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Monthly Archives: January 2012

Woodworking Around the House

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Filling in the free time around sick kids, travelling wife, and other such mundane, but necessary parts of life, as well as using some time getting wood from the source, colonial style, means small projects around the house.  A couple … Continue reading →

Posted on January 31, 2012 by Nick
Posted in Projects, Uncategorized | Tagged Balusters, Turning | 4 Replies

From a Tree

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I have Peter Follansbee to thank for getting me started in following woodworking blogs, and later, starting one of my own. In fact, I think it was this post that I found when researching how to deal with green wood from some … Continue reading →

Posted on January 29, 2012 by Nick
Posted in Methods, Uncategorized, Wood | Tagged Follansbee, green wood, red oak, riving, splitting, trees | 4 Replies

Shop Surplus Giveaway pt. 2: Free Bench Grinder

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Ok folks, here’s round two of the free stuff giveaway.  I have two grinders, only one of which I really need.  Rather than store the second, here’s a chance for you to get started with hollow grinding your tool bevels. … Continue reading →

Posted on January 24, 2012 by Nick
Tagged free stuff, tools | 7 Replies

The Miter Shooting Board

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If you read Steve Branam’s post earlier this week at Close Grain, you heard about the seminar given by Paul Sellers, and a shooting board he made in a matter of minutes to make a mitered corner on a picture … Continue reading →

Posted on January 18, 2012 by Nick
Posted in Uncategorized, workshop | Tagged Hand Tools, shooting board, tools, workshop | 6 Replies

Turning the Screw, Pt. 1

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For folks who like a neat and tidy ending to a story, you may not want to read this one (wait ’til pt. 2).  In December, my first vise screw broke.  It was made from a 3″ thick chunk of … Continue reading →

Posted on January 17, 2012 by Nick
Posted in Projects, workshop | 1 Reply

Free dovetail jig

Finishing up my annual shop cleanup and purge, and I’m inspired by Chris Wong to just give away superfluous items.  One item I’ll never use again, given that I have another jig, and rarely use it at that, opting to … Continue reading →

Posted on January 16, 2012 by Nick
Tagged free stuff, tools, workshop

The Shooting Board

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I’ve been putting this off for years, and forgetting that I put it off, until I’m in the midst of a project where a shooting board is called for.  Rather than take time out of the project at hand to … Continue reading →

Posted on January 14, 2012 by Nick
Tagged Hand Tools, shooting board, workshop | 1 Reply

The Shaker Twin Bed in Ash

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Late last fall, I was building a pair of twin beds, same simple design, but in different species.  If you didn’t read about it then, here is the last post on it.  Today I went over to assemble the ash … Continue reading →

Posted on January 11, 2012 by Nick
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The Economy of Good Furniture

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I was flipping through a first edition on the a shelf in a private library full of extraordinary first editions and stumbled on this, excerpted from “The farmer’s and mechanic’s practical architect; and guide in rural economy” (Hammond, James H., … Continue reading →

Posted on January 2, 2012 by Nick
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