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Grizzly 14" Band Saw

Today I met with a friend at his house and while in the garage i noticed a band saw covered up in the corner.I ask what make it was and he uncovered it. Wow! It looked new, I thought to myself “I would...

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My first chest of drawers (small)

I built this small chest of drawers from scrap wood that was just laying around the shop. It started with a phone call from my Dad. He had explained that he needed a small chest with 3 drawers to fit...

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What could this be? And what was it used for?

A friend gave this tool to me, It is a wood working tool. But what was it used for?Any ideas?And he gave these to me as well….I love old tools!

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Shop move part 1 #1: "How to say good bye to my wood shop?" part 1

The time has come I have to move my shop to another building. It is met with happiness and sadness.Soon I will begin to transform my shop building which is about 70’ X 30” into a home for us.The...

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Lumberjocks Is Awesome!

I love this web site….I have a question.I as a hobbiest love woodworking among other hobbies. Restoring antique vehicles is also one of my passions.I ask Martin if maybe in the future he would make a...

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Congrats Dennis Zongker's

Today I recieved the latest issue of Woodcarving Illustrated and low and behold I noticed an artical of a project posted by Dennis on LJ’s. Dennis I as a fellow LJ wanted to say in public forum...

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A little thank you #1: Spoon carvings

Its been about 21 days since the ole heart about gave out on me and I thought it would be good to give a small thanks to the ICU nurses that helped in the healing process.As some of you may know after...

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Repurposed desk to V-drum sander

At a past X-Mas party I had a request for a cutting board… after I had made a simple cheese/bread board for a white elephant gift. BTW it was a big hit.So I decided to get with it and try to get the...

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Glue up problems...Any ideas?

Along the time of my attempts to create cutting boards I discovered Tite Bond III glue. The longer work time and tan color after dried made it seem a better choice than the yellow elmers glue....

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Adventures in Carving a Tompson Sub Machine Gun Stock #1: The beginning

It was a thursday morning just another day carving at our local carving chapter meeting. In walks a nice elderly gent that had a box of Thompson sub maching gun stocks that never made it to use. They...

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Adventures in Carving a Tompson Sub Machine Gun Stock #2: Roughing out the...

This adventure in carving has been very enjoyable.The scroll pattern seemed to be a bit more advanced than I had anticipated. Although I am never one to run from a challenge. I kind of get a grin and...

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Drill Saw?

I recieved a present from a friend, he picked this up at a yard sale and thought of me. Although I was very grateful he thought of me when he saw it, being a wood worker and all. He said he wasnt sure...

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Thanks Rob for the tour!

Today I accompanied a very good friend and carving buddy to So.CalWood.I have to say as we drove up the driveway to meet Rob I saw all the wood and the heart palpatations started.Rob showed Chris and I...

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A question for the carvers on LJ's

It has been quite some time since I have carved. Life gets in the way somtimes and I dropped all carving tools and let them collect dust. Now that life is playing its dirty little tricks elsewhere I am...

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Gun Stock Carving # 3 #1: A daisy BB gun stock

My father-n-law sent me his BB gun stock for practice. Although the wood in these stocks are very soft it had its challenges nevertheless.After scribing the design on the stock I began to carve inside...

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Gun Stock Carving # 3 #2: The finish

Today started pretty much like most days do…. a couple of cups of coffee then its off to see what I can get into.As I was drinking the first cup, the eyes started opening up and I began to think about...

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Burr Cleaning Method

To begin, this is not my idea but I have adopted it as a very useful way to clean Dremel burs and similar type rotory bits.I began by turning a piece of 1”X1” plastic material (just somthing I had)...

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Happy New Year!

So long 2013 and hello 14.A friend called and asked if I was intrested in some wood with a dark center and light sapwood.Hmmmm….. Let’s think about this for a millisecond. YES!He called it mimosa wood....

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Grizzly 14" Band Saw

Today I met with a friend at his house and while in the garage i noticed a band saw covered up in the corner.I ask what make it was and he uncovered it. Wow! It looked new, I thought to myself “I would...

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My first chest of drawers (small)

I built this small chest of drawers from scrap wood that was just laying around the shop. It started with a phone call from my Dad. He had explained that he needed a small chest with 3 drawers to fit...

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