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Shop | The Lighthearted Woodworker
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Thoughts from my shop in the woods. Skip to primary content. Skip to secondary content. February 25, 2016. I built another project for my hand tool nook in the apartment. Naturally needed a place for small tools and accessories. I made a hand tool shelf, out of cherry, to hang above my petite Roubo. This is the second project I’ve done completely with hand tools (with the exception of milling the boards). It wasn’t until I was nearly done that it occurred to me to add rare earth magnets to the size...
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Programmer by day, at night I become…The Woodwork Geek! The Slightly Confused Woodworker. Inside the old Wolf’s workshop. Chris Schwarz’s Blog. Dan’s Woodshop Blog. In the woodshop with Derek Cohen. Musings from the Workbench. Trial and Error Woodworker. Paul Seller’s Blog. Woodworking Australia’s Forums. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Address never made public). You are commenting using your Twitter account. ( Log Out.
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Close Grain: Portable Workbench, part 3
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Woodworking in the digital age. Friday, September 3, 2010. Portable Workbench, part 3. Go back to part 2. Now that the workbench has been built, here's how to use it. Most people are more familiar with a bench that has some kind of built-in vise. Instead, this one uses a variety of simple work-holding methods. The dog holes and thick front skirt make it quite versatile. I highly recommend the Gramercy Tools holdfast. I also highly recommend the Veritas Wonder Dog. Ripping a piece to width, again with the...
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Honey Do Woodworking: Panel Gauge
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Friday, May 29, 2015. I've been in need of a panel gauge for awhile, but I didn't want to spend $85-225 for one by Lie-Nielsen. Even though both are excellent and well-made tools. So I bought $45 worth of brass from McMaster-Carr. And figured it out on my own. Most of the credit for this design goes to Galoototron. But his site has been down for a few weeks. I ground an old plow plane blade down to a spearpoint and it works amazingly well. Thumbsup for DIY. Posted by Steve Erwin. Cheap Tricks at WIA.
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Scott's Amateur WoodShop: File handles from a bare-bones lathe
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Wednesday, February 5, 2014. File handles from a bare-bones lathe. These are a couple of file handles I turned from cocobolo scraps the other day. I needed some for a set of saw files and wanted something smaller than typical so they could fit in the tool roll. Also, if you have a lathe, it seems silly to buy something this simple. While I've got saw filing on the brain, I'll just mention that my first impression of the gramercy saw vise that just arrived is very positive. The only two previous occas...
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Scott's Amateur WoodShop: April 2014
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Friday, April 4, 2014. Splitting oak, day 2. Last night I showed up with another friend to help, and some additonal tools. We got it down to a science, finally. Warning, one of these photos is intentionally misleading. Splitting something this thick is quite different that splitting firewood, I think mostly because it cannot deflect away from the wedge nearly as much. Here's the recipe that worked for us:. 1 score the line with a machete, lightly tapped with a dead-blow mallet. 5 add more wedges. My cous...
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Scott's Amateur WoodShop: extrapolating myself into unknown territory
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Saturday, June 20, 2015. Extrapolating myself into unknown territory. Today I'm drawboring some breadboard ends on a bar top. I've drawbored before (once), and I know I need slots to allow the wood to move, so the logical conclusion is a slot that is offset from a hole. See how the hole doesn't quite line up? That's the key to drawboring. I think it's going to work, but I've never actually seen these two combined. I'm going with a very small offset just to be safe. June 21, 2015 at 1:17 PM. This experime...
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Scott's Amateur WoodShop: I am coming around to purpleheart.
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Tuesday, June 23, 2015. I am coming around to purpleheart. I've been working with purpleheart lately for this bar. I'm building with some friends, and I have to admit I haven't cared for the stuff much up until now. It's heavy, eats steel, and it really likes to stab me with brittle needle-y splinters. It looks like the finish is already starting to dry in this photo I took 1 minute after wiping it on. That's probably a good sign. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). I am coming around to purpleheart.
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Scott's Amateur WoodShop: April 2015
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Sunday, April 26, 2015. 500 or so of french cleats, cut this morning. Links to this post. Tuesday, April 21, 2015. It's official, I am going to Handworks. I'm excited to be able to get hands-on time with a bunch of tools that are otherwise difficult to get a feel for. If my experience at WIA. Last year is any indication (why didn't I write about that here? Then I'm even more excited to rub shoulders with fellow woodworkers. I'm sure I'll learn things that I don't expect. I hope to see you there! Travel t...
