Blog Series

Planer cutterhead bearing replacement

Part 1: HELP! Can anyone give me advice on replacing bearings on my planer cutterhead?

Last week my planer blew a bearing on the cutterhead. It is a NuMark 12” planer, more than 30 years old. The company went out of business many year...

Part 2: The bearing is removed; what next?

PTL! The bearing is finally off! I eventually came to the realization that I should remove the motor to make the remaining parts easier to maneuver...

Part 3: UPDATE: IT’S ALL FIXED!! HOORAY!

Most important: Thank you to the helpful woodworkers who were kind enough to guide me on this endeavor. You are the ones who gave me the courage to...

MAKING A WOODEN GEARED CLOCK

9 entries

Part 7: Bits and pieces - Day 7

Cutting out lots of small items. Almost finished, with just the main weight and the small counter weight plus the pendulum arm remaining, plus a fe...

Part 8: The Main Weight and Finishing Up Details - Day 8

Day 8 Work The parts for the main weight were cut and some some small parts were finished. A couple of grub screws had to be custom made because I ...

Part 9: Gluing up and Trial Assembly - Day 9

Day 9 work The different parts were glued up, namely; the 3 piece main frame the 5 piece winding wheel (5 wheels glued together to form a pulley li...

Speaker Enclosures

9 entries

Part 7: First coat of stain

First of many coats, this fit really take a few to get it where I want it with the ebony stain. 1st coat 2nd coat Oh and the Chardonnay panels are ...

Part 8: Half done poly

Poly Coat #4 is in the books. Now switching to satin and 400 wet sanding.

Part 9: Complete and wired up

Finally got this thing complete and tested it out. It sounds great and goes a lot lower than I expected.

Lattice boom crane ToysandJoys

3 entries

Part 1: (one afternoon) Tracks

I started with a new T and J project. A lattice boom crane. I first wanted to make a intarsia coon, but the patterns are not yet arrived. Therefore...

Part 2: Tracks continuation

A lot of work is done making all the tracks. Below the pictures. Thanks for watching.

Part 3: Tracks ready

Today I finished the caterpillar tracks. Below the last pictures. Thanks for watching

Chevalet

6 entries

Part 4: Stand(ard)

I started building a chevalet. I want to thank Paul (aka shipwright) and Mike for their help. Downloaded the Sketch up drawing made by Paul. Yester...

Part 5: Storage

Today I ordered some saw blades for the chevalet and also found a place for storage. Thanks for watching.

Part 6: Saw blades

Today I got some different (jigsaw) saw blades. But the intarsia pattern isn’t yet there. Therefore, you have to be patient about my experiences wi...

Wooden Spoon Challenge #2

Part 1: How to make a wooden spoon

First off… I’m not a creative writer, I’m just going to put that out there. Debbie has asked me to put together a tutorial on how I create a wooden...

WoodworkingWeb Awards - Bits & Pieces

Part 1: Announcement

Theme: Bits & Pieces Show us your creations using those meticulously cut “bits and pieces” of wood and your marquetry and/or intarsia technique...

Part 2: And the Winners Are ...

Our 7th WoodworkingWeb awards are over and we ended up with 5 entries. I would like to thank you all who participated by submitting entries or voti...

Cross Cut Sled

Part 1: Cut and stock

Well I am finally going to build a cross cut sled. I have rounded up the hardware, made a dertimination of size, and glued runners to a piece of fl...

Part 2: Carcass assembly

With returning to town from the summer camping experience the wifey is asking me to get at the coffees (2), table build. I have had the birch racke...

Hydraulic crane (T and J)

4 entries

Part 2: Hydraulic cylinder

Last week I made two hydraulic cylinders. The cylinders should be able to hold the crane boom in position. Therefor I additional made a “clamping” ...

Part 3: Threaded shaft

Below pictures from the threaded shaft. Maybe, when you like it, I will make a blog about how it’s made. Thanks for watching.

Part 4: Threaded shaft explained

Yesterday I posted pictures (first two) from the threaded shaft. In this blog you can see how it’s made. Thanks for watching

Wheels

6 entries

Part 4: Tyre

The wheels were split and again glued together. I love woodworking. First destroy and then reassemble. Below the process Thanks for watching

Part 5: Rims part 1

Today I started making the rims. See pictures below, Next time more. Thanks for watching

Part 6: Rims part 2

Below pictures of making the “circle” parts for the rims. Also pictures from how the nuts are made. Thanks for watching