Got a Lethal Weapon

    Designed a Mallet - Build a Dead Blow Hammer - Got a Lethal Weapon For some time now I wanted to build myself a mallet. The ones I have in my tool cabinet are commercial rubber mallets which they are ok for my woodworking needs, but still I wanted a nice strong one that could give a blow...
  4. Sticks & string & wedges - it's a clamp!

    Here's a fun trick I picked up from a book I had around. They called it a luthier's clamp, but it's handy even if you're not making guitars. You can use this for any edge-gluing job, but its biggest advantage is when gluing up thin pieces. You'll need a number of sticks, the same number of...
  5. Portable Assembly Table for B&D Workmate

    This is my first post to Lumberjocks. I've been a longtime reader and looker, but just never bothered to register. Just thought I'd contribute something rather than just looking at all the amazing projects people post here. I have a list of projects coming up that will greatly benefit from...
  6. Ebony/Maple Marking Gauges

    Hello. These are two marking gauges I made with ebony and maple. The beam is about 7 " long. They both have blades made of O1 tool steel. One blade is a sharpened pin and the other has a knife edge. The ebony on the fence and beam will keep the tool lasting longer through years of use. Unlike...
  7. Mallets cocobolo and boxwood

    Here are a pair of mallets I made a number of years ago that have gotten a lot of use. The heads are cocobolo and the handles are boxwood. The handle on the hammer style was turned to allow a comfortable grip at either the bottom or top. On the other handle I got lucky that the "stain" ran...
  8. Hand Tools
    I want to get a hand plane that's decent in order to flatten rough sawn boards and could be used for other general purposes. I'd like to get a 5 1/2 jack plane for this. I was looking at Wood River because it seems to be a decent brand, but much less expensive than either Veritas or Lie Nielsen...
  9. Woodworking Skill Share
    Here I am again - showing my novice side. But alas - I'm sure I'm not the only one with these questions--- just brave enough to ask. :-) What is a safe way to cut wedges? I used to have a planer sled that I used a "screw jack" to level out the board while I planed it. When I moved - the sled...
  10. Woodturning
    This is a new method of Segmented woodturning I have been working with for about a year. Take a look it has many possibilities way beyond what I have done.
  11. Blogs
    Step 1 - the top Decided to totally re-vamp the garage into a full on woodworking shop. Have misc. crap cluttering the place up, including a bunch of "almost" worthless wood. So, in the interest of clearing some space & finally starting to build my first real workbench, I decided to start...
  12. Blogs
    Design and Milling the Wood My daughter Jenny found a nightstand she liked on the web. She asked me if I could build one like it for her. Of course, I said yes. Then I began looking closer at its design. The challenge was with two design elements: (1) the lock miter joints for the case, and...
  13. Blogs
    Milling 6/4 Rough Sawn Lumber Parts After several days of study and analysis, I decided I would make a trestle table for my granddaughter Torrence. It boiled down between this relatively small trestle table or a shaker style writing desk with two drawers under the table top. Each would be...
  14. Blogs
    Wedgie Sled/Small Parts Sled I've just bought a mini-lathe (Rikon 70-100). It is used but in excellent condition and it came with a lot of lathe tools, carbide tools, live centers and face plates and tackle box full of pen parts and barrels that I may not use (not sure yet). I've still managed...
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