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The Woodworking in America conference came to a close more than a week ago. We came down from the high of the weekend and pushed through what Matt Vanderlist (of Matt’s Basement Workshop) [...]

A CANDLE BULB FLOATING INBETWEEN A BEECH RING.THIS IS IN BLACK AND WHITE.  MONTHS TO PERFECT INBETWEEN MAKING FURNITURE,BUT THE END PRODUCT IS BAFFLING. AND EVEN AMAZES A FEW. THESES I ADMIT [...]

Time always seems to be at a premium, and that’s doubly true for woodworkers. That’s why we put together The Weekend Woodworker’s Project Collection, with 40 carefully selected [...]

BEECH RING AND PENCIL. ???????????? TAKES A WHILE TO PER-FECT BUT ONCE DONE.ITS  AMAZING. EASY TO DO WHEN YOU KNOW HOW?…

SOME GLASS ENGRAVING USING MY DREMEL WITH DIAMOND TIPS. GLASS IS 6X6 INCH PANE.USING A CHINA GRAPH PENCIL TO FREE HAND PATTERN ,THEN ENGRAVE FREE HAND. A WEEKEND PIECE TO PASS THE TIME AWAY. 3 [...]

THIS TYPE OF WORK IS VERY DELICATE.TAKES TIME AND PAITENCE.!!! NOT THE TYPE OF WORK FOR A LUMBERJACK,THEY ARE TOO HEAVY HANDED.!! YOU TOO COULD DO THIS SIMPLE BASIC PROJECT EASY TO DO..!! MY [...]

AS YOU CAN SEE A PIECE OF TIMBER I TURNED ON LATHE.I THEN HOLLOWED IT OUT.THICKNESS IS 1.76 MM.USED A DREMEL ENGRAVER WITH A 1.5 MM DRILL BIT. AND MADE THIS.ALL HOLES ARE DRILLED AT RAMDOM [...]

THE WEEKEND AGAIN,SO I DECEIDED TO SAW THIS LOG IN SLICES TO MAKE A CLOCK LOG.AS I HAVE ABOUT 1/2 DOZEN VARIOUS LOGS FLOATING ABOUT MADE THIS.AS YOU SEE I STILL HAVE MY OLD ELU  SUPER JAWS [...]

WHAT CAN YOU DO WITH A HUB CAP THAT YOU FOUND BY THE ROAD SIDE??WITH THIS ONE I WILL CLEAN IT UP THEN FILL IN CENTRE WITH BODY FILLER.THE NAME PLATE AND BOLT MOULDINGS.THEN WHEN DRY I WILL  [...]

YEW BURR .I HAVE PUT LINE DOWN CENTRE ,BOTH SIDES I ADDED FEW MINOR SCRATCHES.?LEFT SIDE I USED T CUT AS USED ON CARS.?SEE DIFFERENCE.T CUT WORKS ON TIMBER/FURNITURE.AS ALWAYS I HAVE TRIED AND [...]

HAVE BEEN READING THE LATEST AMERICAN WOODWORKER THE SECTION ON CHEMICAL EBONIZING? TO ME THAT SEEMS A ROUND ABOUT WAY TO GET EBONY LOOKALIKE? THIS YOU WILL SEE IN MY EARLIER BLOGS. OLD 78s [...]

DAMAGED SCAFFOLD PLANKS ,THESES WERE FOR SALE CHEAP AS THEY WERE FIT FOR A WOOD BURNER.BOUGHT A FEW LENGHTS. TOOK OF METAL BANDS ON THE ENDS.THEN SURFACE PLANED THEM BEFORE I PUT THEN THROUGH [...]