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THIS TYPE OF WORK IS VERY DELICATE.TAKES TIME AND PAITENCE.!!! NOT THE TYPE OF WORK FOR A LUMBERJACK,THEY ARE TOO HEAVY HANDED.!! YOU TOO COULD DO THIS SIMPLE BASIC PROJECT EASY TO DO..!! MY [...]

AS YOU CAN SEE A PIECE OF TIMBER I TURNED ON LATHE.I THEN HOLLOWED IT OUT.THICKNESS IS 1.76 MM.USED A DREMEL ENGRAVER WITH A 1.5 MM DRILL BIT. AND MADE THIS.ALL HOLES ARE DRILLED AT RAMDOM [...]

After the glue, which secure the dowels dried, I planed the dowel and its surrounding surfaces flush. Then I started to rabbet the boards edges to allow them to fit in into the table frame. [...]

On the evening before my flight left for Germany, my wife and I took a nice long walk around the neighborhood. I hadn’t packed by suitcase. I didn’t have a German phrasebook. And [...]

I knew it wouldn’t happen. There was no chance the pieces would go together right off the saws. I had no doubt there would be fitting to do after I made all the joinery cuts.  But [...]

How many saws does it take to cut giant dovetails? In my case, three. Sure, those of you with mad saw skills might simply whip out the panel saw and go at it. But I’m not that brave. [...]

You’ve no doubt heard about the new woodworking show from WGBH, the Boston PBS station that brought you “The New Yankee Workshop.” The show is called “Rough Cut , [...]

Woodworking in America opens in a little less than two weeks and again this year we are preparing for the Hand Tool Olympics. We have the same events scheduled as in the previous year’s [...]

THE WEEKEND AGAIN,SO I DECEIDED TO SAW THIS LOG IN SLICES TO MAKE A CLOCK LOG.AS I HAVE ABOUT 1/2 DOZEN VARIOUS LOGS FLOATING ABOUT MADE THIS.AS YOU SEE I STILL HAVE MY OLD ELU  SUPER JAWS [...]

In between editing stories, answering calls and e-mail, and trying to tie up a few loose ends for Woodworking in America (the Toolmakers’ Dinner is two weeks from today – yikes!), [...]

I think it’s very funny that folks reject the notion of ripping by hand saying it’s impractical and instead offer the only slightly less arcane table saw as the “modern” [...]

WHAT CAN YOU DO WITH A HUB CAP THAT YOU FOUND BY THE ROAD SIDE??WITH THIS ONE I WILL CLEAN IT UP THEN FILL IN CENTRE WITH BODY FILLER.THE NAME PLATE AND BOLT MOULDINGS.THEN WHEN DRY I WILL  [...]