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  1. J

    Metal Rolling Mill

    Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, and Seasons Greetings to all from Jacksonville... I plan on making some metal and wood/metal lanterns and sconces and am looking for a small hand cranked rolling mill so I can roll my metal into curves and roll over the edges to hide the raw edge. Anyone have a...
  2. S

    Another New Guy - Old "Wooder"

    Hello All, I have recently joined after being introduced to the site by "Glennbear". I retired for North carolina a few years ago and have moved to a log home my wife and I built in Virgina just over the stateline from NC where I still do shopping and visit often. I built a wood shop here...
  3. jarrett

    Clamping techniques for hand planing?

    I am starting to learn how to use my rabbet plane (a copy of the Record 778) and I am having trouble figuring out how to clamp my wood down so that I can use it. My workbench is from Harbor Freight with a single tail vise. http://www.harborfreight.com/60-inch-solid-oak-workbench-93454.html...
  4. LGBT

    Wood selection and manufacturing techniques for goodwill project

    Hey everyone! New member here..I'd like to start by tipping my hat to other members and the old guard around here. Also, not sure if this is right place to post this..so sorry if it belongs somewhere else. I've grown up doing a lot of small projects (some zebrawood picture frames, small...
  5. willarda

    Handsaw Sharpening and Techniques Workshop

    I currently have openings for my Handsaw Sharpening and Techniques workshop, which will be on Sunday, March 7. We will cover a lot of basic information on handsaws and their history, also what to look for when purchasing a saw at the flea market for example, how to refubish saws, We will sharpen...
  6. willarda

    Bench Planes Skills and Techniques

    I am going to offer a second session of this workshop since I have been getting some interest from people and my first sesion (May 31 through June 1) is sold out. The second session will be the following weekend (June 7 and 8). This workshop is 2 days, cost is $160 with a $10 discount for TWA...
  7. Will Goodwin

    Routing techniques?

    I just fired up my router for the first time Sunday night after cleaning up all my scrap from the reindeer. I decided to just play around to get an idea of how this thing (Ryobi router mounted in the table it comes with) works. Well I made a few passes on the 1/2 inch pine scrap and it seemed...
  8. willarda

    Handplane Skills and Techniques

    I will be teaching a 2-day workshop on handplane skills and techniques October 13 and 14. This is the same workshkop I did twice for TWA. Cost is $160. Lunch is provided. Some of the topics covered include: plane anatomy, sharpening and tune-up; foursquaring lumber by hand with traditional...
  9. froglips

    Video: Hand Tool TechniquesHand Tool Techniques: Precision Preparation of Chisels

    Hand Tool Techniques: Precision Preparation of Chisels For Accurate Joinery ...with David Charlesworth DVD from Lie Nielson The highpoints, David Charlesworth continues with his approach he began in the outstanding 3 Hand Plane videos. He is very detailed, consistent and great at...
  10. Jim Murphy

    Learning techniques on the cheap

    As I said in my intro, I'm an old dog trying to learn new tricks. I'm also rather cheap. In that regard, I'm using materials that are either very cheap or free to practice on. Since everyone wants to see pictures, I decided to become a rooster and crow a little. Here's a picture of my shop. It...
  11. O

    polyurethane techniques

    When I polyurethaned my cabinet, it looked horrible. It was all bumpy and stuff. When we sanded it down between coats, it looked as if we took every off. So we stopped sanding it for the third coat. It looked pretty bumpy. The directions on the back of the min-wax polyurethanes are pretty...
  12. woodguy1975

    Basic Lathe Techniques Class-May 27th

    Ok guys and gals, I figured I'd go ahead and post about the upcome Basic Lathe Techniques class for those who are interested. Here is a link to the signup page and description and signup. http://www.woodworkingshop.com/cgi-bin/7E1DB04A/mac/template.mac/loadHtmlPage?htmlPage=kalendar.htm The...

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