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The Cottage Workshop: 2009-09-27
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Friday, October 2, 2009. I have a few things I've been working on in the past week that I'd like to share with you. Ever since I saw pictures Wiktor Kuc's. I finally got around to rearranging my hand saws a bit to accommodate my new dovetail saw. I really want to make a proper saw till like this one. By Dave Anderson. I'm not sure if I want one with doors or not. Before I mill any parts I'll probably cut some boards to rough length and stack and sticker. Hand-made by Kari herself. There's a good poss...
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The Cottage Workshop: 2009-09-20
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Friday, September 25, 2009. Cool stuff on the way. What a wonderful day it is! I know it's raining but I'm a winner. You see, Kari Hultman aka The Village Carpenter. Had a prize giveaway contest today. On the line was a copy of Roy Underhill. Links to this post. It's not every day you get to see yourself on TV. I posted it on YouTube so the boys could see their own daddy on on the news. It was a fun day watching and poking fun at ourselves on TV at the firehouse. Links to this post. Links to this post.
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The Cottage Workshop: 2009-09-13
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Thursday, September 17, 2009. That time of the year again. For the past week I've been busy working on an annual project with my ol' friend Mel. Every year for the past four years we make signs for the Indianapolis Irish Festival. This year we made about 30 signs for all of the restaurants and the entertainment stages. Of course, we had some help along the way. Thanks Jon and Paige! This is Paige, a sign maker in training. Here's Mel, making last-minute changes as usual. This year's Irish Festival.
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The Cottage Workshop: 2009-12-27
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Monday, December 28, 2009. Christmas Gifts for the Workshop. I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas. I had a great one this year blessed with lots of gifts, parties, family and food. Judging by the gifts I must have been a good boy this year. I got two books. The Workshop. By Scott Gibson is a very inspiring book full of pictures of woodworking shops and studios. The other book is the one which was probably on most hand-tool user's wish list - The Joiner and Cabinet Maker. The Veritas miniature should...
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The Cottage Workshop: "Back" in the Cottage
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Tuesday, August 3, 2010. Back" in the Cottage. In seven years, I finished the Insanity. Workout program, I started mountain biking again after ten years and completed my very first Sprint Triathlon. For my 38th birthday last Sunday on August 1st. I feel great. So now I've got what's looking more and more like a dresser. In the coming weeks I will be working on the base, the moulding, six dressers and some type of finish. I'm really looking forward to the moulding because I want to use a method di...The s...
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The Cottage Workshop: 2010-02-28
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Thursday, March 4, 2010. I had a couple hours to work in the cottage so I thought I would spend it making an angle jig to make it easier to sharpen my blades nd chisels. No, I'm not very good with free-handing on the stones yet, but maybe someday I will be. I've been wanting to make one like this since I saw Angie Kopacek. So here's how I made mine:. I found some decent particle board shelving with a laminate veneer in the trash pile. Then I cut a few pieces of maple for the angle stops. I settled on jus...
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The Cottage Workshop: 2009-11-08
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Tuesday, November 10, 2009. More milling and flattening. That I downloaded for free and I thought it was a lot of fun to make. The song is Faster, Sooner, Now. By David Gray. Enjoy! Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile. More milling and flattening. Follow me on Twitter! Some of my favorites. Sawmill Creek Woodworkers' Forums. Awesome Inc. template. Template images by andynwt.
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The Cottage Workshop: 2009-11-29
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Friday, December 4, 2009. In the end I decided to stay with my design and patch it. I was skeptical at first, but I decided I could find a reasonable match to make it happen. As a result, I think it works and I have something new to blog about. Here is what I did. I used the same cutting guide to make a few pieces to fit in the errant dovetail socket. I'm getting better at being creative with the clamps. A little work with the block plane. Is getting to me after all. Links to this post. Actually, I'm not...
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The Cottage Workshop: 2009-12-13
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Tuesday, December 15, 2009. Mortising by hand: not as hard as I thought. As usual, I've scoured the internet to learn what I could about mortising by hand. Of all that I found I found these videos the most helpful. Both are of Frank Klausz. A master cabinetmaker originally from Hungary. He really seems to be a great teacher so I must plan on obtaining some of his videos. This one is from FineWoodworking.com. It even shows how he allows for a haunched tenon. This one is from a Woodworking in America.
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The Cottage Workshop: 2009-11-22
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Thursday, November 26, 2009. I found a few hours in the past couple of days to finish the carcass dovetails. I've been using common techniques with mixed results in the past and have picked up a few tips from poking around the net. I even came up with something on my own. Probably not new but I've not seen it yet. It seems almost unnecessary to mark the waste portions but it really reminds you which side of the line you need to be on. Definitely a few seconds well spent. The face of the block that guides...
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