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The support table, part 2

Posted on 18. February 2021 by vidar
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I have something to get off my chest. Or rather, I have stuff that needs to go INTO a chest. Of drawers. Let’s start making sawdust and chips! In this part, the chest part of the chest of drawers.

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Posted in Shop furniture and gizmos | Tagged drawers, shop furniture, support table | 1 Reply

The support table, part 1

Posted on 16. February 2021 by vidar
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A cluttered and unorganized desk could be seen as a reflection of the owner’s mind. What then if the desk is completely void..? Anyway, clutter ain’t good for productivity, so let’s build a support table thing.

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Posted in Shop furniture and gizmos | Tagged shop furniture, shop table, support table | 5 Replies

I saw the light!

Posted on 10. February 2021 by vidar
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I have often struggled with starting my saw cuts, but an “off to the side” comment in a video completed the circuitry. The choir sang the aaaaah and the fireworks lit up the sky in my darkened mind…

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Posted in Tips, tricks and Techniques | Tagged hand saw, knife wall, sawing, skew back saw, technique | 1 Reply

It’s slaburday!

Posted on 1. February 2021 by vidar
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Here are my tips for making your own fancy kindling blanks. Remember – nobody has nicer firewood than woodworkers!

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Posted in Tips, tricks and Techniques | Tagged lumber, milling, slabbing, slaburday | 1 Reply

The spring joint

Posted on 15. January 2021 by vidar
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All of a sudden I’m kind of hungry… Spring rolls and “flied lice”, baby! But for now, I’m building a birdhouse with my daughter. I had to glue up some wider boards, and soon I found myself on a roll. So to speak…

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Posted in Tips, tricks and Techniques | Tagged Spring joint | 3 Replies

For what it’s worth…

Posted on 7. January 2021 by vidar
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Selling things you make is fun – it is fun that people value what you do. But what should it cost? Here’s a bag of cents to get you started.

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Posted in Blog | Tagged handmade, price tag, pricing, value, worth | Leave a reply

The Veritas planing stop

Posted on 5. January 2021 by vidar
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Flailing a plane about can be very rewarding or make the piece of wood look more like a cat’s scratch board. It comes down to whether the thing stays in place or not. Hence a planing stop. I bought one from Veritas, and tested if it wood stop the would. Or.. something.

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Posted in Product review, Shop furniture and gizmos | Tagged bench tools, planing stop, veritas, veritas planing stop, work holding | 5 Replies

Dust collection

Posted on 2. January 2021 by vidar
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Dust collection is absolutely not just for sissies! There’s nothing manly sneezing a couple of particle boards after a shop session. Nor is breathing through a permanent piece of luggage, so take this topic seriously!

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Posted in Blog, Shop furniture and gizmos | Tagged camvac, chip collector, dust, dust collection, dust collector, shopvac | 6 Replies

The Elf on a shelf accessoires

Posted on 29. December 2020 by vidar
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The elf on the shelf moved in this year. I had to accessorize him a bit…

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Posted in Woodworking projects | Tagged christmas, elf on the shelf, pranks, rampenissen | Leave a reply

A small bench gift box

Posted on 25. December 2020 by vidar
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We’ll give a garden bench to my inlaws as a Christmas present, but the idea came too late for any bench to be built in time. A card is boring, so I made a box…

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Posted in Woodworking projects | Tagged gift, oak, small box, wooden box | Leave a reply

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