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The vise royal flush

Posted on 8. April 2021 by vidar
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Should the vise be mounted flush with the apron, or with a spacer? This is a topic that are discussed from time to time, so I’ll give my stack of dimes on the subject.

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Posted in Tips, tricks and Techniques | Tagged Eclipse Quick Release, flush vice, flush vise, quick release, vice, vice mount, vise, vise mount, work bench | Leave a reply

The sharpening station

Posted on 30. March 2021 by vidar
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Sharpening is a subject with exponentially more solutions than there are woodworkers. Squared. Hurl a wad of cash at it, and you will get sharp tools. But for basic hand tools, I have chosen an affordable and simple solution.

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Posted in Shop furniture and gizmos | Tagged diamond plate, sharpening, strop | Leave a reply

The merbau shelf

Posted on 19. March 2021 by vidar
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Rummaging through the wood stack, I stopped at a nice, long board of merbau. A nice and clean looking one, perfect for a wall shelf above the piano.

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

A hold fast holder

Posted on 1. March 2021 by vidar
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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 | 1 Reply

The holdfast

Posted on 26. February 2021 by vidar
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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 | 4 Replies

The planing stop holders

Posted on 25. February 2021 by vidar
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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

A clamp rack

Posted on 21. February 2021 by vidar
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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
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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

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