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Blankets for a Cause (Operation Ward 57 Christmas Project 2017)
John Morris posted a topic in The Veterans Corner and Causes Forum,
As you know we had a wonderful project that spanned from October to the end of the year of 2017 that involved the Gold Star widow and her two children as assigned to our community by Operation Ward 57. You can see the project at: The Patriot Woodworkers with Op Ward 57 Adopt a Gold Star Family for the Holidays - 2017
The donation
During the project we witnessed many forms of heart felt giving, from the actual raffle ticket purchases, to the exchanging of the winnings from one member to another. Every step of the way, everyone who participated in this project performed heroically, I want to thank everyone once again for their giving, and participation in this very important annual tradition of ours. Thank you!
Sometimes, things happen in these projects that are, well, just pretty danged cool, and one of those things was the shipment I received from Patriot Woodworker @honesttjohn. The shipment contained one blanket for each member of the Merlo Family. These blankets were hand made by Mrs. Mordus, (spouse of John Mordus aka honestjohn).
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Wednesday's Wisdom For Woodturners December 27, 2017
lew posted a topic in Wood Turners,
While hiding out in the basement, I had the chance to experiment with a new (for me) turning media.I wanted to try my hand at some acrylic casting/turning. During a visit to Hobby Lobby, I found some "Alumilite" brand casting resin-
Hobby Lobby has 40% off coupons which brought the price down to about $20. I've had a little experience with casting in the past. I really didn't want to have to buy molding materials for a simple turning so I stopped by the "Dollar Store" and bought a 3-pack of plastic cereal bowls-
Turned completely with Easy Wood Tools!!
Safe Turning
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Presents for the Club
Dadio posted a topic in General Woodworking,
This year I made a beam compass for that once in a lifetime time they have to mark out a circle too large for the standard Scissor compass. There are many ways to do this,a string and pencil, not very accurate, a stick with a pencil taped to it and a nail driven thru,that will work. But not as good as a fancy made wooden beam compass that should last a lifetime and be handed down to a youngster who says "Whats that thing for"?
The first picture is the mock up and the rest is the build.
Herb
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Shop workbench for my son
Danl posted a topic in General Woodworking,
The plans for the workbench is inspired from Shopsmith magazine issue 66, December 1989.
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A project in Poplar
steven newman posted a topic in General Woodworking,
Had a few Poplar boards sitting around, taking up space in the shop..
Not quite all the same sizes...little rough around the edges, too. Bandsaw to remove some of the excess stuff..
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Post in Cherry Finish
hatuffej posted a post in a topic,
I built a dining table using figured cherry. After sanding I wiped on a coat of BLO and let it cure for a few days. Then I wiped on 2 or 3 coats of garnet shellac with light sanding in between. Then I wiped on 3 coats of P&L 38.
Good luck!
hat
Walnut Cradle
Ron Dudelston added Walnut Cradle
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Chainsaw Carving
Dale Felice added Chainsaw Carving
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Cradle Progress Report
Ron Dudelston posted a topic in General Woodworking,
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Toys that started it
Larry Schweitzer posted a topic in General Woodworking,
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Current projects
kmealy posted a topic in General Woodworking,
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Pop's Shop Military Items
Fred Wilson added Pop's Shop Military Items
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Steam Bending Wood
John Morris added Steam Bending Wood
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My cedar deck
Al B posted a topic in Home Improvement,
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Lew gets published!
Jim L posted a topic in Wood Turners,
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Picked By
John Morris,Laser Engraver Pieces
Robert McMillan added Laser Engraver Pieces
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Oh Boy...
Waxing Moon posted a topic in General Woodworking,
26 board feet of 8/4 Macassar Ebony...
Time to get the wheels spinning...
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Putting the CNC to work!
MT Stringer posted a topic in General CNC Work,
Got the CNC working today. I am cutting dadoes and shelf pin holes for the ten cabinet sides that I am building. These are the wall cabinets 39 inches tall. I have to flip the pieces once end for end because I don't have the cutting capacity to do it in one pass. If they were 37 inches, or shorter, that would be perfect. I could lay them on the x axis and make the cuts in one pass.
So, I start the cut, then go inside the house (only a few steps away), and watch a little drag racing or other things on the computer. When I hear the router shut down, I go out and flip the piece and run the file again. The sides are identical with the dadoes cut 2 inches from each end. Then half of the shelf pins are drilled starting 8 inches above where the shelf bottom (or top) will be. So I end up with identical pieces that can actually be flipped if needed, but I won't do that. I have the top of each piece marked.
Note: The work pieces are already cut to final width and length, and clamped to the bed of the CNC with the long end on the Y axis. My file cuts the dado and half of the shelf pins (1 1/4 inches apart). After flipping the work piece and cutting the remaining half, I have one side that is complete.
OOPS!, I just heard it shut down. Gotta go. Only two more sides left and I will be through. Tough job, but somebody's got to do it!
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Make things comfortable for you to use
Smallpatch posted a topic in Scroll Sawing,
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Why they call it a learning curve
Steve Krumanaker posted a topic in Wood Turners,
Dang, hate it when that happens. Have done a few successful forms the last couple of weeks and I guess I just got to aggressive on this one. Didn't have any idea I was in trouble until it separated. I was really pleased with the form on this one too. Oh well, it's how we learn!! Movin' on
Steve
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Trimming edge banding on my shelves
MT Stringer posted a topic in General Woodworking,
I had seen a Woodsmith video where they demonstrated how to trim the edge with a router, so I tried it. That was easy and went fairly quick also.
Basically, you do two or more shelves at a time. Put them on edge with a spacer in between. Then run a router with a flush trim bit along the edges. Zoom, zoom! I think the pictures tell the story better than I can describe it. The wooden hand clamps worked very well to stabilize the whole thing. Well, I might have used a couple more clamps to keep everything stable.
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