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I'm going thru some of my collection and currently have a stack of late '70s and early '80s issues. Some things: Lots of how-to articles Articles by some of the classic writers, Tage Frid, R. Bruce Hoadley, and others Some very classic articles that came in my early woodworking education and I still use. Ads for lots of "mail order" suppliers Full page ads for Shopsmith Ads for machinery no longer made Lots of letters to the editors asking questions, criticizing prior columns, or adding advice or techniques.
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Vintage FWW on which three tools are essential. Author's choice Bandsaw Jointer Wide belt sander Got me thinking. My most used stationary power tools Table saw Planer My most used portable power tools Drill Router Random Orbit sander My most used hand tools #4 plane Chisels Hand saw Measuring tools : square, tape measure, pencil, 6" rule Clamps & vise
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Use Sketchup to design furniture. A course by Dave Richards offered through Fine Woodworking. https://courses.finewoodworking.com/offers/YvLvpMKt/checkout?coupon_code=FWW35
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I'm reading a Fine Woodworking book on "Boxes, Carcases, and Drawers." It's just a collection of articles from the early days of FWW. One of them is by Tage Frid, one of the major authors of the day. He writes, "Furniture construction is broken into two main categories: frame and carcase. In frame construction, relatively narrow boards are joined -- usually with a mortise and tenon joint -- as in a chair or table base, or a frame and panel door. In carcase construction boards are joined end to end using dovetails, tongue and groove joints and the like, as in a drawer or hutch." Seems simple enough, huh?
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Birds chirping, sun shining, grass is green here in south central PA- probably snow tomorrow! Our Patriot Turners- @jthornton Posted a question about dust collection for his lathe. He posted pictures of his shop along with a description of what he currently has set. Please check his post and see if you can offer any suggestions to help him. JT continues to work on his "Dizzy Bowl". He has taken a lot of time to document the steps a and share the progress with us- You can catch up with his continued progress here- @Masonsailor finished up the bowl that will be the prize in his neighborhood's get-together. Some lucky family will really be happy with this- You can catchup here- "What's On Your Lathe" got a post from @forty_caliber. I think he must have hit the jackpot on Pecan! What’s Coming Up- Click on the images for links to registration and more information- For The Newbies- Ever use CA glue to fix a turning only to find out later that the CA stained the wood? This came in an email from Kent Weakley from Turn A Wood Bowl- Richard Raffan demonstrates how to modify an already turned bowl. Notice the use of the jam chuck which will be talked about more in Cindy Drozda's presentation. Another toothpick holder with a unique shape. Some spindle work and a little hollowing from Carl Jacobson- Expand Your Horizons- Alan Stratton continues to add Celtic Knots to his turnings. This time he experiments with a bowl. Embellishing a turning with color can turn an ordinary piece into something spectacular. This one from Craft Supplies USA on dying- Ebonizing may only be a single color but it can add striking effects to a turning. This article from Fine Woodworking was written more for the woodworker but can easily be "applied" to a turned object- https://www.finewoodworking.com/project-guides/finishing/ebonizing-wood-2 A video for the recipe for the ebonizing solution can be found here- https://www.finewoodworking.com/project-guides/finishing/video-ebonizing-oak-steel-wool-vinegar?oly_enc_id=7454G3912223B7R New Turning Items- Neither of these are really new. But some insights from other turners on equipment and resources. Everything Else- Been finishing up those little natural edge, flowering cherry tree bowls. Pictures to follow...
