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  1. Grgramps

    Multi-talented Woodworker

    Here's a YouTube that you and your children (even the little ones) need to watch!! And your dog will like it too. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRn_mzDYq-s I realize some of you may not take me seriously, but that would be your loss. Roy
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    Band Saw Tracking Solved

    At least for me, thanks to Michael Fortune's article in Fine Woodworkings publication, "Power Tool Basics." Whenever I resawed a board I found it necessary to feed at an angle from right to left. It always frustrated me because I believed that you should be able to feed straight through in...
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    Forrest Woodworker II

    Amazon has this listed for $74.99 (free shipping) -- Not bad for a premium blade http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0000223VR/?tag=toolseeker
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    Campaign Chest Completed

    In an earlier thread I posted some pictures of the beginning of this project. However I got sidetracked and the thread was closed. My wife was actually starting to wonder if it would ever be completed. The plan is for this piece to serve as an end table so there will be a glass top to protect...
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    Campaign Chest

    This month's issue of Woodsmith has plans for a campaign chest that caught my eye. See: Woodsmith Magazine - Sources - Campaign Chest I got started after getting over the shock of the prices of the hardware. This is my first experience of paying more for the brass than for the wood. I...
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    DeWalt 14.4 Battery Rebuild

    The drill still had lots of life, but one battery refused to take a charge and the other could barely get out of its own way, even after a charge. I had nothing to complain about since the package had served me for 7 years. However, I couldn’t bring myself to spend $140 for 2 new batteries...
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    Fess Up - Who Wrote This?

    A tool review that I suspect one of you wrote: The wife told me to build a dog house, and of course, I needed more tools (!) for the job :). I worshiped the ground she let me grovel on. So, I got down on my knobby knees and asked her if I could buy a new drill. She decreed that it should be so...
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    What Do You See?

    This makes me recall times when looking at clouds in the sky and seeing an image that wasn't expected. What do you see? This image came at no extra charge when buying some pine from D & D Sawmill Services, Dave and Dan Workman in Dana NC. They are already listed among our suppliers and I...
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    Hendersonville Habitat Store

    I got a call this afternoon that the Habitat store in Hendersonville had a bunch of clamps that had been donated by Home Depot. There were some 48" parallel Jorgensens for $20 each and some heavy 12" bar clamps for $10 and I bought some of them. Also many C clamps of various sizes. They're...
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    A New Desk in My Future?

    Today I watched Norm build his version of the Mission Style desk and found that I need one just like his. Time and money is all it takes - you know the story. And it might be easier than the corner cupboard my wife wants. See: The New Yankee Workshop Tools I am wondering if anyone of you...
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    Delta/Rockwell Unisaw

    This is over at Sawmill Creek: (not mine) Delta/Rockwell Unisaw 3 HP for Sale - Sawmill Creek
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    Moisture Testing Without a Meter?

    Yesterday I bought a rough sawn pine board 4/4 X 10" X 16' from a local sawmill and was told it was dry. (I don't have a meter). Today I started to build a box to hold the Jenga blocks: http://www.ncwoodworker.net/forums/showthread.php?t=4879&highlight=jenga and got that uneasy feeling that...
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    Finishing Jenga

    Jenga may sound like an exotic wood, but some of you probably know what it is. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenga I made a set of these blocks for my daughter-in-law who is youth director for her church and I am at the stage of finishing. I used hickory and chose 2" by 6" for the size, so it...
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    Chisels for All You Turners

    Just got this ad for chisels from Grizzly: http://www.grizzly.com/products/G9863 Sale ends 8/17 Roy
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    New Hutch for the Kitchen

    I'll start by explaining that we have a kitchen hutch that no self respecting wood worker would have in his house. It's made of pine with much of the joinery (or is it jointery?) done with nails and it has little or no finish. Yet, with all its faults, I like the style. I first considered...
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    How to Buy Wood

    To those of you who may not be experts, you may find this article enlightening. Unless you are sawing your own lumber, you probably have to buy it. Anything saved can be spent on tools, and that's something that makes most of us happy http://www.westwindhardwood.com/order_art.html I was...
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    Fish Eye?

    I'm starting to put the finish on the second band saw box and my wife, looking over my shoulder said, "That looks like fish eye." I said that usually occurs when using polyurethane and this is shellac. "No, look at that." Then I realized she was referring to the little knot. Here's what it...
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    My First Bandsaw Box

    I just finished my first bandsaw box and would note that it only took a while longer to build than it took to post pictures in the gallery. This old guy used to think he was pretty smart, but navigating that gallery of ours is a humbling experience. So take a look at my efforts if interested...
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    Can You Afford to Look At It?

    There's a Holtey plane offered on Ebay and it might be just what you are looking for. They don't appear very often, so take a moment and feast your eyes, and dream a little too. Also note there are only 2 days left to bid. So don't procrastinate...
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    Cormark International

    I don't see Cormark listed as one of our suppliers, so here it is: http://www.cormarkint.com/ I went to their place in Weaverville (North of Asheville) a few weeks ago to purchase a piece of spanish cedar for a humidor that I plan to build and was amazed at the selection of exotic woods that...

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