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  1. Urchin Ornaments

    Merry Christmas fellow LumberJocks! I had a lot of fun making these ornaments. More precisely, I had a lot of fun figuring out how to make these ornaments. If you are interested in seeing how I went about it, you can check out the video below. I did expect the thin spindle to be challenging...
  2. Table Top

    My wife purchased a coffee table and end table a few years ago but, after changing the decor of our room with new furniture and paint the table tops no longer matched. The tops that were original to the table were not ones that I could sand down and refinish but we both loved the metal legs. So...
  3. Woodworking Skill Share
    I'm fairly new to working with cherry. I took on a project for a buddy of mine to make a TV stand. I just cant seem to get that old, red cherry look to come out just right. I cant set it outside right now for sun exposure as its cloudy and rainy here for the next few days. Ive heard you can...
  4. Finishing
    Sometimes we mix manufacturers when completing wood cabinet project finishes. A good example is a cut shellac seal coat before an oil or water based finish. Another is using a pore sealer not made from from the stain or finish manufacturer. As to topcoats, I have never been a proponent of...
  5. Finishing
    So I built this table maybe 5 years ago (you can see the entry in my projects if you like). Well I have a live edge board that everyone at my wedding signed, and we displayed it on the table. I had put some rubber feet on it to keep it from scratching the finish. Evidently, the board was too...
  6. Blogs
    An Introduction of Wood Happenings An Introduction of Wood Happenings So it's that time again….and if you've spent any amount of time around here at LJ; last spring, summer and fall then you must know by now, some-what as to my occasional excursions into the forests and woods of New England...
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  7. Blogs
    Blotch Control Blotching is uneven coloring on the substrate, and wood is the substrate I am discussing here. There are many ways to change the look of wood - dyes, dye stain, pigment stain, and variations of both (paint, glazes, and pigment only stains primarily sit on top of the wood and...
  8. Blogs
    Constructing the Carved Tree Trunk Base Get your own valid XHTML YouTube embed code I am having a lot of trouble getting the video to look right in this blog! It looks wrong here and if you click full screen it looks even worse! If you REALLY want to watch it then it is best to click...
  9. Blogs
    Free scrapers that work Ah ha! Got your interest right? This is a little video that introduces glass as a scraper. I use them all the time and prefer them in many instances to steel ones. Plus glass is free. It is you know, nearly everywhere and in quantity. Take a look and see, it only lasts a...
  10. Finishing
    I am making a name plate that will go on a desk. It is basically a 3×3x18 block of cherry wood ripped at a 30 degree angle to leave an area that is for the name plaque to be applied. I was told that if you want to bring out the grain in any wood, you should use dyes instead of stains. With...
  11. Finishing
    Wondering if there is any products you can finish a kitchen table with that won't let heat and water mark the surface? My Grandmother had a wood table growing up that she could put cold drinks and hot plates on and it wouldn't mark it. I don't remember what kind of wood it was or what it was...
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