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SEE PHOTO OF LOGS! TAKE A LOG CUT IT DOWN TO 12 INCHES LONG X 7 TO 8 INCH DIAMETER? WITH BARK ON EVEN BETTER. NOW HOLLOW IT OUT USING...

MORE IDEAS FROM LOGS THIS ONE HAS BARK INTACT.AND HINGED WITH BRASS HINGES.THIS WAS MADE USING THE ROTO ZIP AND A FRET SAW.  LUMBER/LOGS  DELIVERED AND THIS ONE CAUGHT MY EYE !!...

LOGS ARE NOT ONLY FOR BURNING.? FIND THE RIGHT LOG AND MAKE A BOX. THIS WAS MADE USING THE BANDSAW AND THE ROTO ZIP. LOG BOX MAGIC. WITH TIME AND PAITENCE...

THIS IS THE OAK CLOCK NOW FINISHED. ART DECO STYLE ,SOMETHING DIFFERENT! ONLY 4 3/4" INCHES HIGH..HAS BEEN OILED IN HOT LINSEED OIL. BOILED SOME LINSEED IN A PAN AND...

THIS IS A  WATCH FACE OAK CLOCK CASE I AM MAKING AS YOU WILL SEE NOT ALL CLOCK CASE DESIGNS HAVE TO BE STRAIGHT. THIS ONE WILL BE AS I MACHINE...

IF YOU COME ACROSS AN OLD TV SET OR SEE ONE AT A SKIP OR DUMP? AND YOU LOVE YOUR TROPICAL / GOLD FISH WHAT BETTER THAN A TV FISH...

TODAY I WENT PASS A SKIP AND FOUND A FEW OF THESE. OLD USELESS CIRCUIT BOARDS. IDEA CAME TO MIND AS I HAD A FEW CORK TILES OVER FROM A...

NAPKIN RINGS ONE IS LAMINATED WITH SOLID BRASS RINGS OTHER IS OAK BRANCH TURNED. BOTH 2 1/4 DIA.THE BRASS WAS AN OFFCUT FROM A HEXAGON BAR 3 INCH LONG. SO...

MDF SNOWFLAKE MADE USING SPIRO GRAPH AS TEMPLATE. 3 MM MDF WAS USED. AND A FRET SAW. TIME IS A VIRTUE. THESE PIECES CAN NOT BE RUSHED.TAKE YOUR TIME MAKING...

Read this excerpt from The Perect Edge discussing two common sharpening abrasives.

JUST ONE OF MANY PATTERNS? IF YOU HAVE A SPIROGRAPH USE IT TO SPIRO A PIECE OF TIMBER THEN FRETSAW IT OUT. PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT.YOU ONY NEED A FRETSAW AND...

FOR THOSE WHO REMEMBER THIS? GET ANY TIMBER 10 X 10 X 1/2 INCH DO A SIMPLE PATTERN? AND IF YOU HAVE A  FRETSAW CUT OUT THE PATTERN/ DO ANY...