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Below pictures from a simple indexing jig for use on a drill press table. [09 Indexing Jig v3.jpg][09 Indexing Jig v3 (2).jpg]
Below pictures of the way how I made a propeller. [08 Propeller 01.jpg][08 Propeller v4 (2).jpg][08 Propeller v4 (3).jpg][08 Propeller v4 (4).jpg]
Below pictures of the way how I make complicated fenders. [1 Fenders v4.jpg][2 Fenders v4 (2).jpg][3 Fenders v4 (3).jpg][4 Fenders v4 (4).jpg][5 Fe...
In 2015 I bought a Nova Galaxi 1644 lathe as a Beta tester. I did not like 3 things about it (1)  the quill operated backwards. They sent out new q...
   With the Wood for the sides of this Chess Set chosen and milled, sizing the sides was done first... [20251027_102831.jpg] When making a size-spe...
I recently bought a couple of used carving tools and decided that working them up would a good place to start this blog.  The first one I tackled i...

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