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Windsor Chairs
well if that don’t beat all… I was trying to tell someone about what a Windsor Chair was, because I’m always telling people that I make Windsor Chairs. Only to find that I don’t actually have any pictures of the chairs that I have made! Well let me correct this little omission! here is a…
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Spinning Wheel Repairs
Well I finally finished it. new spindle and whorl, drive pulley, distaff and extra bobbins. I should get some cotton or wool fiber to test it with…. be well
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shaving horse pt 2
Just an update: this is what I ended up with doing for my shaving horse re-build, there is hardly anything left of the original. you can see all that I re-used is the head and lever. it’s also a little bit longer than the old one… we’ll see if that’s useful or if it’ll need…
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Bee extraction.
Went up to Cortland, NY to remove bees from my mother’s house. Set up post jacks, where it looked like the bees would be….. immediately had to go around the corner with a ladder. remove the soffit from the overhang. Someone was living here before… a wad of wasp nest and fiberglass insulation. 3 hours…
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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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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…