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Wooden Rings

00/00/0000, 00:00 | Wood Rings by Simply Wood Rings

My
Wooden Rings are made to last a lifetime. With just the normal care any
fine piece of jewelry is given and some furniture wax. I handcraft
every ring to bring out the warmth and honesty of the wood. Each ring
is hand formed from thin layers of wood chosen for its grain and
durability. learning how to make a wooden rings has been a rewarding
process of discovery which for me continues to this day. I have learned
that the wood which is chosen carries more than just its physical
traits but more than that the wood carries deeper meaning. Take white
oak for example, sacred to the druids and the Greeks, the oak is a tree
of strength, protection and durability. It represents inner fire,
courage and nobility of spirit. The birch symbolizes birth and new
beginnings. TheBirch is feminine in nature and is used for protection,
purification.

Visit me at web site At:
http://www.craftsman.etsy.com

Your one of akind wooden ring will give you the warmth of knowing that
the true value of a fine piece of handcrafted jewelry is knowing how
much meaning it
has.

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Summer skies and wooden rings

00/00/0000, 00:00 | Wooden Rings from Touch Wood Rings

An August sunset over the meadow where Touch Wood Rings are created.
And, some summer rings ...

A matched set of wooden rings with wide bands of birch bark featuring natural birch bark markings.

Koa wood ring with a mahogany inlaid band. Lined with blue spruce.

Tapered Juniper heartwood rings with spiraled bands of golden koa and birdseye maple.

A Koa wood ring lined with Grenadilla. The crushed stone inlay is lapis lazuli. Lapis (Latin for 'stone') is known as the stone of friendship and truth, and is believed to promote honesty and ease of communication.

Another mid-summer sky over the meadow.

Eucalyptus rings with blue spruce and maple.

A Birdseye maple wood ring with a centered band of Bethlehem Olive wood bordered by two narrow bands of purpleheart wood. On the right; a purpleheart wood ring with a center band of Bethlehem Olive wood and lined with birdseye maple.

"Old friends pass away, new friends appear. It is just like the days. An old day passes, a new day arrives. The important thing is to make it meaningful: a meaningful friend or a meaningful day." Dalai Lama

Exclusive

00/00/0000, 00:00 | Musings from the Workbench

Broken: One plastic handled chisel

00/00/0000, 00:00 | UnpluggedShop.com

I have been initiated; I broke my first chisel handle.

I was chopping deep mortises with a 1" Lee Valley plastic handled chisel. I was beating the poor thing. While I wasn't using a heavy mallet, I am a 200 pound guy and it was getting enough of a beating that the chisel got quite warm at times which may have softened the plastic. Anyway, about halfway through the fifth mortise, it gave way.

I really wasn't trying to break the handle, honest. I thought it would hold up to the abuse, but between the chopping and levering out the chips, it just didn't make it. read more »

No - this was not a â€œscalingâ€ exercise in Photoshop.

00/00/0000, 00:00 | Sauer & Steiner

They really are that big!

These are the irons for a rather unique pair of planes I have been working on for the last 12 months. One iron is for the commissioned plane - the other for the spare â€œprototypeâ€. The pair should be completed in the next few days - stay tuned...

Bury My Bursa Sac at Broken Heart

00/00/0000, 00:00 | Skiving Off

I have been caught up in those moments of deep thinking again. I know, I knowâ€¦ the medication was supposed to squelch that. The truth is that the kids at the local middle school give me so much money for my prescriptions that the economics leave me little choice but to sell. So with my mind unaltered by the healing gift of the pharmaceutical industry, I again share with my faithful blog readers the random thoughts and questions that occupy my beautiful mind.

I often wake up at night with the same nagging questionâ€¦ If I could trade my voice with anyone else, would I choose Sam Elliot, Alec Baldwin, or the Allstate guy from The Unit?

Was the four bulb rotating cube the last big development in the flash bulb industry, or did I miss any? That is a technology that continues to move so fast it is sometimes difficult to stay up.

Friends, I cannot stress this enough. Remember to roll in a ball whenever you jump from a moving car. Donâ€™t get so caught up in the moment you forget to â€œball up.â€

All my life I have heard some silly expression about a million dollar smile. â€œSheâ€™s got a million dollar smile.â€ So, yesterday it occurred to me that perhaps there is some truth to that. Specifically I am wondering if she can use that smile to get chips at a casino. How would the dealer/pit boss exchange go? â€œSmile changing a millionâ€¦.â€ â€œChange a million.â€ Does she have to give up the smile when she receives the chips? Does she have to get the full million dollars in chips, or can she just change a portion of the smile for a lesser amount? Perhaps she can just use the incisors for $10,000 at the baccarat table.

