BOUGHT FROM A CAR BOOT/FLEA MARKET 10 BAGS VARIOUS SIZES TIMBER,POT LUCK WHAT YOU GET IN BAGS.MOST BAGS CONTAINED 2 INCH X 1/2 INCH X 9 INCH LENGHTS OF PALLET...
THIS IS THE LATHE I USE TO MAKE SCREW CHUCKS /MORSE TAPERS/FACE PLATES PLUS ONE OFF MACHINED PARTS FOR VARIOUS LATHES THAT NEED NEW PARTS ,THIS MAKES LIFE EASY IF...
I’m starting to think that a bench crochet pierced by a screw is likely the great-grandpappy of the venerable shoulder vise , the favorite face vise of dovetailing demon Frank...
A PINE CANOPY FOR CUSTOMER .STARTED OUT AS 5 X 2 SAWN TIMBER.THEN MACHINED AND PLANED ALL ROUND.A DAYS WORK WENT INTO THIS. READY TO FIT MONDAY.SIMPLE AND EASY TO...
I SAW IN YOUR LASTEST WOODWORKER EDITION,DRILL AND TAPPING TIMBER FOR EASY ASSEMBLY OF JIGS .NOT A BAD IDEA?BUT IN THE PAST I HAVE ALWAYS DRILLED AND TAPPED TIMBER ESPECIALLY PINE ...
Sometimes I am so dense that it’s a wonder that my parents ever allowed me to stop attending a Saturday school program for slow kids (true story). Sometimes when I...
THIS IS KNURLING ON METAL ..NOW REPLACE METAL WITH WOOD HARDWOOD AND YOU GET THE SAME EFFECT.AS THE KNURLS HAVE BEEN RAZOR SHARPENED.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTmv_kYimrI TRY DIFFERENT [...]
OFF CUTS OF PALLET WOOD AND A FEW BROKEN SLATES FROM A SKIP.AS SUMMERS COMING THE BIRDS NEED A NICE COSY HOME!! MOST OF OUR FEATHERED FRIENDS WILL THINK THEY HAVE...
Here’s the nearly completed shot of the handmade Roubo workbench that will be on the cover of the August 2010 issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine. The only thing missing is...
I finished up work on the base configuration of this old-style Roubo workbench last night for a photo shoot today. But before I tore apart the shop and moved all...
