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This summer Lie-Nielsen Toolworks will release a DVD on the basic principles of using handsaws and backsaws. During the video, I quote the Bible, cut all sorts of joints and...
MADE TO ORDER FOR CUSTOMER ALL SOLID TIMBER NO JOINS WITH NUT AND BOLT THRU BALL SO IT CANT BE LOST.???? UNIQUE GIFT FOR THE PERSON WHO ORDERED THIS !!...
The dust collection on our shop’s cabinet saw sucks. Let me re-phrase that. It doesn’t suck. Zero suckage. Two holes. Tons of waiting. We have a big cyclone dust-collection system....
For me, this is like the day I first saw my name in the phone book. I am somebody. This summer I’m teaching a three-day class at Roy Underhill’s school,...
THIS IS END PRODUCT FROM RAINWATER PIPE AND PLASTIC CHAIN LINK. THIS COST MATERIALS 42 POUNDS FOR RAINWATER PIPE 4X4 INCH AND CHAIN.. WHAT WOULD TIMBER COST PLUS PAINT TO PAINT THE...
AS YOU SAW THE GARDEN STAIRCASE.A CUSTOMER WANTED TO HAVE 2 FT POST WITH CHAINS ATTACHED TO GO AROUND BORDER OFF GARDEN.I SUGGESTED WHY NOT SQUARE RAINWATER DOWN PIPE WITH...
THIS I STARTED 2 DAYS AGO AND FINISHED TODAY.MADE OUT OF 4X1 6X1 8X1 SAWN TANALISED TIMBER.PLUS CLS 3X2 TIMBER.PLUS 3 SETS OFF RAILINGS.ALSO HAD TO TAKE 2 LAYERS OF...
This morning I added a coat of pitch black milk paint to my sack-back chair. After you strain milk paint, it’s a lot more like adding a colored wash than...
Early chairs , especially American ones , look best when they are painted. Like any good woodworker who is in love with his or her raw material, I’ve tried to...
THIS WAS MADE FROM SAWN 8X1 PINE .THIS WAS TIMBER WHICH WAS USED TO BOARD UP A FEW WINDOWS IN A HOUSE WHICH WAS REPOSSED.UNTIL SOMEONE BOUGHT IT, THEY BINNED THE...
THIS IS THE PALLET TIMBER I TGV WHEN I GET SOME DECENT LENGHTS..HERE IS A SAMPLE OF HOW THEY TURN OUT AFTER I HAVE DENAILED MACHINED AND SANDED PALLET TIMBER...