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Nice Antique Store Find

Posted on July 12, 2015 by admin

I stopped at a small town antique store on my travels during vacation this week to see if they had anything interesting in the way of old tools. I saw a Stanley “Bailey” #3 smoothing plane. It was in mint … Continue reading →

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Hand tool cabinet update

Posted on May 31, 2015 by admin

The cabinet is coming along slowly. I’ve installed the doors within the main doors to allow more tool storage. Now the fun part is making individual custom holders for each item. Next step is the main upper mini-cabinet.

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Hand tool cabinet coming along

Posted on March 30, 2015 by admin

I’ve been working on this cabinet for a while for all of my hand tools, it’s 3/4 finished. I need a middle upper cabinet, and two door cabinets that open up to reveal yet more hand tools.

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Festool OF 1400 Router Circle Jig

Posted on March 12, 2015 by admin

Festool OF 1400 Router Circle Jig using Guide Stop modification

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3D Cuttingboard

Posted on January 16, 2015 by admin

I made this as a gift this Christmas.

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Smartphone holder

Posted on January 8, 2015 by admin

Another smartphone holder turned on the lathe, walnut with a thin maple lamination.

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Weird planer shavings

Posted on October 1, 2014 by admin

Is a 15″ planer supposed to produce tight little tube shavings?

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My Lathe

Posted on August 22, 2014 by admin

I wanted to take a better picture of my lathe. General 260, with fill block and 4″ risers. It also has a 60″ extension.

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Cellphone base

Posted on June 12, 2014 by admin

We received cellphones at work to replace out desk phones and landlines in an effort to save the country money so I have this little thing laying flat on my desk all day. I decided to take some scrap material … Continue reading →

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Wood Shrinkage

Posted on March 1, 2014 by admin

Here’s a photo now in February of how much my walnut kitchen table has shrunk within the floating breadboard ends. Good thing they’re able to move around or the ends would have cracked the joint. I expect in the summer … Continue reading →

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