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"The Natural of Lovebirds" (Wood Wedding Band Set)
00/00/0000, 00:00 | Wood Rings by Simply Wood RingsAny one that has seen two lovebirds perched together understands that love is a natural animal instinct that you can also be seen when you look into someone's eyes, and see everything you need.
The Box is made of Maple wood and Purple heart wood.
Visit Me At http://www.simplywoodrings.com for you Wooden Wedding Band Set.
Spirit of Imagination Wooden Ring
00/00/0000, 00:00 | Wood Rings by Simply Wood Rings
The outer wood (Oak) represents nobility of spirit and the inner base wood (Dyed Maple) represents imagination.The dark wood is dyed to achieve the color much like dyed wool while the Oak is left natural.
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.
See it here: http://www.simplywoodrings.com/ring_shop/
Business Loans
09/04/2008, 06:08 | Antique Knockdown Carved Wood HouseHere is the business loans online from EZUnsecured . If you look for unsecured loans, lines of credit and credit card, EZUnsecured is the best choice because it offers easy process, fast funding and excellent service.
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Making a strong Hook, Bent or Crooked knife.
00/00/0000, 00:00 | Traditional Tools & NewsEpisode 146 - Bedroom Set: Prepping Stock
10/17/2008, 09:00 | T Chisel - The Rough Cut Show!292 Workbench Follow Up...
00/00/0000, 00:00 | Matt's Basement Workshop PodcastLast week's episodes on the replacement of my workbench top have generated a few questions and some great feedback. As always when these come in, I can't help but share them with everyone...because I'm willing to bet there's plenty of you thinking the same things.
Hendrik is back in September so get your questions in for our open Q&A session and if you get a chance this weekend stop by and see him at the 5th Annual Welbeck Wood Expo.
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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303 Thumbnail Table Edge Bit - the video
00/00/0000, 00:00 | Matt's Basement Workshop PodcastIt's the beginning of a brand new month and that can mean only one thing!!! IT'S TIME FOR ROUTER BIT OF THE MONTH!
This month we have Whiteside's Thumbnail Table Edge Bit. An elongated round over bit that gives an unique profile that a regular round over bit only wishes it could touch.
Not today's lucky winner, but you want to get your own Thumbnail Table Edge Bit? Click here to visit Woodcraft.com and order yours today.
Don't forget!! Hendrik is back in September so get your questions in for our open Q&A session.
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 231 354-2338.
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Long's Park Art & Craft Festival
00/00/0000, 00:00 | The Village Carpenter
The Long's Park Art & Craft Festival is a juried exhibition of the products made by talented craftspeople who work in a variety of media. I sought out the woodworkers, of course, and asked them about their pieces.
First I encountered Joe Graham (Photos 1, 2, & 3. Photo #2 is from Joe's website), Windsor chairmaker and instructor/owner of Lenox
Workshops in Ohio. Joe works with handtools and at the show used a workbench made from 3 slabs of thick, single-dovetailed wood, a stretcher, and tusk tenons. The bench didn't rack at all while he used a drawknife to shape spindles, so it was an effective, knock-down workbench—perfect for travel.Joe, who studied with Mike Dunbar and Ernie Conover, offers week-long classes, including private room, all meals and materials. By the end of the week, you will turn a log into a Windsor chair, using only
handtools. The classes focus on several styles of traditional Windsors, but Joe also offers his own adaptations in his product line.Next, I met Sam Martin (photos 4, 5, & 6), who makes intricately-detailed scale
reproductions of a multitude of vehicles and who co-wrote Making Toys: Heirloom Toys to Make in Wood. As if the amount of work required to construct his pieces wasn't impressive enough, he pointed out that all his vehicles have moving parts. Doors & tool boxes open, gates fold down, fire truck ladders extend, and spreaders on road graders move sideways and foreward and backward, just like on a real one.
