| This blog is written by Fr. Thomas Bailey, OSB | 24 entries so far |
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Wood Thoughts #11: My Dirty Little Secret
“For there is nothing hidden that will not become visible, and nothing secret that will not be kn...
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Design Conundrum #1: Writing Desk
So I’ve been playing around with Sketchup this afternoon and I am a bit stuck. I came acros...
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Wood Thoughts #10: IKEA and the Workshop (Should Those Words Ever Be in the Same Sentence?)
- If you answered “yes” or “maybe” to the above question, please click th...
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Wood Thoughts #9: Oceans and Oceans of Glue, But Still Don’t Eat It
Please Consider Checking Out My Website: MonkWerks.org Some people may have thought that th...
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Wood Thoughts #8: Are You Ready for Woodworking Safety Day? Or As I Like to Call It, “Not the Zombie Apocalypse”
Please Consider Checking Out My Website: MonkWerks.org Let me start off b...
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Wood Thoughts #7: Who Me? You Want Me to Build What?!?
Please Consider Checking Out My Website: MonkWerks.org I decided to take last week off; Holy ...
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Wood Thoughts #6: The Wood of the Cross (Different Style Than My Normal Entry: Good Friday Meditation)
Please Consider Checking Out My Website: MonkWerks.org This year is my 10th anniversary of pr...
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Wood Thoughts #5: Just When I Thought It Wouldn’t Happen to Me …
Please Consider Checking Out My Website: MonkWerks.org Lets make one thing clear: I was certa...
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Wood Thoughts #4: Dear Diary ... (A Day in the Life of a Hobby Woodworker)
Please Consider Checking Out My Website: MonkWerks.org Dear Diary, This morning I awok...
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Wood Thoughts #3: My Harbor Freight Experience from H-E-Double Hockey Sticks
Consider Checking Out My Website: MonkWerks.org Did He Just Say He Went to Harbor Fre...
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Wood Thoughts #2: Yuz got skillz
Do you have any favorite, little known, online woodworkers? I was a strange kid. When I was i...
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Wood Thoughts #1: Ommm = Zzzzuhm
Growing up in a family of six on a First Sergeant’s pay, meant that my parent’s provided my broth...
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Shop Stool Build-Off #2: Design Revision
I made some alterations, became disgusted with it, and am returning back to the design. The first...
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Shop Stool Build-Off #1: Shop Stool Build-Off
I saw on Chris Wong’s website, Flair Woodworks, an announcement for the Shop Stool Build-Off. An...
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Shop Air Cleaner #3: Its Finished!
Video Explanation of the Build: “MonkWerks: Shop Built Air Cleaner
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Shop Air Cleaner #2: Almost Done
I painted the whole thing bright yellow. If I knock my head on it, its my own fault. I glued a...
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Shop Air Cleaner #1: Start of the Build
Air intake for air cleaner. I used half-lap joints to build the frame (20.75”x20.75”)...
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Shoe Shine Box #5: Box Glue-Up, Cutting the Lid, and Making a Repair
The box is all put together. I love clamps! After I took it out of the clamps, I gave it a...
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Shoe Shine Box #4: Build Video
MonkWerks: Build a Vintage Shoe Shine Box (Part 1)
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Shop Stuff #1: Cross-Cut Sled
Definitely nothing fancy, but I needed a new cross-cut sled today. And so I built a new sled wit...
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Shoe Shine Box #3: A Few Additions
Slow progress today. I had to do emergency surgery on the Shopsmith Mark V – the lower gear...
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Shoe Shine Box #2: Removable Shelf
Constructed the small shelf that will be inside the box.
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Shoe Shine Box #1: Glue-Up and Dimensioning
Time to see if I can do two projects at once. I started work on a shoe shine box today. Someti...
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Outdoor Bench Build #1: Pictorial Update
Here is a pictorial progress of where I am currently at in an outdoor bench build. ...
