Archive for the ‘Learning’ Category
Sunday, June 1st, 2008
While I have been busy trying to transform my garage into a workshop, I haven't been able to do any woodworking whatsoever. Occasionally I will be so desperate to get my "fix", I will be temped to do some hand cut dovetails. My lack of an appropriate bench usually prevents ...
Posted in Learning, Tools | 4 Comments »
Monday, May 19th, 2008
Many of you out there have your own blogs. My blog is on WordPress. Every time I log on it tells me to upgrade my blog to the new version. As a matter of fact it is staring me in the face as I write this post. Well, my website, ...
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Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
I have had this MillersFalls Jackplane for probably 4 or 5 months now. I bought it off of ebay for around $25. I have never been a big fan of hand tools 'cause they are slow and, well, they take some effort to use. But I thought that it ...
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Tuesday, March 11th, 2008
Well it looks as though the new site is working. I just can't seem to get it to look the way I want. There are many pre-made templates out there and some are real close to what I am looking for. I just don't know how to change the picture ...
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Tuesday, March 11th, 2008
Just checking to make sure everything is working the way that it should. I just transfered my blogger stuff to this website. Now, to see if I can post something...
Posted in General, Learning | 2 Comments »
Monday, March 10th, 2008
It has been brought to my attention that there is a problem viewing the video from my last post. It seems that this only affects those of you who try to view the video directly from the email subscription feed. If you click on the blog title, ex. "Finally a ...
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Saturday, January 19th, 2008
Just finished viewing the first episode of building kitchen cabinets on the "The New Yankee Workshop". Man, I am motivated. I know that a lot of poeple don't agree with Norm's style of construction but he is not making fine furniture here. We are making cabinets. Boxes with doors. So, ...
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Saturday, January 19th, 2008
I'm sure this has been covered a million times, but, this is how I make a zero clearance insert for my table saw. I have been asked how to do this so I thought it would be worth posting... and I needed some new blanks to have on hand anyway.As ...
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Sunday, January 6th, 2008
Well I finally tried to hand cut a dovetail. This was done in pine, on a couple of scrap pieces. This totally blows. I sharpened my chisel before attempting this and it just tore the wood instead of slicing it. Looks like I will be making a trip to the ...
Posted in Learning | 9 Comments »