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Category Archives: Tips, tricks and Techniques

Fixing plastic blast gates

Posted on 29. June 2024 by vidar
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Blast gates is necessary to block outlets and/or sections of the dust collector ducts. These cheap plastic ones are good, except when they clog up with dust so they can’t be closed. Let’s fix the problem!

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Posted in Shop furniture and gizmos, Tips, tricks and Techniques, Woodworking projects | Tagged blast gate, dust collector, dust system, shop infrastructure | 1 Reply

The knife wall

Posted on 3. December 2021 by vidar
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Sometimes you come across a new-to-you technique and suddenly the floor is soaking wet – an eureka! moment worthy of Arkimedes just happened. Are you sick and tired of tearout? Come here, my friend…

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Posted in Tips, tricks and Techniques | Tagged knife wall, marking, marking knife, tenon | 2 Replies

How to: wood movement

Posted on 19. November 2021 by vidar
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Wood moves, and you can’t do much to prevent it. Try, and thou shalt fail! but if you account for it, you will avoid issues. Try orienting things to the south! It seems easier, according to our friendly Ent.

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Posted in Tips, tricks and Techniques | Tagged moisture content, shrinkage, wood movement | Leave a reply

How to: Calipers? Call who?

Posted on 12. November 2021 by vidar
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Calipers seems to be simple enough, but it might be more to them than one would think. I’ve gotten a few eureka moments over the years, so let’s look into a few that measured very small.

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Posted in Blog, Tips, tricks and Techniques | Tagged calipers, measurement, vernier | Leave a reply

The chain saw mill

Posted on 10. August 2021 by vidar
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When you have access to a bit of forest, lumber grows on trees. You just have to cut away the firewood first. Adding a bit of “le quincaillerie” to the humble chain saw is one way to go about doing just that.

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Posted in Tips, tricks and Techniques | Tagged chain saw, sawmill, slabbing, timber | 2 Replies

Ebonizing oak

Posted on 23. April 2021 by vidar
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Paul and Stevie hollered on about the piano keys living in perfect harmony. Since ebony is VERY expensive, let’s make a cheaper wood very black using the ebonizing technique.

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Posted in Tips, tricks and Techniques | Tagged ebonize, ebonizing, steel wool and vinegar | Leave a reply

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 | 1 Reply

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 | 4 Replies

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 | 3 Replies

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

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