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James Watriss: Auto-regulator, Chapter 3: Making the vertical elements
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Installing the Emmert Pattern Maker's vise. Mission statement for the shop. Tuesday, October 7, 2014. Auto-regulator, Chapter 3: Making the vertical elements. One of the primary design elements of the case was the use of three way miters. In the pedestal, as I've explained, they're not true three-way miters. The movement case is a different story. But there's more to it than that. To do the rest. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). In pursuit of a meaningful life. Art without engineering is dreaming....
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James Watriss: February 2014
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Installing the Emmert Pattern Maker's vise. Mission statement for the shop. Tuesday, February 25, 2014. Working out a better miter bar. V.1. I've said before that jigs need three things: A good way to position the stock in alignment, a good way to hold it in alignment, and an accurate way to guide the stock past the cutter. Links to this post. Sunday, February 23, 2014. Shooting board for truing long miter joints. Project X requires long miter joints to make up vertical members. The longest is 52" lo...
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James Watriss: Index
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Installing the Emmert Pattern Maker's vise. Mission statement for the shop. This is a selection of the pieces that I think are useful, helpful, or represent some of my better work. On shop flow and learning. On Learning, Growing, and Making Mistakes. Organizing Shop and Mind I. Organizing Shop and Mind II: Storage. Organizing Shop and Mind III: Work Flow. Organizing Shop and Mind IV: Project Planning. What Did I Learn Today? Shop and Project Hierarchy of Needs. On toolmaking and design. Peter Follansbee,...
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James Watriss: August 2014
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Installing the Emmert Pattern Maker's vise. Mission statement for the shop. Thursday, August 21, 2014. Auto-Regulator chapter one: Breakdown. The diagonal grain near the top was a fluke. That's just what I happened to get when I opened up the beam. the grain went from being in-line with the board to 30-something degrees on angle from the face. Note on the photos: All of the pictures of the finished piece were taken by David Schonbrun. Links to this post. From January to July I worked ridiculously hard to...
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Getting On My Soapbox. | The Basement Workshop
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Ramblings about wood, tools, and the stuff I make. Laquo; I Need More Clamps; Trying Out Miller Dowels. Kids in the Workshop – Safety. Getting On My Soapbox. Posted January 21, 2011 by slothlike in kids in the workshop. Kids in the workshop. Children’s brains are sponges. They are learning every minute, but what are we teaching them if they live in front of a screen? TV is passive, what are you actually doing when you watch it? One of the biggest problems I have with student who aren’t learning is ...
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To Kill a Mockingbird | Sermons in Stones
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Finding the sacred everywhere. Thoughts on religion, art, books, politics, philosophy, and life in general from a Unitarian Universalist minister. You are currently browsing the tag archive for the ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ tag. Go Set a Watchman, post 3 of 4: An essay is not a novel. August 7, 2015 in books. Tags: Go Set a Watchman. To Kill a Mockingbird. I was going to describe what happens to the story after Jean Louise discovers that her boyfriend and, far more crushingly, her father are members of a C...
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Agatha Christie | Sermons in Stones
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Finding the sacred everywhere. Thoughts on religion, art, books, politics, philosophy, and life in general from a Unitarian Universalist minister. You are currently browsing the tag archive for the ‘Agatha Christie’ tag. July 5, 2015 in books. My wife and daughter put their heads together for a really excellent birthday present for me: bringing our collection of Agatha Christie books to completion, including her memoirs and the so-called “romances” published under the name Mary Westmacott. She actually g...
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Harper Lee | Sermons in Stones
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Finding the sacred everywhere. Thoughts on religion, art, books, politics, philosophy, and life in general from a Unitarian Universalist minister. You are currently browsing the tag archive for the ‘Harper Lee’ tag. Go Set a Watchman, post 3 of 4: An essay is not a novel. August 7, 2015 in books. Tags: Go Set a Watchman. To Kill a Mockingbird. I was going to describe what happens to the story after Jean Louise discovers that her boyfriend and, far more crushingly, her father are members of a CitizensR...
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Quotations | Sermons in Stones
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Finding the sacred everywhere. Thoughts on religion, art, books, politics, philosophy, and life in general from a Unitarian Universalist minister. I tried to categorize these under helpful labels like “art,” “ministry,” “happiness,” but quit after a few minutes. For example, is the Salinger quote here because it speaks to me as a preacher or as an artist? Both It was hopeless. 8211; – –. 8211; – –. 8211; – –. The Kingdom is not only beyond our efforts, it is beyond our vision. No statement says all that ...
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Interesting Stuff « Playwell
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Software is the most complicated, interesting, difficult, rewarding, elegant, powerful stuff in the universe. Archive for the ‘Interesting Stuff’ Category. Laquo; Older Entries. Recently Read Books: 2014. Sunday, January 4th, 2015. Books I’ve read in 2014 (in rough chronological order). 1 Beyond Band of Brothers, by Major Richard Winters. 2 No Less than Victory, by Jeff Shaara. A workmanlike telling of the story of the Battle of the Bulge. 4 Box Making, by Doug Stowe. Some amusing rhymes include:. A fell...