Did Debra Gibson go back to Debbie or not? Ricky Schroeder went full circle, passing through Rick, and is back to being Rickyâ€¦ maybe Debâ€™ can do the same.

I was thinking about The Great Space Coaster. Did anybody ever get onboard? I never got onboard? Surely somebody had to pay attention to the song and follow the instructions to get onboard, but I just never met any of those folks.

I keep meaning to ask one of my Indian friendsâ€¦ what exactly was the injury at Wounded Knee? Was it an ACL or a meniscus problem, or what?

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00/00/0000, 00:00 | Musings from the Workbench

Ep15 Carlo Mollino 06 Part 2

00/00/0000, 00:00 | Furnitology Productions

Here is part 2 of furniture designer, architect, Carlo Mollino and our interpretation of his bent plywood coffee table.

It's machining and shaping and thinking that keeps this Mollino piece a fun challenge to go after.

Between parts 1 and 2, we take Carlo's Plum Pudding and catch it up to Carlo's Birds-eye and the next step.

Enjoy........ I'm sure Carlo would be pleased.

Formats available: Quicktime (.mov)

Podcast #32: Router Table Tips, Tricks, & Techniques

00/00/0000, 00:00 | WoodworkingONLINE.com

Doug Hicks doesn’t just go through the motions when he presents a seminar. With all his years of woodworking and teaching experience, he really provides a wealth of knowledge and know-how.

During this seminar podcast, Doug will explain why a router table makes a router even more versatile. His tips for buying or building a router table are well-researched and insightful. And he’ll present some special techniques and tips to make your work on a router table easier, safer, and more accurate.

Be sure to check out the Woodsmith Podcast Store for links to a few products that Doug used during his seminar.

Do You Wear a Respirator?

00/00/0000, 00:00 | WoodworkingONLINE.com

I’m keenly aware of the affects of breathing in too much dust thanks to an unfortunate attempt years ago to carve a duck decoy with a moto-tool! Now, whenever I’m sanding or routing (or doing any job that produces a lot of fine dust) I wear a dust mask. The problem with your typical dust mask is that they don’t work very well.

Believe me, this is not an area where “good enough” suffices. You certainly don’t want to scrimp on dust protection, but too often I’m using an old mask that’s past the point of effectiveness. That’s why I recently spent the money on a half-mask respirator (photo at left). I like this 3M product for several reasons, including the fact that it’s comfortable to wear and economical (they retail most places for around $10 - $12).

But the thing I like best about it is that there are a wide variety of filters available. There are cartridges and filters designed to be used when working with sawdust, as well as fiberglass insulation, pesticides, lawn chemicals, and spray finishes. The respirator I purchased didn’t come with a cartridge included, so I was able to save a little by buying just the ones I needed.

I picked up my respirator at McFeely’s.com, but they’re available at several locations including Ace Hardware and Lowes.

Spindle Turning

00/00/0000, 00:00 | The Village Carpenter

Having turned only pens in the past, I was excited to turn the spindles that will pin the

legs to the runners on the sawbuck table.

Owning few lathe tools and possessing a miniscule amount of knowledge about woodturning results in an inevitable learning experience.

I turned two spindles at a time on my mini-lathe. The first spindle took several hours to complete but the second one was turned in about 45 minutes. It did take a while to figure out how to use the tools... and how not to use them. Lesson one: lathe tools will let you know when you've mish

andled them.

The first set of spindles were turned facing one another, with the

skinny part of the pegs connected in the center. Lesson two: wood becomes springy if the expanse of a thin section is too great; the wood will deflect as you run a lathe tool along its length.

Therefore, the second set was turned with the handles (the fat part) positioned back to back.

The spindles on the orginal table are missing, so I mimicked the shape of the handles on a friend's antique turning saw. I did, however, know the location of the pegs from photos that I had taken at the Landis Valley Museum.

I used inside calipers to measure the size of the hole and outside calipers to check the size of the peg that would fit into the hole. Lesson three: don't regret having purchased an expensive set of calipers years ago, even though

this was the first time you ever used them.

5 coats of blonde shellac were applied to the completed spindles while they were still secured, and spinning, on the lathe.

A learning experience it was, but this was perhaps the most important lesson of all: signing up for a wo

odturning class would probably be a very good idea.

In the Den of The Bear

00/00/0000, 00:00 | Skiving Off

One of the best parts of visiting the home of Popular Woodworking last week is that I was able to assure Chris Schwarz and Megan Fitzpatrick that I was just messin' with them about their contest to write Out of the Woodwork features.

I have to admit that Megan knows how to take a joke, and just to show there were no hard feelings, she let me pose for a photo with the Leigh Jig that they are giving away to the person who submits the winning article.

