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• Vintage hand tools in my shop #3: Dorn's patent revolving mitre box - 03-31-2020 10:36 PM | 9 comments

  The basic parts of this box are a lower or base carousel, the upper turntable, two movable fences...

• Vintage hand tools in my shop #2: Dorn's patent Revolving Mitre Box part one - 03-31-2020 01:36 AM | 14 comments

  A few years ago a fellow LJ, RealCowtownEric, posted a pic of a rather distinctive mitre box. It ...

• Vintage hand tools in my shop #1: Bench appliances: Mitre jack - 01-17-2019 11:54 PM | 25 comments

  Some time ago I stumbled across a mitre jack in an antiques shop. I had read references to them h...

• My homework:Cherry nite stands #2: Making the cross members - 06-10-2013 11:29 PM | 8 comments

  After a bit of a layoff as far as the shop is concerned, I got busy. Milled my stock First u...

• My homework:Cherry nite stands #1: Doin' it backwards ! - 03-03-2013 10:43 PM | 5 comments

  As a project for my furniture making course I decided to make a couple of nite stands for our bed...

• tool chest saga #2: Done......well almost - 09-19-2012 10:13 PM | 11 comments

  Finally completed the interior. Three sliding trays and saw storage on the lid. Tray bottoms are...

• tool chest saga #1: make sure you have enough wood - 06-10-2012 11:57 PM | 0 comments

  I have two projects posted about making a Schwartzite tool chest. the first covered the shell an...