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05-12-2022 04:52 PM
by jonoseph
I have an old Spear and Jackson smoother plane that had spells of working perfectly and then defying all my efforts to make it work . One problem was the depth adjuster would run into the back of the frog and the blade was still sticking out . The...
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05-12-2022 04:02 PM
by TimberBiscuit
Dust collection is super important in any woodshop. And I recently upgraded my smaller dust collection system. After getting it set up, I compared it’s performance to what I was using prior, a 14 gallon drum, a 5 gallon bucket, and a shop vac. Let...
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05-12-2022 03:58 PM
by TimbeconWoodturner
Hi all, we’re a group of mates making turning videos in Australia in a small studio above our store.
We love turning and just wanted to share the projects we create and reach out to the broader turning community.
In this video Dane tur...
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05-12-2022 12:45 PM
by 5 Balance Cock Pocket Etch Antique Watch Part Steampunk Watchmak
Into a table..Drawer came out of the clamps…was cleaned up, and a knob screwed and glued in place,,test fit into the opening…
Top was seen by this…
To mill a bevel all the way around, on the underside…
Then the bas...
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05-11-2022 03:31 AM
by FancyLearnin
The next step in the saga of the knife sharpener is to make a knob from a small scrap of pernambuco.
I machined a small stainless steel sleeve I’ll use to mount the knob. I knurled the end so it would bind securely to the hole drilled in ...
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05-10-2022 02:31 PM
by 1x Micro USB Female to Type-c USB-C Male Adapter Converter Charg
Normally, the shop is closed on Mondays…but..decided to take a chance, anyway..first, I figure IF I merely cleaned the place up a bit…that wouldn’t count as “work”. Bench was getting a bit messy…
Hmmm, took ...
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05-10-2022 02:22 AM
by Mercedes M126 windscreen wiper cover panel 1268362303
Got a few minutes at the lathe this morning and decided I’m just going to make the bowl in one piece. Yeah, it feels like wasting expensive materials, but it’s also pretty fiddly getting all the layers glued together. So it’ll only be a couple inc...
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05-09-2022 03:39 PM
by 2015 PANINI CONTENDERS FOOTBALL LOT OF 505 CARDS (DT-20)
Getting a little more progress. I made hangers for my most commonly used hammers on the door of my till.
Left to right, the ball-peen hammer I got from my dad, and which I use for nearly everything; the plane hammer I got from Kenny in the ...
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05-09-2022 12:10 PM
by VanDesignWoodworkin
This past weekend, I just finished up my second art fair, and it was a learning experience. I left at 5 a.m. on Saturday and arrived in Holland, MI with plenty of time to set up my booth for the 10 a.m. opening. I was blessed to have fun people in...
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05-09-2022 01:48 AM
by Kordon NovAqua 16oz Instant Fish Protector Aquarium Water Detox
Had to figure a way to hold the drawer side still, while milling a dado..
A stop block and a pair of clamps…score across, then handsaw down to depth….and use the stanley 45 to get roughly to depth…there was an issue with the 4...
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05-08-2022 06:00 PM
by JobK
Last part was a very simple part. Now lets make the most difficult and challenging part of this mill: the “schroef” or “vijzel”. A Archimedes screw.
Lets start with a simple “beam”
Now turn it ...
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05-08-2022 03:30 PM
by Vintage 1980’s Children’s Medical Kit Playsets
I think the blank is about done. Two more pours of 150 ml each this morning, both with aqua tint. 20 drops or so.
Pouring a quart and a half of epoxy over three days has also given me chances to use small amounts of epoxy for other projects...
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05-08-2022 05:28 AM
by Winn Dri-Tac Standard Size Golf Grips - Set of 8, Dark Gray
Had aGulley-washer roll through…which sometimes means…
That the Dungeon Creek will rise…this is also where the table base was sitting. Yep,
Got it’s feet wet. Removed all the clamps, set the top and the base on the...
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05-07-2022 11:06 PM
by Dennis Zongker
I’m making two Chippendale style side chairs, to go with the hallway table that I have already designed and made. The design of these chairs are similar in style with the same grape & leaf carvings with scrolls. Both the chairs and hallw...
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05-07-2022 03:48 PM
by 7" Pneumatic Angle Grinder Tool With Disc Polishing Pad & PVC Ha
Poured approximately 400 ml of epoxy this morning, in three batches of just under 150 ml each. The first had 5 drops of bright red and 10 drops of lemon yellow. The second had 3 drops of bright red, and 10 drops of lemon yellow. The third had 1 dr...
