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story board 1


Published Jan. 21, 2009 at 4:00 p.m.
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I wanted to put a carved panels on a project ... i cant carve. soooo i bought a router and some bits.of corse a dremmel. thease here are some practice pannels that i used to learn how to plunge and pillage red oak .as u can see i can’t draw nither or spel ... hope u like em ...

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Keller Dovetail System


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dovetail

Published Jan. 21, 2009 at 5:10 a.m.

The Keller Dovetail System was the first dovetail jig system to be patented and manufactured for making repeatable, easy and consistent dovetails ... This simple system works as well today as it did when it was invented 30 years ago ...

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Custom picture frames for wife's art


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router

Published Jan. 20, 2009 at 9:44 p.m.
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Created scalloped picture frames for wife’s pictures depicting Balinese dancers ... Construction: ... - Used RAS to cut coves across 1×12” board ... - Rip board into create rails and stiles ... - Use RAS with dado head to cut lap joints in to rails and stiles ... - Use 15 deg chamfer bit in router on outside of rails and stiles ... - Glue up frame ... - Use rabbet bit to cut inside rabbet on frame ... - Finish using black anline dye and 2 coats of minwax satin poly ... - Put in

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Hinge Jig


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router

Published Jan. 20, 2009 at 4:46 p.m.
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Been putting off a project to install a new front door and I just got two new interior doors for my sons room and my room so now I guess I need to get on it. One of the things that was holding me back was that I needed to figure out an easy way to attach the hinges so I finally made this hinge jig. It use’s a router to route out the area for the hinge. works pretty good and I can also use it for other sized hinges that are smaller and larger ... I do not have a trim bit with the bearing on the

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Router Lathe


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drill, router

Published Jan. 20, 2009 at 4:27 p.m.
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Okay, first post and I’m already breaking the rules – it’s not a completed project but I thought some guys could appreciate the lathe idea ... Sorry, but this project has been taking months ... I keep picking up projects in-between ... Got this years 160 hour flu at Christmas and that really slowed me down ... Anyway, I bought a few sections of quartersawn heart-pine bowling alley that my wife wanted as a farm table ... We’re using a trestle table design ... However, the turned legs were

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Calling all Indianapolis are Lumberjocks!


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dovetail, woodworking

Published Jan. 20, 2009 at 6:50 a.m.
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Over the last few weeks I’ve had the pleasure of meeting lots of great LJ’s. First I got to meet the infamous Karson and a few others at the Baltimore woodworking show (you can read about it here). The next weekend I trekked to Springfield, MA for the WoodWorks event where I got to meet even more Lumberjocks (I’ll try to get some pics and a blog entry together in the next day or two). And this past weekend I travelled to Columbus, OH for the woodworking show where I met even more LJ’s.

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Blanket Chest #8: Front Panel Material Removal


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furniture, router

Published Jan. 19, 2009 at 11:37 p.m.
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After marking the pattern on the front panel in pen, Tommy carves it out with a Bosch Colt Palm Router. Then, it’s off to the gym ... T-Chisel ... This is the final project ... Blanket Chest Procedure Info ... Blanket Chest Forum Thread ... The Rough Cut Show ... Join Pallet Makers Local 207 ... Thomas J. MacDonald Fine Furniture ... Front Panel Pattern ...

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shop upgrades #2: Updated router and outfeed tables


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router, table saw

Published Jan. 19, 2009 at 9:42 p.m.
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After finally finishing my latest project, I had some time to do some well overdue upgrades to my shop. I bought a rousseau router plate, and a Freud FT1700VCEK 2 1/4 hp router for the new router table I built. It replaced my old router setup that was built into my outfeed table, and over the last five years had sagged a bit. I laminated 2 layers of baltic birch 1/2” plywood for the router table, then added formica on top and bottom. Let me be the first to say that being able to use the table

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Ginger Bread Trim for "That Old House"


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planer, router, table saw

Published Jan. 19, 2009 at 8:25 p.m.
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A friend asked me to copy a couple of pieces of warped & dry-rotted ginger bread trim that he took off of his 100 year + old home ... I used a section of 2X10 fir, some red oak & some good 1/4” birch plywood ... For tools I used Graph Paper, Radial Saw, Table Saw, Jig Saw, Router Table & a Planer ... I first cut out the scroll work. Then I planed & cut the base stock to size ... I used the Table saw to cut the step on the block. Then I turned the head of my radial arm saw at an angle & cut the

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Telephone Lackey


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dovetail, wood

Published Jan. 19, 2009 at 3:51 p.m.
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I made this project a in 2006 It is a project to be hung on the wall and used as a Telephone attendent, (hence the tounge and cheeck “Lackey” It is a reletive simple piece meant to store telephone book (deeper drawer) accecpt paper on both sides (normal size) enough room to write on top of and any size of telephone ... not to mention it should look good and be stable (take abuse) which is why it is so made of harder woods ... It is made of Ami. White Oak and Maple ... It has a classically

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