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I found a few cone calculators online that will give you the details of the flat pattern to use that will roll into the desired cone shape.  I used...

The thickness of the staves of the original lamp gently narrow from bottom to top.   Ordinarily, I would do that tapering prior to shaping the edge...

Boys and Girls,   It seems I was proactive in the past and taken copies of some of my past LJ BS posts and unfortunately for you poor wretches, thi...

My homework prior to making the staves was to work out how to join them at 120 degrees to each other and allow for lamp pipe to pass through the ce...

Arthur Jacobs designed many interesting and unusual lamps for Modeline in the 50's and 60's.  This particular floor lamp design has always caught m...

OK, I am stumped and need some input.  The find: I recently purchased 2 pieces of vintage 12-inch 4x4 walnut barn wood beam. The project: I would l...

Boys and Girls, This is another of my “Operational Tips” posted on LJ, that I managed to drag across a while back before the ban.  May be of som...

Boys and Girls,   Another “Operational tip” posted on LJ and copied before my ban.   Being a cask-o-vino drinker, I’m surprised I managed to learn ...

This is a long overdue update. The project progresses, but the conversion takes a break while Michael’s main business ramps up for the holidays. He...

With a bit of finish, the clock will be complete and ready for use.  For the hub, I wanted to retain the whiteness of the holly, so I finished it w...

This jig will be used to cut the radius on the base of each spike using a router table with a tall pattern bit installed. I started with a plywood...

I searched for "prior art" for cutting compound tapers like these, but I couldn't find anything that did what I needed.  This is the idea I came up...