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05-07-2022 02:35 AM
by Venezuela 1 Million Bolivare Soberano x 1000 Pcs Bundle Brick, 2
Nothing too exciting in this one, but I want to document what I’m doing for my own records, too.
I went back out this evening and wrapped the blue tape an inch and change higher, rotated the blank 180 degrees so I would be pouring epoxy into th...
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05-07-2022 01:31 AM
by JAMIE FOXX CHRISTOPH WALTZ signed "DJANGO UNCHAINED" ALBUM COVER
Time to knock apart that dry fit…clean a few things up, and a bit of a glue up
Things that needed cleaned up?
Areas like this on the tenons…and pare a bit on the tenons for a better fit..A bit of glue on a tenon..both ends
One...
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05-06-2022 05:01 PM
by Widely Flared Bell Brass Vintage
Started making the pieces for another cholla bowl this morning, and figured there’s been enough interest in what I’ve done that I should write it up.
The first step is building a base on a faceplate for my lathe. I’ve been aiming at bowls that ...
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05-06-2022 01:13 AM
by Karson
Today is the anniversary #16 of having joined Lumberjocks.
Back in the early days there a bunch of us who sent messages back and forth between each other. It was not all woodworking but it was friendly chatter between each other. Over the year...
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05-05-2022 01:21 AM
by Eric
After some careful layout for the bench top, position of the legs, aprons and dog holes, so the threads do not interfere with anything. I set out get the working part of the Moxon set up.
Used a fostner bit to get a radius near the bottom of th...
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05-04-2022 08:57 PM
by Gnip Gnop Game Slap-Happy Playing Court Challenge Fun Classic Vi
I guess the socket a dovetail’s tail goes into could also be called mortise? Lunch was going to be way late, DoorDash foul-up….spent 2 hours in the shop, today….mainly beating on chisels, and trying to get saws to work…
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05-04-2022 08:36 PM
by VanDesignWoodworkin
Just packing up my inventory for my next Art Fair at the Tulip Festival this coming weekend in Holland, MI.
Discovering that packing up clocks is a big pain. If I were to continue doing shows (the jury is still out on that) I would for certain ...
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05-04-2022 05:53 PM
by SILPADA Sterling Silver .925 Crossover Band Together Ring R3056
Multiple projects going on in the shop today, so I didn’t make a ton of progress on the till. I did get the doors planed (and sanded – pine is almost as fast to shape with 60 grit as with a plane) so they’ll both close at once and then I ins...
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05-04-2022 02:13 PM
by Super Bowl IX Football Mini Helmet Case With A Pittsburgh Steele
There are 3 aprons…the 4th (front) will be a drawer. Aprons needed a tenon on each end…
Set up the tablesaw…yes, the tablesaw…
For both the height of the blade, and the location of the rip fence…idea is to mak...
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05-03-2022 03:55 PM
by Men's Effective Repair Beard Nourishing Care Professional Mousta
Before I hung the second door, I spent a few days outfitting it with hangers for additional tools. I wanted to put a bunch of my marking and layout tools on the outside of the door, and a couple eggbeaters on the inside. (The first door will get t...
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05-03-2022 01:02 PM
by Bandai Figuarts ZERO Portgas D. Ace -5th Anniversary Edition-
Ok…Top is back out of the clamps…needs the glue joints cleaned and leveled up..
Areas with the big dried glue lines got sanded down….other high spot got the No. 6c treatment…on both faces.
Once the underside was reaso...
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05-02-2022 09:16 PM
by Ross Leidy
I made a 20” x 12” panel with 14 hooks, and tried to place them randomly, which turned out to be harder than spacing them regularly. Given the additional effort, it should probably be described as irregularly spaced rather than random...
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05-02-2022 02:32 PM
by Tour
When last seen, it was just 4 planks glued up..
Time has come to clean it up…and trim it down to size…
Between a coarse belt on the sander, and this Stanley No. 6c….goal was to clean off the dried glue lines, and level a fe...
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05-02-2022 02:02 PM
by ftnpenlvr
Having bought our house nearly 5 years ago, we have primarily been focused on getting it livable, cleaning up the invasive plants, and then getting the house comfortable. While there has been a lot of construction/renovation, I don’t really...