The logging truck was my favorite and he explained that the miniature logs were cut from saplings on his property. I asked how he made the tire treads (shown on the road grader and on the vehicle above the cattle truck). He cuts the circle first
and then uses a table saw jig which is equipped with a protractor that indicates where to cut the treads. His products make great gifts for collectors as well as grandkids. But if they were my grandkids, I doubt I'd let them play with these beauties unsupervised!Brad Smit
h (photos 7, 8, & 9), owner of Bradford Woodworking, studied at R.I.T. and belongs to the Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen. Brad builds unique and custom pieces, some of which incorporate h
is signature design element—ax handle legs—which are turned on an antique ax handle lathe. The lathe leaves a ridged pattern on the wood which ax makers would sand smooth. Brad instead allows the ridges to remain, which gives his pieces a handcarved, organic look.His tractor seat stools, which include ax handle legs, also feature a reproduction tractor seat, produced by an Amish foundry in Lancaster County, P
A, that comes complete with the Bradford Woodworking logo.Be sure to check out Brad's website and also his blog.
The last woodworker I met was Todd Gill of TMG Designs (Photo #10). Todd is a recent graduate of East Carolina University and worked collaboratively with Brian Bortz to design the sofa tables in his booth. Brian designed the shape of the tables and Todd constructed them and designed the decorative inlay, made from metal and colored resin, for the table tops. All other pieces in Todd's collection are designed and built solely by him. He mainly works with veneer over mdf, which enables him to control wood movement and allows him to use highly figured species.
The designs have a contemporary feel, and Todd told me his products sell better in certain larger cities t
hat appreciate modern furniture. The market, he said, changes with each year and it's difficult to predict when pieces will sell or not. Todd works part time in his business, participates in 10 shows a year across the country, and works as a sub contractor for other furniture makers.He was also the youngest participant at the show, in his early twenties, and it was refreshing to see this kind of talent in a young woodworker.
Be sure to visit the woodworkers' websites for more information about them and their works of art.
Podcast #34: 7 Must-Have Shop-Built Table Saw Accessories
00/00/0000, 00:00 | WoodworkingONLINE.comIf there is one power tool that lends itself perfectly to accessories it’s the table saw. Things like push sticks and stop blocks can make using a table saw more efficient and safe. And, auxiliary fences for the miter gauge and the rip fence prevent chip out and protect the factory fence from being damaged.
Best of all, each of these accessories can easily be made in the shop. This week’s Woodsmith Woodworking Seminar focuses on seven accessories that are “must-haves.”
You’ll find a few pieces of hardware, that can be used for building jigs, for sale at the Woodsmith Podcast Store, plus a link to the seminar guide.
Bamboo wedding rings
00/00/0000, 00:00 | Wooden Rings from Touch Wood Rings
272 Child's Bookcase Project Part 1
00/00/0000, 00:00 | Matt's Basement Workshop PodcastA friend of the family approached me about building a custom bookcase for his daughter. Who am I to say no to the opportunity to build anything? So as promised I documented the build, the good, the bad and the ugly. This is Part 1 of a multi-part series, and I'll be posting new episodes on Wednesdays from this point out, enjoy!!
REMEMBER! If you have any comments, questions, suggestions or you want to enter for some free schwag drop me a line at mattsbasementworkshop@gmail.com or you can always leave a voicemail at 231 354-2338.
Hendrik is back this month and we're talking about "Why we woodwork". We'd love your feedback on why it is that you woodwork also, so call or write in to the show.
Don't forget too that Hendrik is wrapping up his annual finishing seminar: Part 3"Antique Restoration Techniques" - June 7th. Also, coming up on June 14th, Hendrik is conducting a seminar based on his book "Starting and Running a Woodworking Business"at his Acton, Ontario Workshop. If you'd like to attend or just get more information about these seminars contact Hendrik at info@passionforwood.com.
