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  1. 100_0428

    100_0428

    • dino drosas
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    • 1st 3 day each of side stripping strips
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    • Album: Kayak Build
  2. 100_0427

    100_0427

    • dino drosas
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    • 1st 3 day each of side stripping strips
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    • Album: Kayak Build
  3. scsmith42

    UPDATE on 1st POST RE: Getting together to make some handscrew clamps?

    As part of the outfitting of my new shop, I’m going to need a good quantity of handscrew clamps. Commercial prices vary, from top of the line Dubuque / Jorgensen’s for over twenty bucks each to the inexpensive imports for 4 - 8 bucks each. In researching the clamp options, I discovered that...
  4. TedAS

    1st Scrollsaw / Bandsaw project

    This project all started with a post from PeteM. Thanks Pete, I had more fun with this project than I had in the shop in a long time. The design is by Clayton Boyer. He has many designs to choose from. It took me exactly 1 month to build. I started it April 25 and hung it in the living room May...
  5. jimwill48

    New Pen - 1st Time I've done Acrylic

    Well I thought it was time for me to try this Acrylic stuff. I've avoided using it because 1st I like wood and 2nd was not sure about getting all the marks out of it. All in all its pretty easy stuff to work with except for the smell, just remember to wet sand and use a polish (rubbing...
  6. rcflyer23

    1st Successful Scalloped Pen

    Well I tried something new tonight. I am trying to expand my horizons in pen making and one of the guys on IAP showed an amazing scalloped pen this week so I figured I would give it a try and see how I could do. Well 3 blanks later I finally figured it out. The colors aren't the greatest but it...
  7. S

    1st Chair, Wudda Bear! -Gloat

    My wife asked me to make a gift for an expectant friend and this image was all I had to go by: So with a single 8ft 11.5in white oak board, this is how it started. As you can see, It didn't have a leg to stand on And here Im up to my ears in work: And Finally, Was alot of...
  8. SteveColes

    Results of 1st Qtr Donation Drive

    Our 1st quarter donation drive was very successful. We net'd almost $1400. On behalf on North Carolina Woodworker, Inc. I would like to thank you all very much for your support.
  9. rcflyer23

    1st Attempt and a Thank you

    Thanks to the kindness and generosity of Cathy(Cskipper) my wife and I now have a great scroll saw. Cathy we can't thank you enough. We stopped by Woodcraft on the way back and I was able to get a stand for it. My wife has to work in the morning and didn't get a chance to play and the saw was...
  10. S

    1st Holiday Gift Done! - Gloat

    Well, Another first for this newbie. My first Holiday Gift with wood. It's a baseball plaque for my twin Godsons, Patrick &Ryan. My first larger turning! The bat itself was made from laminated White Oak, then resawed and then laminated to a Walnut mix. I scrolled the letters on my...
  11. rcflyer23

    1st Chip Carving Attempt

    Well I couldn't stand it having missed the last two carving sessions so I just broke down and bought a couple of flexcut knifes and gave it a whirl tonight. I bought a book on it but figured I would give it a shot before reading anything so I could do everything wrong and then read how to do it...
  12. bluthart

    Turning Question - the 1st of Many!

    My neighbor is cutting down a maple tree today. It is either a silver maple or maybe a sugar maple. It has dark heartwood and light sapwood. Is this any good for turning? I'll probably just go over there and take some anyway! Thanks!
  13. N

    1st Gloat

    Finally finished my version of the Wood Magazine workbench. I added a laminated top over the MDF, beefed up the feet, and put 3" wheels on one end so I can move it around in my garage retreat. Maybe one day soon I'll even turn something!
  14. sawduster

    My 1st band saw box

    Finally decided to try one of these ....Minnow by Lois Keener Ventura Talk about a group project ........ pattern book by Lois Keener Ventura on loan from NC Scroller Face cedar from Rod Cypress from Ivey, middle cedar from Tracy RAS from Travis BS set-up by FredP Getting me started...
  15. sawduster

    1st project with the elm

    A good friend commissioned this for a friend of hers who had to put his dog down last summer The elm came from Jeff's last lumber run. The resawing and planing was done by lil' ol' me :mrgreen: 8 1/2 x 11 , 1/4 elm, #1 and #3 FD spiral , #5 FD UR for lettering, light BLO and Deft...
  16. ScottM

    1st pen

    Well I guess you can count me lost to the dark side. Here is my first attempt at pen making. It has flaws but I am very happy with my first attempt. They say you learn from your mistakes well I have lots to learn.:wink_smil Any way the pen is made out a scrap of walnut I scored from a dumpster...
  17. J

    NCWW @ Klingspor Raleigh March 1st

    Hey all, Don't forget the sales going on Tomorrow at Klingspor Raleigh. We (NCWW) will have a table and a few exhibitors. They're even going to try and bring me over to the Dark Side:rotflm:. Anyway, Bas will do a sharpening demo on his Worksharp, Bob (woodartz) and DaveO will be turning, and...
  18. ScottM

    1st bowl a bust

    Just to "play" with my new toy I grabbed a chunk of RO from the wood pile and went at it. I do not have any real turning stock...hint. I was making some good process until....... Well they say pictures tell 10,000 words.
  19. ashley_phil

    Charlotte Breakfast, March 1st WC Sale

    Well WC is doing their 10% sale and a 5% early bird special, so I thought we should get the breakfast gang together again. Same place? I know my little guy really liked feeding the ducks.
  20. nelsone

    1st Cigar

    I finally got around to turning a cigar. The wood is cherry burl that I got from Robert Arrowood. (Robert, I'll have a couple pens turned for you as soon as I have a little time! Many thanks for the burl!!!)

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