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    Glue REPAIR HELP - breadboard with inlay strip

    Thank you all for the ideas. I tried to source a fine tipped needle today but, have not had any luck thus far. When I built the table I used wood glue, do you think the CA Thin will bond OK? I'll work the "de-waxing" idea. will let you know how it comes out. thanks again, Jeff
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    Glue REPAIR HELP - breadboard with inlay strip

    I built a kitchen table (purple heart top w/ breadboard & a hard maple base) in 2005. The table although wearing well has two issues I'd appreciate suggestions to resolve. 1. When I built the table, I routered a small channel along the inner edge of the breadboard and rolled/glued in an inlay...
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    Think GREEN...KIDS Project

    Project idea for kids parties/school craft festivals: bring along some pre-cut wood approx. 6" by 10", a mini router, some sharpies, craft stamps and plan for a power source. Have kids write their names with a sharpie (2" letters are ideal) on some recycled wood...we have a lot of old cedar...
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    Happy Birthday Frankson

    Thank you all for your bday greetings. Favorite present...Fine Woodworking from my wife and son. Have a great day. Jeff
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    Spindle Gouge Handle

    Dolan, That is one fine looking spindle gouge. Enjoy using it on your next pen/turning project. Jeff
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    New Addition to the shop and new wood worker

    Rick, Our woodworking program's most popular tool is the lathe and the most popular project...pen turning - thanks in large part to the training delivered by NCWW's clowman (Clay) to our trainers. It's great that your son is wearing his safety GOGGLES...it's very easy for kids to take...
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    Latest Endeavour

    A little off topic but, we encourage our kids to keep their first pen (or second if the first one did'nt come out well) and use it first as a "show pen" thru which they generate orders and second as a pen they can look back on over time to appreciate their progress (sanding, shaping, finishing...
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    Pen Turning Equipment

    Don't forget the fact that you'll need an assortment of wood from which to cut your blanks. At Kids Making It, in addition to donated blanks from many "NC Woodworkers", we've been fortunate to get odd pieces of wood flooring and decking material (size lends itself to a couple of easy cuts on the...
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    Hello from the Highlands!

    Rod, Did'nt I tell you...this site has a great bunch of WWers. I'm happy you've been able to make contact thru the net and live as well. Thanks again for thinking of Pop and our kids....we appreciate the logs and wormy chestnut. Pop was pretty happy to have a couple of logs to turn...stay...
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    Any pen-turning ROOKIES here? Christmas time!

    Clay Jeff Thank you both. Clay, as always, we love having you visit. If time permits, maybe we could arrange a "master class" for our kids? Jeff P.S. Yes, the kids love making pens...we delivered an order of 10 pens and maple boxes, engraved withcity logo, to our Mayor, Bill Saffo...
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    Any pen-turning ROOKIES here? Christmas time!

    Matt, I work with a Wilmington based program, Kids Making It (KMI) and our kids are very much into pen turning. In fact Dave and Jeff have both provided wood stock and pen blanks to our program. At this time, we have about 30-40 blanks on hand but, will no doubt need more in a few weeks....if...
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    A couple experiments...

    Dave, That's one beautiful pen!!!!!! My vote is for the 2nd shot - hands down. The single ray of light down the length of the pen points directly at the most interesting figure/detail on the lower barrel. SWEET
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    Possible first sale of pens

    We had a client that ordered pens, with maple gift box (Penn State). The client wanted their logo on the boxes. So, we found a place in town that burned-in the logo...looks real cool. Only negative, the local engraver is the only one in town and he charged accordingly (i.e. 1-time art...
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    Possible first sale of pens

    If memory serves me, Penn State sells the maple pen box (single slot) for about $3.50 each. We sold a number of them over the holidays at Kids Making It...popular for presentation purposes or gift. (note: most folks buying pens for themselves had NO interest in the box).
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    Turning bottle stoppers ???

    Dave, At the KMI shop, Mike has had us use a bottle stopper lathe chuck....see site below Bottle Stopper Lathe Chuck with Drill Bit: Penn State Industries I know you plan to use the wood/cork stopper but, I'll add my 2 cents re: aesthetics/practicality: I made a bottle stopper...
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    How to cut this crotch

    Dave, this should be a beauty...love to see the progress posted However, I strongly suggest a local before the vase or bowl ectomy!!!
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    Woodworking Channel on the web

    Gofor, I saved the address in my IE favorites and have just clicked on it to view. I have no ideas what plug-in(s) are supported. You might want to try entering WW Channel via DIY's site - indirect approach but, it may work for you.
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    false table apron

    Dave, Thanks for the rare earth mag info. I tell my son, you should learn something new every day...that's how you'll get to be (almost) as smart as dad.
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    Woodworking Channel on the web

    Despite a couple of advanced searches I could not find a previous post for this topic, so.... Please take a minute to check out the web based training on all aspects of woodworking at... The Woodworking Channel
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    Woodturning Online Project Plans

    Nick, Thank you for "turning" me onto this site. A little background; Clay had demo'd pen-turning to our KMI volunteers - now our kids turn pens/pencils...sell them. They already have done well with magic wands, wine stoppers, etc. However, on your web site, I found plans for making...

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