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I bought my first lathe back in 2010. Never turned anything before that day I brought it home. The first week I had turned an Easter egg. Go foreword to today, I had some scraps and extra time so I decided to make an egg. Here they are. The one on the left is a maple egg on a walnut base. This is the egg I turned the first week of owning a lathe   Learned quite a bit in the time I’ve owned my…

Ambrosia Maple and Walnut Keepsake Box

The splines are made from ambrosia maple as well I made a keepsake box for someone special. Constructed with solid hardwood, exposed spline joinery  

The more I use my grr-ipper, the more I love it!

Ive seen these Grr-ippers for a while but I’ve also seen the price for them and couldn’t justify the purchase. I finaly pulled the trigger and got one of these new fangled safety devices. After assembly, my first thought was “how is this big bulky thing safer? But I pushed on with it. This thing rocks! Both of them are awesome! A couple standard rips here and there, playing with the knobs…

No More Router Table Woes!

Decided on a new addition to my shop. Introducing, the Kreg Precision Router Table System, The Kreg Router Lift and finally a dedicated Porter Cable 75182 router motor married to the lift. She he sure is purdy!

DIY- Sanding Cord! Cheap and easy!

Many times I wish I had some sanding cord on hand but never remember to buy some while I’m at the toy store. So I came up with a very nice workaround. This is an excellent sanding tip for all wood turners. And it’s so simple and works so well I just had to share. 400 grit fabric backed I’m using 400 grit from a wood turners roll but any fabric backed paper should work perfectly too.              …

What to do with that 20 Lb box of sandpaper

All organized and easily accessible. so I stumbled upon someone’s post about the Klingspore sandpaper deal and thought this is absolutely wonderful for turners so I bought a box. It really is a great deal. The only problem with it is storage. Reaching in to find a specific grit was an incredible  pain in the ass, not to mention not knowing what grit you have until you unroll it and look. That…

Razor sharp tools are a joy to use! Buy once, cry once!

People often ask what tools they need to get into the hand tool aspect of woodworking. The answers are often, chisels, planes, handsaws and layout tools.  They’ll even recomend specific planes to purchase without knowing what the user wants to make? Rarely, does someone mention anything about sharpening. Sharpening happens to be the absolute most important part of hand tool woodworking. Without a…

6″x2-1/4″ three stage buff to carnauba wax. 6″x2-1/4″ Padauk bowl    

Just a Little Gloat.

Yesterday afternoon I got an unexpected delivery from FedEx, sent from Instructables. Inside was a wonderful Kreg master jig system and a little card thanking me for input. I have been a member on their site since 2011. It’s a great site that provides photographic, video and written instructions on virtually anything. If you or someone else are looking for another place to post your projects, I…

She decided she needed some “dinner stuff” for her dolls.

This is what we came up with.

Then she made “Saw-Dust Salad”, my favorite!

Boat and Curved Chair (Photography Props)

My sister-in-law is a photographer and requested a curved chair and a small boat for infant photography props. This is what I came up with. The boat is 6″ tall and about 24″ long. It is made bent ply-wood, finished with white paint and sanded for a more rustic look and then finally stripped. Each side has a different color to use.

Blue stripe side

The red stripe side

The Bow

Top of the boat

The…

Teak Oil “Finish” – First Use

I usually have a brand of tung oil “finish” on hand. Over the winter my bottle went bad and I needed to re-up to finish a couple of bowls. The BORG didn’t have my usual brand of tung oil finish so I picked up some Teak oil finish to try.  The bottle said it was specifically good for hardwoods.

I turned a couple bowls and tested the end results with and without oil. Only a water-based Topcoat.

I…