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Make a Bamboo Wind Chime


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band saw, drill, router, wood, woodworking

Published Jan. 15, 2009 at 5:10 a.m.

With the work on the hardwood pieces complete, we'll now turn our attention to the bamboo tubes ... In this step, we'll mark the cuts we'll be making in the next step of these free woodworking plans ... Mark the shape to be cut on each of the bamboo tubes as shown in the picture ...

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Routers


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router, woodworking

Published Jan. 15, 2009 at 5:10 a.m.

With the wide range of shapes that can be routed onto edges, routers may be among the most exciting of woodworking tools for a beginning woodworker to use. Learn the features you should consider when looking to purchase a router ...

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Choosing a Wood Shop Vacuum


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wood, woodworking

Published Jan. 15, 2009 at 5:10 a.m.

Many advanced wood shops have extravagant central dust collection systems that keep sawdust and debris to a minimum around woodworking tools. What should you do if you don't have the room or the budget for a dust collection system? Consider a portable wood shop vacuum that you can move from tool to tool and use as needed. Learn the features you should look for when buying a wood shop vacuum ...

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Safe Pressure-Treated Lumber


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woodworking

Published Jan. 15, 2009 at 5:10 a.m.

For years, pressure-treated lumber was treated with an arsenic-based substance to help protect against moisture. In recent years, health concerns caused the United States' Environmental Protection Agency to convince lumber companies to change to a new, copper-based formula. However, is this new formula better? Learn how to build safer woodworking projects using this "new" pressure-treated lumber ...

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Very Sharp, yes. Scary sharp, no, but a nice tool none the less.


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hand tool, woodworking

Published Jan. 15, 2009 at 12:07 a.m.
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I’m as susceptible to good advertising as the next guy and while Pro-Tool Mfg. makes a nice product, they are masters of marketing. So moving past the hype, here’s my take on the WS2000 ... I’ve hand sharpened my chisels and the few planes I own since I started woodworking and the main reason I hadn’t done more work with my hand tools is because I’ve always hated using my limited time maintaining the edges necessary to do precise work. So when I saw an ad clip for the “WorkSharp

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Rockin' Ride #4: Assembly Process


Published Jan. 14, 2009 at 10:04 p.m.
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Refers to project posted here ... I used the Kreg screw system for most of the joinery on this project. This is my second major project (first one here) using this system and I have found them to be very strong. It’s also very quick to join pieces with this system which helped me do this project in only 4 days exclusive of some of the finishing. This was also my first time using the Kreg plugs which I’ve started a forum topic on here ... I always get to the end of the build and wish I had

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Blanket Chest #3: Milling the Stock


Published Jan. 14, 2009 at 5:44 p.m.
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In this episode, Tommy starts milling the wood with the jointer & table saw. He also goes over useful thoughts to optimize grain wood selection to get nice grain flow with the top and bottom rails ... T-Chisel ... The Rough Cut Show ... Join Pallet Makers Local 207 ... Thomas J. MacDonald Fine Furniture ...

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Missouri Woodworkers #2: The St Louis Wood Show meet up


Published Jan. 14, 2009 at 4:04 p.m.
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There was a lot of interest in meeting up with each other at the show in February so I thought a separate blog for that event only was a good idea ...

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Coated Abrasive Sheet Cutter Fixture


Published Jan. 14, 2009 at 11:35 a.m.
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As we all know cutting coated abrasives quickly dulls either the scissors or knife ... In my past life I had taught students to use a steel rule versus a wooden stick when tearing the coated abrasive sheet as you get a sharper edge ... If the abrasive was a larger grit with a heavier backing then scribing a line on the paper side helped tear the sheet evenly ... This I taught saved abrasives and eliminated rough edges that can scratch the surface you are sanding ... My wood buddy Rick and I have

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Yew Letter Opener


Published Jan. 14, 2009 at 11:17 a.m.
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Here is a small project that I made out of scraps of European Yew wood and Wenge… I think I must admitt that aside from maple and Zirbelkiefer, Yew wood is probably my favorite wood! Its hard, unbelievably flexible, finegrained, pretty color… well, too bad its very expensive and protected (at least here in Germany) ... Using a “boule” style technique, my a collegue of mine built one exactly the same but opposite, the wenge on his is the main wood and has just stripes of the Euro. Yew…

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