Friday, February 26, 2010

Dining table that turns into a fort

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When I was a child, I used to build elaborate tents in the family living room. I would create my own little "fort" by draping blan...
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Monday, February 22, 2010

Music in the woodshop

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Sorry that there hasn't been much activity here, but I've had an incredibly busy schedule at the woodworking school lately. Luckily...
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Thursday, February 11, 2010

Final Adjustments to the Radial Arm Saw

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Getting this radial arm saw cleaned, adjusted and back in good working order wasn't an overnight project. It took the better part of a c...
Tuesday, February 09, 2010

SawStop demo with a real finger

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My buddy, Bob, sent this to me. It gets interesting right around the three- minute mark. Wow. Please don't do this at home, it is whack!...
Saturday, February 06, 2010

Fine Tuning your Radial Arm Saw (Part three)

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After all the cleaning and adjustments to the column, this next steps are fairly simple. With the top of the saw is stripped clean, I adjust...
Thursday, February 04, 2010

Fine tuning your Radial Arm Saw (Part two)

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The radial arm saw puts out a significant amount of sawdust, unless it's hooked into a dust collector. Mine has never had that luxury, s...

Fine tuning your Radial Arm Saw (Part one)

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Way back when (1994, to be precise), my 14" radial arm saw was new and clean. It cut straight and square, and the overhead arm didn...
Monday, February 01, 2010

Cleaning up glued joints with a chisel

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Part of a woodworker's life is about gluing wood together. There isn't much way around it, it stabilizes a joint, and bonds wood tog...
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Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Innovative Way to Carry Lumber in a Car

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A friend of mine sent this amusing link that was posted on the Fine Woodworking website. Trust me, before I owned a cargo van and a truck, I...
Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Waterfall glazes

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A few people have written asking if I'm making any tile these days. I used to blog about my tile escapades fairly frequently, but it...
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Wednesday, January 20, 2010

How to Adjust Your Miter Gauge

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In the last post, I showed how the Wixey digital cube has revolutionized setting up a tablesaw. Getting your blade perfectly plumb with the ...
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