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Polthaus Workshop: It's Just A Board With A Nail In It...

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A blog dedicated to woodworking, hand tools, toolmaking and the like. It's Just A Board With A Nail In It. The first bench accessory is a metal vise bolted to a scrap piece of 2x12 (very intuitive and creative, I know, I'm amazing). I plan to put all the interchangeable accessories on the same length of 2x12 so that I can slide them in and out of a shelf that will eventually go below the bench, to include a larger (much larger) piece of countertop for the lathe. Installation Went A Bit Like Herding Cats.

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Polthaus Workshop: Gimlets.

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A blog dedicated to woodworking, hand tools, toolmaking and the like. Often, my addiction to tools takes me on weird tangents through stores like woodcraft or through the virtual aisles of online markets. Three or four years ago I came across a set of gimlets from Garrett Wade. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). It's Just A Board With A Nail In It. Raspier Than Tom Waits. John Neeman Does It Again. Here, Hold This. Origins of an Addiction. View my complete profile. Bridges To The Future.

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Polthaus Workshop: What? It's February Already?

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A blog dedicated to woodworking, hand tools, toolmaking and the like. With temperatures plummeting into the single digits my. Sanctum sanctorum, the workshop has not been a pleasant place to hang out as of late. I have, however, managed to use up my spare time planning projects and helping my wife. Saw worked perfectly for this (it's an excellent $8 saw). I marked out a rough size for the ring with a compass. I sanded the finger hole inside the ring with a piece of sandpaper wrapped around a dowel. After...

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Polthaus Workshop: John Neeman Does It Again.

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A blog dedicated to woodworking, hand tools, toolmaking and the like. John Neeman Does It Again. Once again the fellas at John Neeman Tools. Have set a benchmark with a beautiful video demonstrating a portion of the extensive process required to hand forge tools. This is the third video in their growing set entitled "The Birth Of A Tool," and the Damascus knife/sheath combination made in the video is drool-worthy. I wrote a very short post. The forged knife. with. The same principles apply here and all h...

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Polthaus Workshop: Just Shoot Me.

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A blog dedicated to woodworking, hand tools, toolmaking and the like. If you have one of these:. You should make one of these:. Psssst.It's A Shooting Board/Bench Hook). Here is how I made mine. I was working on some cabinet doors, when I realized I needed a new shooting board. My old shooting board was most certainly not. But this one will certainly get the job done. Just plane away, and use a straight-edged tool to check your progress. Next, I marked the board at 90 and 45 degrees, using the flat edge ...

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Polthaus Workshop: Milling Around.

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A blog dedicated to woodworking, hand tools, toolmaking and the like. Hopefully, by the time this bit of lumber is seasoned, I will have found the time to develop some sketches of the new kitchen table I've been daydreaming about.or maybe that's what I'll be doing next Father's Day. July 10, 2013 at 11:52 PM. Just wanted to say I am loving reading your blog! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). It's Just A Board With A Nail In It. Raspier Than Tom Waits. John Neeman Does It Again. Here, Hold This.

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Polthaus Workshop: I'm Not Dead Yet.

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A blog dedicated to woodworking, hand tools, toolmaking and the like. I'm Not Dead Yet. This year will see some new woodworking projects (including some commissioned items), some experimentation, some toolmaking, and new Polthaus Workshop videos posted. I was hoping to get at least one video shot before the end of February, but the weather has had other plans. Unfortunately, the shop remains unheated and temperatures in the single digits are not conducive to doing much of anything but complaining. Do you...

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Polthaus Workshop: Traveling Bench

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A blog dedicated to woodworking, hand tools, toolmaking and the like. For I have sinned. I let yet another project sit half finished for way too long. I posted a short piece on a traveling workbench. I am building which will allow me to do some "vacation woodworking." I let the traveling bench sit for a while because I saw two different designs at the WIA 2012 show that gave me some ideas. To consider incorporating. One was the famous sawyers bench/sitting workbench by Mr. Ron Herman. I have made it a go...

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Polthaus Workshop: Get A Handle On It.

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A blog dedicated to woodworking, hand tools, toolmaking and the like. Get A Handle On It. I'm in the final stages of finishing my salvaged (mostly) Douglas fir home entertainment center. I needed to build some sliding doors. The sliding doors I built are very simple, no frills, clutter hiders. I am glad that I went with simple though, because this built-in really didn't need another design element. The idea was to have something peaceful to look at while we sit and vegetate on the couch. The chisel line ...

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Polthaus Workshop: Raspier Than Tom Waits

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A blog dedicated to woodworking, hand tools, toolmaking and the like. Raspier Than Tom Waits. I have been working on rebuilding an old crosscut saw. I wanted the handle/tote to have all those sexy curves and nice rounded edges that have started to make a well deserved comeback on handsaws. I don't own a spindle sander so I went with the next best thing, a Shinto Saw Rasp. And a woodworking Microplane. Well, it's better than using my teeth I suppose. Using this rasp is just like using a solid metal rasp.