Nice, Megan. I think you were saying that my being disqualified from the contest for submitting articles under Gail's name isn't so unpardonable a sin as to preclude my ever appearing in the magazine again. It's just that the photo below is the closest I will get to winning a prize.

Megan has been assessed a 15 yard Unsportsmanlike Conduct penalty for "Taunting." The penalty will be assessed on the kickoff.

Western Earth Knives

11/30/2006, 16:04 | The Wood Shop

WESTERN EARTH KNIVES

Unique handcrafted hunting knives custom tailored for you at WEK.

Photos Courtesy of Western Earth Knives "The dagger"

Custom Handmade knives and sheaths, made to order, using materials of the earth: bone, antler, horn, brass, leather, exotic woods of the West, and only high quality high-carbon steel blades. Western Earth Knives are made using designs derived from the qualities of the earth and her creatures by Douglas Gilbert.

Douglas has been a painter and sculptor for 40 years. It is only recently in his life that he has come to specialize in knife making, continuing to exercise his love for the powerful qualities and images of the earth. He spent much of his youth in the woods, and whittling wood was one of his early interests. A temporary illness brought him to abandon the 9-to-5 work-world and to devote himself full time to his craft. He has two grown children, a loving psychologist wife, and lives in southwestern Washington state. For additional information or to talk directly with Douglas ...

Contact:

Douglas Gilbert, MFA, Artist/Knife maker

earthknives@hotmail.com
360-501-6939

Wooden rings and Warm hearts.

00/00/0000, 00:00 | Wooden Rings from Touch Wood Rings

Our thanks to Nancy and Ruth (two lovely women who were such a pleasure to work with) and they wrote:

"Nicola and David, We followed your directions and wore our rings lightly for several months. Now that we are wearing them regularly we are even more delighted with them. They feel so natural and comfortable on our hands, even though neither of us has worn rings regularly in the past. Our comfort with the rings is also emotional and even spiritual. The ring symbolizes and reminds us of so many connections: to each other, to our vows, to the hands that made the rings and the place they were made, and to the trees that grow the wood. It is amazing and inspiring to be able to have these rings on our fingers everyday. Thank you so much! "

New Fall Woodworking Class Schedule and Tool Catalog

10/27/2008, 16:43 | Highland Woodworking Blog

Our big new Fall 2008 woodworking tool catalog is at the printer and will be mailing out in just a few days. It's loaded with a huge selection of woodworking tools and supplies, and also contains a listing of the dozens of upcoming woodworking classes and workshops held at our retail store in Atlanta, Georgia. We invite you take an online look at our woodworking class schedule.

Edge Planing Experiment

00/00/0000, 00:00 | David's blog

Start with a perfectly straight edge on a shortish board, say 15 to 20 inches long.

Take 10 full length, reasonably ...

Dovetales

00/00/0000, 00:00 | Musings from the Workbench

Groovy news for lefties

00/00/0000, 00:00 | Musings from the Workbench

282 Lumber Species of the Month - Spalted Lumber

00/00/0000, 00:00 | Matt's Basement Workshop Podcast

It's been a little while but lumber species of the month is back again. Today though, we're not talking about a specific species of lumber but more of an beneficial defect that can be found in lumber.

Spalted lumber refers to any lumber in which a fungus or mold has begun to decay the wood and leaves a really unique pattern and color in the grain that looks like nothing else.

Thanks to Highland Woodworking for donating a WoodSlicer Resaw Bandsaw Blade for this week's schwag giveaway. If you're in the market for a great blade, this is the one. It resawed 4/4, 4" wide red oak boards on my 1/3 HP, 50 year old bandsaw like it was slicing bread (no exaggeration!!).

And if you're not in the market for a bandsaw blade at least stop by and enter for a chance to win a Festool Kapex during their 30th Anniversary Giveaway.

If you'd like to enter for free schwag or just have a comment, question or suggestion drop me a line at mattsbasementworkshop@gmail.com or head over to my website at www.mattsbasementworkshop.com or call our Skype Voicemail at 231 354-2338.

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Never a dull moment

00/00/0000, 00:00 | Sauer & Steiner

When Jill and I decided that we would take the plunge and pursue this road less traveled - I was worried that full time planemaking would get boring and heaven forbid... monotonous. In the beginning, the excitement and challenge of building infill planes was incredible - the thrill of actually being able to do it was more than enough. Some of that â€œthrill of learningâ€ has dissipated over the years, but I am happy to report that I still love making them. And these last two A5â€™s perfectly illustrate why.

The first plane is stuffed with English Boxwood. This is the second Boxwood filled plane I have made - the first was an XSNo.4. As far as I am concerned - English (or Turkish) Boxwood deserves to be placed alongside Brazilian Rosewood as far as workability and joy to use. I have a deeper appreciation as to why it is so prized by turners. Working with the Boxwood was such a fun departure from all the dark woods - I felt like I was building a brand new model.

