Month: June 2016
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Spring pole lathe 2
I made the points and my first try at a hook tool today (6/23/16). There is something very satisfying about hitting hot metal and having it go where you want it to… be well K
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Spring pole lathe 1
I’m working on finishing up a spinning wheel repair… and the drive belt broke on my metal lathe. So instead I did some work on the spring pole lathe I’m making. be well, count your fingers; K
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How to Use a Scratch Stock
Hi all; So if you read my post on “how to make a” It occurred to me just after writing it that there may be someone at some time who thinks “yeah, OK, but what’s it good for?” or “How do I use it?” well, “What’s it good for” is making moldings without using a […]
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How to make a Scratch Stock
Hi All; The subject came up of how to make a scratch stock, so I decided that would make a good post! Scratch stocks have been used for a very long time. Indeed scratching and scraping to make things from wood has been a technique forever. You can search the interwebs and find all sorts […]
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Triangle Stool part 1.5a
well! I put this out in the wrong order, sorry… And I’m moving right along! made a long “V” block to drill the holes. made holes 7/32″, made the swivel thing out of 3/16″ rod. one part bent 120 degrees, the other with a 1/4″ dia eye. it’s getting more and more like a stool. […]
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Triangle Chair part 2
A few posts ago I wrote about making a fold up seat… here’s the rest of the story…. I used 3/16″ bar stock to make the spider… the angle of the bent piece is @ 120 degrees and the other piece is bent into an eye with a 1/4″ diameter inside. The holes are drilled […]
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Greenwood Fest 2016
Hi all! For those of you who didn’t know; Up in Plymouth Massachusetts there is a group of handcrafters that call themselves Plymouth Crafts (http://www.plymouthcraft.org/). They consist (mostly but not wholly) of People who used to work for Plymouth Plantation. This Year they set up a sort of woodworking conference. It was AWESOME!!!! Nearly a […]
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things I am doing…
Hi again; I’m finally getting busy! a couple of weeks ago I came across an ash tree (white) that was being taken down in the neighborhood. they let me have some: And yesterday and today I spent some time making some leg blanks: and a pile of shavings: do not look at the cobbled up […]
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go devils
Hi: These small scrapers have other names, but I know them by the name of G0 Devils, because you can go like the devil with them. You can buy some really nice ones (rosewood and brass) from Veritas Tools, but I obviously made my own and that is what I am going to talk about today. […]