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Very interesting tour of a shop https://www.finewoodworking.com/2019/10/29/shop-tour-christian-becksvoort
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Very interesting tour of a shop https://www.finewoodworking.com/2019/10/29/shop-tour-christian-becksvoort
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A while back, someone asked a question about using breadboard ends on a table top. This just popped up in my email- https://www.finewoodworking.com/project-guides/tables-and-desks/episode-5-breadboard-ends
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I have about 17 or 18 boxes of "vintage" (to use an auctioneer's term) woodworking magazines, including a whole set of #1-243 (and probably more if I sorted them) plus a number of years of sequential and scattered earlier ones of FWW. They are too valuable, I believe, to just scrap them and probably time (according to the Mrs.) to get rid of them. I see them selling on eBay by sets of 1-20 or so, but have no idea if they actually get sold that way. Nor do I want a part time job selling and running to the post office every couple of days for onsie-twosies. There's way to much volume and weight to ship out (the 243 set occupies about 5 full boxes) The Cinci Library would probably take them, but just sell at their annual "garage book sale." The more local library does not seem to have any archives like that. Every time I go there, there's a couple of carts of books being downsized for $1 a bag. Any thoughts on a quick and easy way to sell them? I've enquired at a local online auction and waiting to hear back if they are interested.
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I see that Fine Woodworking has re-instated their forums https://www.finewoodworking.com/discussion-forum I got on and surprised to see nearly 6000 pages of threads. Then on the third page, I saw one of my posts from 10 years ago. Not organized by topic, but it's there.
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Crept out to my shop today and found a corner that was hiding out in the last go round with my shop clean up last weekend. Slowly but surely I am digging out. And getting my shop ready for production once again. I am getting anxious to say the least, but I have had to clean, and perform deferred maintenance on my machines and hand tools. Reminds me of what John Moody went through a short time ago. I went through my magazine collection and I have them sorted by publisher. Next I'll get the ones I want sorted by date and I'll get them in some binders or on a shelf. But for now I am donating to our local high-school wood program my stack of WOOD Magazines, but I am keeping my Fine Woodworking, Shop Notes, Woodworker's Journal, Popular Woodworking, and American Woodworker, Woodcraft and Wood Smith magazines. I threw away the annual tool review specials that each publisher puts out, like best tools of 2004 etc. Those are dated, but I am keeping the rest that have wonderful articles of interest to me. Sorting It's nice being out here in the shop, with my Pandora music playing away my Appalachia tunes, nearby my kids are playing basket ball right out side my shop door, so I'll take a break and join em, and let em whoop up on ol dad!
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I've done loose tenons because (a) I can make tenons stock to very precise tolerances and (b) I built a slot mortiser / milling machine that does a great job making slots. I tried the traditional tenon cutting rig and never could get results that I liked. The problem for me was the doubling of error due to the flipping of the stock. Any error is always compounded. I have seen guys who use a shaper to cut tenons and using shim stock they can make 'em any way they please. I've considered doing the same thing with a table saw arbor using spacers shims and twin blades. Never actually tried it, but I know I ain't the only person who considered it. Somewhere I saw a vid of some mexican luthiers using twin stacked circular saw blades (really big ones) mounted on what looked like a shaper to re-saw wood for guitar fronts and backs. They had to have at least a 10" depth of cut. it looked scary. Recently I stumbled across this 1992 American Woodworker article on exactly this: Cutting Tenons And of course there's a more recent incarnation of it here http://www.woodcraftmagazine.com/posts.php?id=218 Not that long ago the dopes at FWW got themselves all in a tizzy over something I've been doing for as long as I've owned a table saw (more than 40 years), and years they called it the speed tenon. I call it a bit rough on the blade, because it dulls one side lots more than the other making it cut funny after not too long. Set the rip fence for the length of the tenon, set the blade height to cut the shoulder, slap the wood in the cross cut fence and use the rip fence as a positive stop. Most of the cutting is done with the edge of the saw blade. http://www.finewoodworking.com/item/42295/behold-the-speed-tenon It is a little more precise than the traditional tenoning rig because you can control blade height nicely, but any error is still compounded. Everything old is always new again.
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I just renewed my subscription to Fine Woodworking, and I tried to start a new subscription for American Woodworker, and I found out that American Woodworker is now in cahoots with Popular Woodworking! Call me lame! I did not know this! I love Popular Woodworking, so it's a win win, but I also loved American Woodworker! Anyway, I started a new subscription for Popular Woodworker as well.
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