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Posted on 3. March 2021 by Vidar Fagerjord Harboe
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I am moving my website to a new provider. Technical issues might occur until everything is taken care of.

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A hold fast holder

Posted on 1. March 2021 by Vidar Fagerjord Harboe
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Holdfasts holds the work piece when you work on your project. But what hold the holdfast? Lets make a holdfast holder to hold the holdfasts organised. Do I still hold your attention?

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Posted in Shop furniture and gizmos | Tagged holdfast, shop infrastructure, Teak, Tool holding | Leave a Reply

The holdfast

Posted on 26. February 2021 by Vidar Fagerjord Harboe
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Holdfasts are the rats in the shop whack-a-mole game. The frustration getter-ridder-offer. To be serious: they do one thing superbly well, and they are named accordingly. They hold. They are fast.

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Posted in Shop furniture and gizmos | Tagged batten, holdfast, work bench, work holding | 1 Reply

The planing stop holders

Posted on 25. February 2021 by Vidar Fagerjord Harboe
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The quest for a neat and tidy shop… who am I kidding? The quest for controlled chaos, I should say – in the shop involves figuring out how to store different tools. My two planing stops needs to be easy to grab and to put away. I am plan(n)ing to hang them on the wall.

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Posted in Shop furniture and gizmos | Tagged shop infrastructure, Tool holding, veritas planing stop | Leave a Reply

Simpleton great!

Posted on 23. February 2021 by Vidar Fagerjord Harboe
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I have often thought to myself “God, I’m simple” whilst enjoying simple things such as the feel of a well planed board. Is “simple” a negative term, really? Should we celebrate a simple life more?

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Posted in Rant | Tagged hand tools, onlyhandtools, rant, simple, woodworking | Leave a Reply

A clamp rack

Posted on 21. February 2021 by Vidar Fagerjord Harboe
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You cannot have enough clamps. Ever. And that means you cannot have enough clamp racks either. Unless you REALLY enjoy Mikado…

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Posted in Shop furniture and gizmos | Tagged clamp rack, shop infrastructure, Tool holding | Leave a Reply

The support table, part 2

Posted on 18. February 2021 by Vidar Fagerjord Harboe
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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 | Leave a Reply

The support table, part 1

Posted on 16. February 2021 by Vidar Fagerjord Harboe
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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, Woodworking projects | Tagged shop furniture, shop table, support table | 2 Replies

I saw the light!

Posted on 10. February 2021 by Vidar Fagerjord Harboe
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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 | Leave a Reply

It’s slaburday!

Posted on 1. February 2021 by Vidar Fagerjord Harboe
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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

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