The sole and sides are 01 tool steel, the blade is 2-1/4" wide high carbon steel and the bed angle is 50 degrees.

The second plane is also special because it has specs that I have not combined before. It is a really small A5 compared to all the others I have made. It is also extremely comfortable in the hand. The infill is Brazilian Rosewood, the sides and sole are 01 tool steel.

What was â€œnewâ€ is the 47.5 degree bed angle coupled with a 7-1/2" long sole. Until this plane, all the 47.5 degree bedded smoother had a 7-7/8" sole. I have made a lot of A5's with 7-1/2" long soles - but they have all had a york pitch. The york pitch raised the blade just enough to allow for the handle to be pushed in closer to the lever cap. This in turn allows the sole to be shortened. This may seem a bit over the top -but when you are trying to fit a handle to a persons hand size - every 1/16" matters!

284 Child's Bookcase Episode 5 - The Finale

00/00/0000, 00:00 | Matt's Basement Workshop Podcast

Time for the fifth and final installment of the Child's Bookcase Project. In today's episode I demonstrate my finishing technique with Shellac and a few other goodies too. Of course I can't guarantee you'll learn much about the finishing but you should get a good laugh!

Coming up in September, Hendrik is back and we're doing an open Q & A session so get your questions in...

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When life gets in the way

03/02/2008, 22:42 | Musings From My Shop

The thing about being a hobbyist woodworker is that shop time is not automatic. Sometimes kids, work, kids, other projects, etc demand attention. Did I mention kids? (The empty-nesters among you can stop snickering now.) That?s just the way it goes.

Progress on the Shaker desk for my mother-in-law is slow. My wife is on a business trip to Japan so I?m looking after the kids. I have another project going on that is consuming most of my free time (watch this space for updates on this -- it?s exciting). And at work, it?s just about time for final exams.

However, there is an upside to being a hobbyist woodworker. No client has ever called demanding to know why I?m behind schedule. If I don?t feel inspired I don?t have to go into the shop. And I?ve never had to wonder where the next job is going to come from. I sometimes comfort myself with those thoughts when I wish I could just chuck it all and hang out a sign. And soon life will calm down and I?ll be back in the shop working on that desk.

Strange Earrings

03/06/2008, 05:06 | Arts and Crafts Blog

Today I want to share with you two strange desings.

The first one is a very nice pair of earrings, made of wood beads (they´re beautiful). It seems they belongs to an indian, isn’t it?

Long earring

The following desing it´s a spiral. I love spirals! I made the wire structure first and then embroider the beads.

Spiral Earring

See you next craft!

Lingerie Cabinet Ep08 - Final Finishing

00/00/0000, 00:00 | Furnitology Productions

Back to our Contemporary Lingerie Cabinet and Webisode08. Here we've disassembled the case, labeled parts, final sanded and final finished to match our Finish Sample from Episode07.

It's a well executed episode that turns sample finiahing into reality.

Enjoy........

Formats available: Quicktime (.mov)

Knickers

00/00/0000, 00:00 | Musings from the Workbench

The Mini Pencil Project

00/00/0000, 00:00 | Wood Destruction by a Woodscrub

I've begun creating "mini" pencils. 4 1/4" (including eraser) it is quite a bit smaller than the original PaperMate Write Bros pencil.

The mechanical pencil was disassembled and the barrel tossed. Using a very sharp bench chisel and just hand pressure I cut the mechanism down to 2 7/8". This also required shortening the leads by approx 1/4".

The barrel is made from purpleheart. I drilled a 1/4" hole through it and turned it on a standard pen turning mandrel. (1/4" hole fits the mandrels made to be used with 7mm brass tubes.) The barrel is 2 5/8" long.

The mechanism from most click-type mechanical pencils requires a small lip at the tip end of the barrel. I created that lip by gluing a tiny piece of 1/4" brass tubing into the tip. It is around 1/8" long, the longest I could make it and still have the threads of the mechanism protrude enough to catch the plastic tip from the original pencil.

The close up shows the piece of tubing used. Note that I used 1/4" tube NOT the standard 7mm tubing. 7mm tubing isn't narrow enough to stop the mechanism.

The finish on this one is just some CA glue slapped on with a small plastic baggie wrapped around my finger. No effort at properly finishing this pencil was made because I was in a hurry.

So no comments on the poor finish, OK?

The Write Bros pencils make perfect practice parts for experimentation because they are inexpensive and easily modified. They are not terribly durable since they're all plastic, but are still useful. And at approx 30c a piece, if one breaks, or I screw it up, I'm not going to cry.

The one pictured here was given to my 5 year old daughter. She loves it and has been using it heavily since I gave it to her. So far it's holding up well.