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05-02-2022 01:11 AM
by Bob A in NJ
Hi guys
CRAFTS of NJ had their annual antique tool auction on April 30,2022. Wow, what a day, the auction, combined with the usual monthly tailgate sale. Check out this short video with tools, interviews with Bob Garay and an old tool chest, t...
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05-12-2022 04:02 PM
by TimberBiscuit
Dust collection is super important in any woodshop. And I recently upgraded my smaller dust collection system. After getting it set up, I compared it’s performance to what I was using prior, a 14 gallon drum, a 5 gallon bucket, and a shop vac. Let...
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05-12-2022 03:58 PM
by TimbeconWoodturner
Hi all, we’re a group of mates making turning videos in Australia in a small studio above our store.
We love turning and just wanted to share the projects we create and reach out to the broader turning community.
In this video Dane tur...
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04-28-2022 04:02 PM
by TimberBiscuit
Who doesn’t love new woodworking tools? Not all tools are made equal, but I bet you haven’t tried all of these tools yet. Check out the tools I use in my woodshop that were not made to be woodworking tools but are great to use in the w...
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04-25-2022 11:40 AM
by WoodshopTherapy
Here’s a special in-depth video about how to restore a broken antique chair. I show this project from start to finish and share various techniques along the way. From staining and finishing to woodturning and fitting replacement parts, you...
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04-15-2022 12:02 PM
by Hoosierwoodcraft
Today, I have posted a historic woodworking tribute to Gillow and Company, a British Furniture Company run by three generations of the Gillow Family from 1730 to 1840. The family successfully imported mahogany from the West Indies ad created a pr...
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04-14-2022 04:32 PM
by TimberBiscuit
In this video, I’m building a bread box. This modern bread box uses mortise and tenon joinery with other traditional woodworking techniques and tools. It features a two-tiered bread box that can hold two loaves of bread and has two drawers t...
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04-01-2022 10:15 PM
by woodshopnerdery
Vibration Analysis is used at the industrial and commercial scale for preventative and predictive maintenance. It requires special software and hardware sensors. But, can I do something similar using my Android Tablet and iPhone that I already own...
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03-26-2022 01:46 PM
by WoodshopTherapy
In my latest video, I show how easy it is to repair this broken piecrust table. From broken wood to re-gluing loose joints, it’s an easy project for someone with woodworking skills.
Link to video—> https://youtu.be/EmagMCv2hDM
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03-25-2022 09:41 PM
by woodshopnerdery
I run my Shopsmith in Overhead routing mode for about 45 minutes at high speed. I use an infrared thermometer to measure to the operating temperature. How hot did it get.
https://youtu.be/w9rS57FTU_w
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03-22-2022 04:33 PM
by TimberBiscuit
In this video, I’m building a modern full-length mirror reminiscent of the mid-century dressing mirrors. This mirror incorporates a storage drawer and the mirror pivots so you can adjust its position. I used some fun woodworking techniques l...
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03-18-2022 09:02 PM
by woodshopnerdery
Shopsmith, even the original 10er model, was not the first multi-purpose woodworking system. But, the innovations introduced in the early Shopsmith models changed these tools in a major way.
https://youtu.be/rnneb3jbkYU
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03-12-2022 10:23 PM
by woodshopnerdery
A Shopsmith Mark V is a multi-functional tool supporting a wide range of woodworking operations including table saw, lathe, disc sander, belt sander, drum sander, jointer, thickness planer, plate joiner, drill press, shaper, router, and many other...
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03-08-2022 01:55 PM
by MovingChips
This project was a suggestion from a friend who saw an imagine somewhere. I thought, yeah I could do that. Then I thought some more, that’s actually going to be a challenge. I was determined to make this happen, success or fail.
First I needed ...
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03-05-2022 04:03 PM
by WoodshopTherapy
I had the pleasure to collaborate with Gene Wengert, aka The Wood Doctor, on a video where we talk about the 10 reasons wood furniture breaks. I guarantee you will learn at least 1 new thing from this. It’s packed with knowledge about wood...
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03-01-2022 07:32 PM
by TimberBiscuit
This video has it all – wood bending, sheet metal bending, electrical wiring, and a bunch of great techniques. I used hard maple for the bent lamination to achieve the circular design I wanted. Rather than purchasing veneer (which would have...
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