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Saturday, February 22, 2014

Choosing Woodworking Tools That Are Right For You

If youve developed the itch to work with wood, then youre going to need some tools.

But what kind of woodworking tools and how many?

The answer to this will depend largely on things such as your budget, your style of woodworking, and the type of wood youll be working with.

The style of woodworking that you do can be affected by such things as the space in which you have to work or where you live. For example you may simply not have enough available space to have all the latest or biggest power tools, or you may live in an environment where the noise from power woodworking tools may be prohibited. If this is the case, your style may be one of strictly working with hand woodworking tools.

In the end however, if youre like most woodworkers, throughout the years youll end up with a combination of woodworking tools from the large and powerful to those original hand tools that you grew up on when you started working with wood back in your apartment.

Another influencing factor when it comes to choosing the right woodworking tools for yourself is the style of furniture that you intend on building. One style of furniture will more than likely require few different types of tools over another style. This is why its always a good idea to get yourself a good set of plans for the type of project youre considering.

Today the amount of woodworking tools that you can buy is limited only by your ability to be able to afford to buy them.

But before you run off and bust the bank buying woodworking tools, consider that woodworking isnt always about having the best tools. There is something to be said for developing your skills, your imagination, and problem solving without always having the best power tool to overcome every issue.

Remember there are just about as many ways to accomplish something in woodworking as there are tools on the market. In fact, most of the time when you think youre up against a limitation caused by your lack of tools... its your imagination and self skills that will come up with a workable solution if you just re-think the situation.

But, when the time comes and you begin thinking seriously about acquiring some additional woodworking tools, dont be so quick as to rush out and get the latest shiny new object. Take the time to look over some reviews from one of the professional woodworking magazines that are available and see how the various models have been graded out by the people who have actually used the tools.

Thursday, February 20, 2014

Making a Spoon for Eating Discussion plans and photos

Hi Everyone,

Next Tuesday is my oldest sont birthday and as hes a historical re-enactor who plays the part of a young soldier in battle, I was trying to think of something that I could make for him. It occurred to me that he might like a spoon to eat with. I think lots of soldiers loose their kit in battle and probably wind up with no eating utensils and have to make something like a spoon to eat with until they can get a replacement. So here we go, were off to make an eating spoon.

Eating spoons are a little different from cooking spoons in that they are smaller, shorter in length, and the handle is contoured to make it easy to get the bowl of the spoon around the face and into the mouth. This does present a few difficulties-the spoon has to be small in size and this can lead to breakage and the contouring has to be done on a bandsaw. But by working carefully and slowly, we can get around those problems. And if we make it out of some hardwood, it shouldnt break.

Ive got some maple scrap from previous spoon projects so well make our spoon out of that.

Here we go:

I decided to use an ordinary spoon out of my cutlery drawer as a pattern for this spoon:

As the handle for this is very curvy, I sketched out the handle on the side of the board and proceeded to cut it out on the bandsaw:

In these next two photos you can see the face of the spoon blank and a side view of the blank:

Here is the blank with a patten of the spoon drawn on to it:

Here is the entire thing in a vice. Im going to cut out the bowl first:

Here is one half of the bowl carved out:

And Ive turned the blank around and carved out the other half:

This is the finished bowl. Its shallow on the narrow end and deeper on the wide end, just like a regular spoon is. Now to cut it out on the bandsaw:

Here is a side view:

This is the face view with the entire spoon cut out from the blank. You can see how very rough it is:

I spent the next 40 minutes or so filing, sanding, and carefully carving on the spoon. Here it is at this point:

I kept on sanding and filing, being careful not to bend the handle or the bowl of the spoon so as not to break it and I must say its coming out rather well:

Here we are about 20 minutes later. Its much smoother after more sanding and it is usable as an eating spoon. I normally sand spoons very smooth and Im debating whether or not to sand this one. It needs to look like something made in the field. I am going to put a brief birthday message on the underside of the bowl with a burning pen. It wont be seen and it will have my sons name on it so if he loses it, it will make its way back to him....hopefully.

The inside of the bowl could stand a little more sanding so Im going to go back out to the shop and do that and then Ill oil with flaxseed oil so stay tuned for another photo or two.

More late,
VW

Wednesday, February 12, 2014

New dado insert for my Skil 3410 table saw

I recently wrote an post on making a zero clearance insert plate for my table saw. The main reason that I made that insert was because I could not find a dado insert made for my table saw. I did some more searching and finally found one on eReplacementParts.com. In the description it gave the model number for the part it was replacing. I then took that model number and plugged it into the search on the Skil site and was able to find the OEM part! It did not give a picture and only gave a description of "Dado Insert Kit for 3410 Table Saw". The after market website had a small picture that showed a nut and washer so I was cautiously optimistic that this one would come with one too. It turns out that it did come with a new washer/nut combo for the arbor that is slimmer and I can now install my full dado stack!

Heres the pic from the after market website.

I felt like a kid on Christmas when it finally got here.

That was a pretty big box just to ship this little one but it

got here safe!

Out of the box.

