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Just for Fun... #84: Square Wood from Round Branches...
This has been a perplexing enigma to me for many years! The old-timers would just split it (roughly square) and then square it up with progressively finer Tools… And that works very well, but there’s a...
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Apartment Projects #22: The "Greatest" Picture Frame
Debbie and I love to rummage around at the backs of Department Stores (where they keep all the kitschy stuff) and search for Prints and Pictures to decorate our walls…We’re particularly fond of Photos,...
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Just for Fun... #85: Plotting and Scheming...
So a new project has begun, a Commissioned piece this time…Until I receive permission, I’d rather not discuss all the details, but you clever bunch will pretty easily discern what is being made...
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Just for Fun... #86: The Work continues...
After a busy week of work and life, last weekend allowed me a few hours to devote to this latest “Mystery Project”...Though it only took 3 1/2- 4 hours, the sides were finally joined sometime Saturday...
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Just for Fun... #87: The Lid... (Part One?)
The Mystery Project continues…When we left off, it had the bottom added and the lid section cut away… The idea here, is to make the “Roof” very similar to this, only properly fitted… While Wood was...
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Just for Fun... #88: The Lid (Part Two)...
After the milling was done, it was time to rip the stock into narrow strips… But how many? And at what angle should they meet?It was desirable to have a lighter color for the first and last slat,...
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Just for Fun... #89: The Lid (Part Three)...
And, happily, the last part!You are probably as tired as I am of looking at this thing… Though very little has actually been produced here, 12 hours of Work and almost two weeks time have been consumed...
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Just for Fun... #90: Get a Grip!
So the final details have begun on this Mystery Project…As was said at the end of the last blog, the Cherry that was purchased will be the story here, it is to be used for all of the Hardware and...
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Just for Fun... #91: Details, details...
The Mystery Project continues…After the Handles were attached, more details had to be attended to…It needs to be said now, that one of the suggested and agreed upon features of this Project, is that it...
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Just for Fun... #92: and more Details...
9 days ago, we left off with one of the hinges needing a replacement top half… The off-cut was not as sleek as the originals, but the new half should work… As was said, this “Strapping” is going...
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Just for Fun... #93: End in sight...
Last Friday came and went, and with it my sixth year anniversary on LJ’s…It has been quite a six years… While some tools and machines have found their home here, changing some of the methods, enjoyment...
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Just for Fun... #94: Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes... (Part II)
The end of October, 2011, was a turning point in my Life… Those who read my Blogs will remember, that there was a small fire in the basement of our Apartment building in Manchester… While the building...
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Just for Fun... #95: Company...
The Lumberjocks that were here about 70 or 80 thousand LJ’s ago, probably still remember the Patron's ill-fated trip...It was to be a follow-up to his trip up the West Coast the previous year, stopping...
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Just for Fun... #96: Can You Guess What it Is?
Took a little break from the Re-Painting scene and squeezed in some Shop Time… Can You guess what I made?Began with a scrap 2 X 4 appropriately long enough for the task at hand and shaped the first...
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A Thousand Posts Later... #3: 3K...
At the time of my 1,000 Lumberjock posting, I started this ‘blog series’ with great enthusiasm, anticipating a long LJ Experience where every !,000th Post would be a retrospective and recapitulation of...
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Just for Fun... #97: Another "Quick Fix", and a Question...
So, a couple weeks ago, driving down the road, I caught sight of something on the curb that nobody had any use for anymore… I tossed it in the back of the “Yota, and brought it home for closer...
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House Projects #1: It was Inevitable...
(The House Purchase last year made it inevitable that a new Series would need to be begun…) Debbie and I enjoyed our first Holiday Season here very much… So much so in fact, we were loath to see it...
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Just for Fun... #98: For a Change...
A little break in the House Renovation Action, so there was an opportunity to Work on something I’ve been building in my head for the last six months or so…I’ve had a designated ‘Work Box’ for a number...
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Just for Fun... #99: Might I Miter?
So there we were, walking through Sears, looking for some clothing…As is usual with a Sears visit, I ended up wandering to the tool department; specifically, their Miter Saw line up…From small to...
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Just for Fun... #100: The Art of making Complexity out of Simplicity...
The current box was/is scheduled to have two trays made for it…For the sides of the trays, some old slats were appropriated from a louvered door,and cut down to size (Height-wise) on the Scroll Saw…...
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