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My Journey As A Scroll Saw Pattern Designer #264: Back to Some Woodworking


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Published Feb. 22, 2011 at 12:00 p.m.
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I finally got back to doing some woodworking yesterday ... I had finished drawing this pattern up last week and got it cut out, but it seemed that I was in several other directions the past several days and it was kind of woven in between all the other things I was doing ... It is a simple design by my own standards, and I had mixed feelings about it ... I find however that every design doesn’t have to be complex to be successful, and I think it will have a wide appeal ... After seeing it

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quilting supply box


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Published Feb. 22, 2011 at 11:18 a.m.
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a simple box with stacked block design. measures 13” X 16” ... Red Oak, Walnut & Poplar ... finish is spray lacquer. It was a quick and fun build for a friend who does quilting ...

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Garden Bench #2: Construction2


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Published Feb. 22, 2011 at 8:02 a.m.
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Well I am nearly finished, construction is complete ... I decided to go for a rosewood stain, so it would blend with the arms ... Its a bit dark, but I like it that way ... Hides all of my mistakes… ... At the moment I am giving it several coats of polyurethane ...

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Farm Tables


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Published Feb. 22, 2011 at 3:54 a.m.
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Building tables started with some old walnut I got from a friend that was cleaning out his shed. My wife was wanting a farm table, so I built the my first table but didnt really like it. So it set in the garage for about six months collecting whatever was stacked up on it. Finally drug it out and tried to sell it on ebay. No luck except for an email asking to build one from pine and white wash it ... I built that one and placed the other back on ebay. Well someone wanted a walnut table, but that

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Black Tea


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Published Feb. 21, 2011 at 10:50 p.m.
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Another in the series of simple tea boxes ... Goncalo Alves with ebonized maple top finished with spray lacquer (satin over gloss) and polished with renaissance wax ... Goncalo Alves has some interesting streaks on an orange-ish field ... The best side on this one is the back because it got chipped ... I beveled the bottom to remove the chip ...

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1950's DeWalt MMB 23 RAS #6: Clean the RAS Post today!


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Published Feb. 21, 2011 at 10:18 p.m.
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I put a little work into cleaning the post today! I used 120 and 220 grit sandpaper on my ROS! ...

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Slant front Rolling Tool Cabinet with removable tool chest


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Published Feb. 21, 2011 at 7:23 p.m.
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Just finished this, ... Slant front Tool Cabinet and Chest ... I Built it using 3/4” Maple plywood for cabinet cases , recycled Maple hardwood flooring for edging trim and drawer fronts. Drawers bodys are G1S plywood ... The plans came from Shop Notes Magazine, Setting Up Shop issue. I found the plans for the base cabinet to be very accurate and well detailed. Everything fit as described in the instructions ... The upper tool chest instructions were not as good, vague to say the least. I

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Shaped Front Walnut Burl Man-Box


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Published Feb. 21, 2011 at 7:07 p.m.
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This box is for a friend in London who has been gracious in hosting my wife and I, so I decided to make him a box ... The idea is to make a box for a man, instead of a jewelry box for a woman ... The compartments are sized more for a man ... While not a period piece per se, it is intended to speak to work of the various Federal Period furniture makers ... It is 7 1/2” x 9” x 4” high ... A number of things here are a bit different ... Most obvious, is the shaped front ... The design is

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Cocobolo Coffee Table


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Published Feb. 21, 2011 at 6:55 p.m.
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I had some left over cocobolo from a project and after some drawing, calculating…etc…I decided to make a simple coffee table from it ... I had second thoughts as most of the furniture in this room is oak….the floor is oak….etc ... Luckily, the oak is older and dark from ageing…so the cocobolo seems to fit right in ... The legs are tapered and made using a shop made tapering jig ... The top is coopered using dominoes….the stretchers are all motised and tenoned to the legs….The

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QS Mahogany String box


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Published Feb. 21, 2011 at 4:54 a.m.
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After being inspired by the “Secrets of the String Box Revealed” Blog, i got to work on one of my own ... I used some sweet 8/4 quarter sawn african mahogany for the box material and some 1/16” maple for the “Inlay” ... I used some curly maple for the base and added a nice curve to all the sides of the base ... I used some scraps from some endgrain cutting boards for some added interest to the insides as a tray holder/slider ... For the tray, i used some really interesting grained

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