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Picture frame shelves pt.II

Posted on 18. February 2024 by vidar
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My wife wanted some picture frame shelves for the hallway and staircase to break up the large wall surfaces. I was not hard to ask, and decided to do different styles to mix things up a little.

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Posted in Furniture, Woodworking projects | Tagged art, beeswax, Lisa Aisato, oak, picture frame, Picture shelf, shelf | Leave a reply

Hylle med knaggrekke

Posted on 7. February 2024 by vidar
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Barn er livets store gave, men de kommer med litt bagasje. Mer konkret: jakker, dresser, luer, votter…. Vi trengte å få litt mer system i alt, og det hele starter med en knaggrekke.

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Posted in Norske artikler | Tagged eik, hylle, Knaggrekke, kvartskur | 1 Reply

The coat rack

Posted on 1. February 2024 by vidar
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Having kids is a true blessing, but they do come with baggage. Or to be exact: jackets, coveralls, knitted caps… We needed to organize everything better, and it starts with a coat rack.

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Posted in Furniture, Woodworking projects | Tagged coat rack, dovetails, hand tools, oak, quarter sawn, woodworking | Leave a reply

Review: Mirka sanding block

Posted on 19. January 2024 by vidar
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Mirka makes the best sand paper I’ve used so far – the Abranet. A mesh-type paper that has excellent dust removal properties. And they also has made this sanding block – with built-in dust collection! Let’s review it!

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Posted in Product review | Tagged abranet, dust collection, Mirka, review, sand paper, sanding, tools | 1 Reply

Review: Rider 3-in-1 plane

Posted on 5. December 2023 by vidar
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Three planes in one? SOLD! I bought a Rider 3-in-1 shoulder plane. Which is also a bull nose plane. And a chisel plane. That’s two special purpose planes I might not need to buy separately, if this thing keeps its promises. Tool review time!

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Posted in Product review | Tagged 3-in-1, bull nose, chisel plane, plane, review, Rider, shoulder plane | Leave a reply

A visit to a Dalahäst factory

Posted on 8. July 2023 by vidar
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Summer vacation – we went to Orsa in Dalarna County, Sweden. Relaxing days on the beach and doing tourist-stuff. Just lovely! If you go there, a visit to Nusnäs and the Dalahäst factories are obligatory! Let’s take a tour.

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Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged dalahäst, dalarna, factory tour, manufacturing, slöyd, toy, vacation, wooden horse | 2 Replies

Shop dust system and a CamVac with a noise baffle

Posted on 30. April 2023 by vidar
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My CamVac dust collector is a noisy sucker, but I am extremely happy with it. And one of its features is very useful for noise reduction. Let’s make a couple of hush-up’ers! In addition, let’s look at my dust collection system.

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Posted in Shop furniture and gizmos | Tagged camvac, dust collection, noise baffle | 4 Replies

The boolean wall shelf

Posted on 26. February 2023 by vidar
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Yet another wall shelf project. This time it is for my oldest sister, Unni. I got a text message with an image and “show this to your wife, she’ll love it!”. Subtle… But hey, it’s woodworking! And I do have some oak at the ready.

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Posted in Furniture | Tagged furniture, oak, shelf, wall shelf | Leave a reply

Getting out of a rut

Posted on 21. January 2023 by vidar
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Different situations can lead one into a bit of a rut sometimes. Motivation to start a project, continue work on one – in short, getting the elbow dislodged from ones behind – seems utterly illusive. Thankfully, there’s help to be found among kindled spirits!

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Idle hands – not so much, really

Posted on 5. November 2022 by vidar
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This year has been busy, but the woodworking activities has been limited to concrete formwork. And there’s other “life” stuff going on. But I am still here, and I do have plans. 🙂

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The one ring

Posted on 29. April 2022 by vidar
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A man can provide a house, but a woman can provide a home. A woodworker can provide accessoires for the homemaking. Let’s make a table decoration thingy! Eärendil….

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Posted in Small items | Tagged birthday ring, candle, decoration, holiday | Leave a reply

Go big or go…?

Posted on 25. March 2022 by vidar
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I will admit that I do occasionally buy stuff I really do not need. While very useful, some tools are unnecessary – or shall we say, a luxury. Sometimes they’re shiiinyyyy. Sometimes they speak to my inner cave man…

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Posted in Ramblings, Rant | Tagged big tools, luxury tools, nice to have, scam, woodpeckers | Leave a reply

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