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I've been looking for a kerf extender for playing around with half-blind dovetails.  The one from Cosman is $129.  I'm sure it's top-notch, but too...

For the drawer pull, I decided on a simple edge-mounted design.  I wanted it to be black to match the legs, and to avoid another round of ebonizing...

When I first came across RyanGi's bow sander here, I bookmarked it meaning to come back and build one for myself; a nifty bit of kit.  As things go...

When I left off, I had the case members cut, box joints cut and the case dry fit.  Next up was the plywood back.  I cut it the first piece to lengt...

Here are some progress photos on some miscellaneous bits. I did do a test with edge-to-edge magnets.  They did pretty well self-aligning, and they...

Google will provide you with a lot of information on this process, but briefly, the common practice for ebonizing involves creating iron acetate by...

It's the final push to complete the shaping, sanding, and glue-up for the support frame.  On the front/back stretchers, I added a 1/4" roundover on...

Here's the other most popular post from over there.  Tucson Woodcraft even includes a print out of it with the Incra IBOX units they sell.  Origina...

I used this opportunity to get some experience with the Leigh D4R dovetail jig.  I bought it used in a package deal with the Leigh mortise and teno...

I waited until the the main part of the cabinet was built to work on the removable rear panel.  That way I could take the actual dimensions of the ...

To turn the windmill there is a little winder at the tail of the mill. In this short blog entry i will be making this. [image.png] To bevel the fro...

[image.png] To turn the head of the mill into the wind the windmill has a "tail" It is strengthen this construction there are braces to transfer th...