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Skew your View
I’ve been turning the post for the chess table inefficiently. I’ve generally done one step at a time on the post: bringing to round, turning the tenon, cutting down the area that will receive the sliding dovetails, etc. Unfortunately, I bungled the layout and won’t be able to use it in the final table. Since […]
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Shop Notes – 2017-10-20
Turning I brought a fir 4×4 down to round this morning. I need to sit and sketch out the pattern that I’d like for it, including taking measurements from the article I am working from to lay out for the top tenon and the bottom sliding dovetails. The blank was roughed out with a 1″ […]
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Hollow Mortise Chisel Handle
Earlier this year, I rescued a hollow mortise chisel bit from a garage sale that we held at my parents’ house. This tool had been hidden away in a tool box for a number of years. It cleaned up quickly with some steel wool. A file put a nice edge onto it. The only thing […]