No question about it, its made for my table saw!

Here it is with a nut/washer combo and another washer that replaces

the one on the other side of the blade.

Heres all my inserts.

This is the zero clearance insert that I made.

Here is the new one installed with a 1/2" dado stack. There is plenty of room

to fit in the whole 13/16" stack!

Here is the old washer/nut combo next to the new one.

Monday, February 10, 2014

A Box for Blocks

For my sons first birthday I made him the Skunk Bench. For his second, Im making him a set of blocks. Of course, I hadnt been working on the blocks for very long when I realized that they would need a place to live. Bam! New project!

I decide to make a chest. I looked through Lon Schleinings excellent book Treasure Chests and saw several "sea chests" that inspired me. Of course, I had to change things; its what I do.

Some changes come from my design muse, some from problem solving during the construction process. I like it when the changes provide a certain amount of "funky" or "quirky" character to a piece - it keeps things interesting. Ive posted about this before.

I sketched out a rough design and went with a raised panel bottom set in grooves in the sides and ends. On a chest this size, I think it would be more common, and arguably better - as it would have not stolen from the depth of the interior, to just nail on a solid bottom. But I liked the idea and how it makes the box different.

Once I started building, a couple of other changes appeared. First I didnt have wide enough stock to make the top out of one board, and rather than gluing up wider stock, I modified the top design completely. Then, after numerous attempts at modifying the handle hardware, I threw it away keeping only the bails; and replaced the mounting hardware with simple eye screws. All the hardware I blackened with a linseed oil patina that I first experimented with back on the Turning Saw project. After seeing the blackened hardware sitting on the raw wood of the box, I liked it so much I abandoned my original idea of painting the box.

After deciding not to paint the box, I also decided to leave the nails exposed, and to use wrought head nails to attach the hinges. This was the first time Id used the clench nail technique, and I had mixed results. The nails I had were either too short or too long. As nails that are too short are not clenchable, I went with the too long option - but things got messy. In the end, it worked, but it was not pretty...

One special thing about this project for my son was that I used a tool with family history. Its a hand drill from our hardware store, that my father gave me as a boy. I love the idea that there is a three generation connection in this project.

In the end, I think I created a functional box for the blocks, but one that has just the right amount of unique character to make it extra special for my son.

And finally, the traditional shot of the tool kit used on this project:

Not pictured: shooting board and miter box.

DIY Belgrave Headboard with Ikat Fabric for the Guest Bedroom

Yesterday we finished the headboard for the Guest Bedroom! and I am loving how it turned out! I decided on a belgrave style headboard since the curves would accommodate 54" wide fabric without any awkward seams, read on to see how we did it!

After we gathered our supplies:

3/8" plywood (2 sheets)
1x4s (frame)
1x10 (to cut top of frame out of)
fabric - 2.5 yards purchased from fabric.com
cording
batting
foam
staple gun

We got to work!

We drew a few different curves on cardboard before deciding on this one (try using a compass, paint can or other round objects for the curve)

We used the cardboard as a stencil and traced on the 1x10. Then cut it out with the jigsaw.

Cut the side pieces to length and attached the frame to the plywood with screws (from the back)

Wrapped the frame with batting ...

Sewed fabric wrapped cording

Fabric was cut for the frame - the corners were a bit tricky because the fabric was 54" wide and the headboard was 60" it needed to be applied in pieces across the top - cording was stapled corner to corner

Heat n bond no sew adhesive was placed on top - fabric for other side of the cord was folded and ironed for a crisp edge - placed on top (creased side against the cord) and then ironed

All fabric was pulled tight and stapled on the back. The fabric was cut to accommodate the curve and stapled

Cording was stapled along the interior of the frame

The other piece of plywood was cut to fit inside the frame - leaving extra room for foam, batting, and cording. Foam was cut to the size of the plywood, wrapped in batting and fabric

It was put inside the frame and attached with screws from the back (make sure that your screws arent too long!)

And there you have it! A diy belgrave headboard with cording!

Pillow shams are lampshade cover are made out of this Annie Selke fabric click here for my envelope pillow tutorial (front pillow is from Target - a year or so back)

Click to read more about the nightstand/dresser and lampshade

a bunch of Lisianthus to brighten up the room!

It was my goal to make this for as little $$ as possible and have it still look expensive - check back tomorrow for the price breakdown and how I saved some money and time!

Hope you love it as much as I do!

Sunday, February 2, 2014

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Friday, January 31, 2014

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Tuesday, January 28, 2014

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Saturday, February 22, 2014

Choosing Woodworking Tools That Are Right For You

Thursday, February 20, 2014

Making a Spoon for Eating Discussion plans and photos

Wednesday, February 12, 2014

New dado insert for my Skil 3410 table saw

Monday, February 10, 2014

A Box for Blocks

DIY Belgrave Headboard with Ikat Fabric for the Guest Bedroom

Sunday, February 2, 2014

ideas for decorating a wooden spoon

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Friday, January 31, 2014

Woodworking plans for rocking chair

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Tuesday, January 28, 2014

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