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It's Harder Than It Looks, Rite of Passage

I have been fiddling with the scroll saw I scored a few months back. Using some basic, that is, entry level, patterns. I am having trouble doing an "on the spot" turn with a #3 skip tooth blade, and the "loop" turnaround to come back to the pattern on a sharp point. I am using scrap 1/2" ply...
- LeftyTom
- Thread
- Jun 27, 2010
- harder passage rite
- Replies: 9
- Forum: Scrollsaw Work
A Woodworking passage in literature...

A bit off beat however I think you hand tool guys will appreciate this. I am re reading My Antonia by Willa Cather. In it is a passage about a pioneer farm hand building a coffin on a prairie in Nebraska in the "dead" of winter. Although a bit morbid the description is wonderful. This is copied...
- 02blues
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- Oct 22, 2009
- literature passage woodworking
- Replies: 6
- Forum: Hand Tools and their Use
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The workbench, the rite of passage...

In light of Insomniac's recent adventure in workbench making I have decide I need one for myself. I'm moving in a week, and I think a new addition to the new house, would be a nice workbench. Now, the workbench is considered by many woodworkers a rite of passage. Well, to be honest, I'm...
- clowman
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- Feb 2, 2006
- passage rite workbench
- Replies: 18
- Forum: General Woodworking