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My First Project - Box from FWW
This is my first project I did a couple of years ago (catching up on my posts). Based on plans from FWW. Red Oak finished with BLO and Wax.
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Shaker Dovetailed Step Stool
Shaker Step Stool joined with dovetails (hand cut) a la Tommy Mac. Red Oak finished with Transtint Aniline Dye and Minwax Wipe on Poly and Wax. The kids use this every day to brush their teeth so it...
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Wooden Mallet from Firewood, Simple, Easy, Cheap, Works great
When you fist start out woodworking you realize that there is a crap load of stuff you need. It.s a million things that all cost about $30. I needed a mallet and didnt want to pay a lot of money for...
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Cedar Planter Box
This is one of my earier projects. Its a cedar planter box finished in Spar Varnish. Its been outside for about 2 years now and its still looks pretty new. The last picture is from today with some...
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Walnut Smoothing Plane (Krenov Style)
This is my go at the Krenov style plane. This is now the best plane I own ( I dont own that many). If your thinking of getting your first smothing plane I recommend making your own. My first smoother...
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Shop Made Box Joint Jig
They wanted $80 for this one of these at Rockler… whatever! This is for all you guys like me who’s router table is a piece of mdf with a whole in it. :-) I made this one out of some scrap MDF. I put...
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Shop Made Cam Clamps
I made these a while back, I figure I would post them. All you need is some scrap wood, a piece of aluminum bar and some tension pins. I’ve clamped them onto a scale and they get about 50lbs of...
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1/4" Grooving Plane inspired by Mafe
This is my second Shop-Made Plane. Inspired by Mafe’s post below. http://lumberjocks.com/projects/49143 It’s a quarter inch grooving plane. Got it done in one evening. Its Birch with a Walnut wedge....
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"Quick" to make tool cabinet "Updated"
It isn’t that quick, or maybe it’s just me. I’ll be making tool holders for a while and a I just couldn’t wait to post the finished cabinet Got the plans from FWW. I modified them to make the case...
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4 Way Stop for Wooden Train Tack
Pretty self explanatory. I wanted this piece for my boys’ train track but the only place you can find it is in a $40 expansion pack. This was easily made out of a piece of 1/2” Oak and a 1/4” straight...
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End Grain Cutting Board - Maple & Walnut
This is my first cutting board ever. I made it for my Mom. I made a blog about the router sled I used to flatten it. http://lumberjocks.com/mochoa/blog/24136 Thanks for looking, Mauricio
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New Handle or an Old Saw
Here is my entry into the Western Hand Saw world. Until now I’ve used Japanese saws so I’m pretty excited to have this one. I finally found an old saw at a thrift store. It was 50% off that day so it...
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Crosses for Baptism favors
A simple little project. It was great practice for cutting hand cut dovetails. I did about 18 of them. They were favors for guests who came to my sons baptism. Walnut, spray can Shellac, sanded with...
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Wooden Jack Plane Restore
I needed a Jack Plane to fill a whole in my arsenal of planes. I wanted to use it for scrub work so I didn’t mind if it was a fixer up’er. I scored this one on Ebay for $5, its a Scioto Works I’m...
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17th Century Carved Box - a la Peter Follansbee my way
I’ve been working on learning how to do this box for a at least a year. After about 3 test boards and a couple of extra gouges I was happy with the results and ready to make the box. I first saw Peter...
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Saw Bench
Here is a pretty simple saw bench I made. Legs are Oak firewood and the top is SYP. I split and roughed out the legs with my machete. I drilled the wholes with a one inch brace and bit. The tenons were...
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Book Shelf, my first
A simple book shelf, my first actually, I never really had the inspiration to make one but my wife wanted one for my sons room for his books. It’s made of Birch plywood, the face frame is poplar. I...
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Plane Restorations #5,#6,
This was previously postd on the Hand Plane of Your Dreams thread but I figured I would post here for my records. My friends, I wanted to share some plane restorations with you. Until now I’ve been...
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Restoration of a Vintage Wooden Scrub Plane
This is an old horned scrub plane I got a while back. I have been using it unfinished and finally put a coat of oil and wax on it. It had seen a hard life, it had some cracks and paint splatter on it....
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Screw Handled Mallet for Smitty - Mallet Swap!
I made this for the mallet swap (found here: http://lumberjocks.com/topics/42130) I had different ideas for the mallet but when I found out it was for Smitty I tried to up my game a little. It had to...
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