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Today I got the “furniture” pretty much completed. What remains to be made are the working parts of the saws and they will have to wait. Tomorrow I...
Just a few pics today. I started off by cleaning up yesterday’s glue-ups on the column cheeks and generally tidying things up. Then I cut the reces...
Just getting around to this now. I made my bling a couple of months ago. Been busy out of the shop since then. First up is some stars made from fen...
OK, I’m a little impulsive but I work quickly so maybe I can pull this off. I’m showing my jewellery box at the Sooke Fine Art Show in a week and w...
I guess I got lots done today although I didn’t get as far as I wanted to. (Do we ever?) There have been enough blogs on chevy construction and I’v...
I would love to have the time to work on these chevys with hand tools without the noise, dust, and sharp whirly things but I’m on a mission here an...
I had a few hours to play today while waiting on a couple deliveries to the house. I built an actual rack for my clamps instead of the 2×6 nailed t...
Thank you for the Member of the Week recognition! I’m happy to be a part of this woodworking community and among so many talented woodworkers. Michael
i hope this is viewed worthy? i consider the Shopsmith Mark V tool system to be a worthy group of tools, i started out with a mark 2 version of the...
I like to have all my clamps at arms reach from my assembly table. I decided that one compact wall system was the way to go as a cart took up too m...
I spent the day cleaning up my woodshop and I dug this old tablesaw out from a corner. My father inlaw gave it to me many years ago and it belonged...
With my birthday last week I got a new 8" grinder. I ordered two new wheels form Lee valley to go with it, but not here yet. In the mean time I con...