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Cocobolo Candlestick Holder
00/00/0000, 00:00 | Wood Destruction by a Woodscrub
I had a chunk of cocobolo left over from my other projects. Too short for a pen, too nice for the trash, I was determined to find a use for it.
As I was digging through the "box'o'candles" (everybody's wife has one of those, right?) I found a seriously fugly rocking horse candlestick holder. It was plated pot metal, with a screwed on candle cup sticking out of the top. It was plated with a gold color that was partly worn. It really looked crappy.
I removed the cup from the rocking horse and chucked it in my lathe. The cup was pressed steel, and had pressure ridges, scratches, etc. I sanded it to 2000 grit paper to get it smooth, then hit it with the buffer and white diamond compound. Polished steel looks much better than cheap "gold" plating.
I chucked the chunk of cocobolo and turned the simple shape shown in the photo. Sanded to 800 grit and applied two coats of thin (1# cut) shellac followed by a couple coats of Hut's Crystal Coat.
A note about Crystal Coat. It's crap. It can add a nice deep shine to your turning, but durable it isn't. Just removing the piece from the lathe can dull the finish! I left this piece on the lathe for an hour before removing it to drill the hole for the steel cup's mounting screw. I still ended up marring the finish. Once I had the hole drilled and the screw run through a couple times so it would go easy later, I re-mounted it on the lathe and applied another coat of the finish.
I left it on the lathe overnight before taking it off and mounting the cup. I then immediately placed it on the shelf in the living room where it sat for a week before I had the courage to take it down again to photograph it.
I have no experience with other friction polishes, but Hut's Crystal Coat isn't worth the bottle it's sold in, unless all you're going to do is take pictures of your work.
The Custom Shop
11/12/2006, 14:50 | The Wood Shop
Help Nominate LJ In The 2nd Annual Open Web Awards
00/00/0000, 00:00 | LumberJocks.com :: woodworking showcaseI’ve nominated our website in The 2nd Annual Open Web Awards – Niche and Miscellaneous Social Networks category. The more nominations we get, the better our chance to make it into the voting rounds.
If you’re a fan of LJ.com you can submit your nomination now:
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Wooden Wedding Rings in Costa Rica
00/00/0000, 00:00 | Wooden Rings from Touch Wood Rings
I have attached photos to convey how amazing this day was for us, and your part in it.
After we returned, we found the rings to be such a bind between us, knowing that we shared the same trees, the same meaning, and the same spirit that created our rings.
Thank you again for brightening our lives."
PTA Sandwich Board
00/00/0000, 00:00 | Woodworking DungeonI decided that if I'm going to work on this, I'm going to do it up right!
I built a new frame using some baltic birch plywood that I've had lying around. The top and bottom supports have rabbets cut into them to support the new removable 1/4" ply pieces that will hold the sandwich board content. I did re-use the hinges and chains from the original board.
The new board, while stable, is lighter and much more manageable than the original.
He's Got Sole.........
00/00/0000, 00:00 | Philsville
Arghhhhhhhhhhhhhh.........! Only two more days left before I hit the road. Where does the time go???
Been putting the final polish on my new prototype brass soled smoother. What do you think? Made from Indonesian Rosewood and lots of brass, with a 4mm thick 40mm wide iron, she works excellently. And of course, the "Philly Patent Dovetailed Sole". The sheer weight of the thing means you only have to push it - it holds itself on the work by itself. Need to get the thing on the scales and check out its weight - I'm pretty sure it matches an infill for heft.
I still have some finishing touches to put on the skew miter and tomorrow should see me close to complete. I then have Tuesday to panic and start running around like a headless chicken.
Back to the workshop....
Philly
Prototypes - Scallops
00/00/0000, 00:00 | Woodworking Dungeon
I’ve got several long weekends coming up so hopefully I should have some time to play around in the shop.
Ep15 Carlo Mollino 06 Part 2
00/00/0000, 00:00 | Furnitology ProductionsHere 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.
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