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Resawing a board by hand
It feels like it’s been a million years since I got down to the shop, but it’s really only been a couple months. We had our annual family vacation road trip down to San Diego and back which we took...
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Carving S Scrolls step by step
Carving S Scrolls – Finished Panel I thought I’d do a post on carving, and show the process step by step. The design I picked for this box front was taken from a carved chest image that I got from...
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Quick Review: Woodwright’s Shop DVD 1,2
When I first heard the news that Popular Woodworking Magazine was going to be re-releasing the Woodwright’s Shop on DVD I had a number of reactions. First and foremost my reaction was ABOUT DAMN TIME!...
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More Carved S-Scroll box progress
A little more carving done this weekend, in two different snatches of time in the garage. These two panels are going to be the sides of the box I started carving last week. The front can been seen in...
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Finished the panels for the S-Scroll box
Just a quick update to show off the last of the panels I completed this weekend. I repeated the same pattern as the first long panel, but this time attempted to stay a little truer to the original...
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Replacing the Blade on a Stanley #7
I dug out one of my rehab projects the other day, and did some more with it. I have this old Stanley #7 in need of some TLC. I took it apart to clean out the gunk, and flattened the surfaces where...
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Tools at the Royal BC Museum
This weekend the family indulged in a quick get-a-way to Victoria, BC for a quick vacation. It’s only a few hours ride on the Victoria Clipper, and was nice and relaxing for us to get away from work...
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Old Froe and some Black Friday shopping
I’ve been watching the old Woodwright’s Shop episodes on DVD. It’s great fun but the first few seasons can be a bit dated feeling, as he pushed the really hard core folk craft stuff. One of the tools...
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A few thoughts on Marking Knives
For some reason marking knives have bubbled up to the surface around the web. I use two marking knives consistently,and a plain old scratch awl for most of my marking tasks. They are indispensable to...
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Badger Woodworks: The year in review.
Farewell 2012! Hello 2013! By the numbers I wrote 25 posts (not counting this one) in 2012 on a variety of topics. I made a turning bow saw, a carved tool tote, marking gauge based on a period example,...
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Carving some Heraldic Roses for a box
It’s been a bit since I’ve updated the blog due to a variety of reasons including a minor surgery that had a rough recovery. I have been working the wood in the shop, just not posting here. I have at...
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Attention NW Woodworkers!
I read on Peter Follansbee’s blog that the attendance for his two classes at Port Townsend might get cancelled because not enough people are signed up!?! “still hoping for students out west at the Port...
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A visit to the Coyote Woodshop
I’ve been looking around for a local mill, preferably one that handled urban harvested woods. I found the Coyote Woodshop through a web search and reached out to the owner to see what he could offer...
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Getting to know… Alder and a new Chisel
After getting back from the Coyote wood shop with the new planks, and letting them acclimate for a while I thought I’d get acquainted… Well, I also thought I’d get my wisdom teeth removed, and then...
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Center bead and some decorative carving
Center bead plane and decorative molding I picked up a center bead plane from Josh over at Hyperkitten Tools, and tuned it up this afternoon. The blade unfortunately had one of the two groove points...
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Review: Traditional Tool Chest in Two Days DVD
I recently picked this DVD up from Chris’s blog when he was blowing out his copies for blog readers, and wanted to throw up a quick review. By the way, if you’re wondering where I’ve been on the blog,...
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New carving project – Travelling Hexagon toolbox
It’s been a rough few months in terms of getting any woodworking in. My work is going like gang-busters right now, and I’ve got a lot going on inside my head (my job is pretty mentally intensive) which...
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Travelling Hexagon toolbox – Part 2
Since I had finished up the previous panel last week, I started on the second panel while taking a break from the family that had invaded our house. Invaded is a bit of strong word, since I do enjoy...
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Travelling Hexagon toolbox – Part 3
See Previous installments on this project here: Part 1 - Part 2 Today saw the completion of the third panel for my toolbox project, which I am pretty pleased with. This pattern is based on the work of...
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Travelling Hexagon toolbox – Part 4
See Previous installments on this project here: Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 The deadline (self imposed) for this project is coming up, and I needed to make some serious progress this weekend. I’ve been...
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