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Woodworking Ideas;inspiration from woodwork magazines, books

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A Great Source of Ideas, Inspiration and Tips for Woodworking, Carpentry and Furniture Projects and Plans. Sometimes coming up with an idea of what to make can be challenging. Or if you know what you want to make , what style do do you make it in? I have really struggled with this in the past and these are some of the ways I have overcome the problem. Credit: Posh Living, LLC. Open drawers and cupboards to see how they are constructed, also it is important look round the back at the bits not normally on ...

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Woodworking Ideas Store - Part 2

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A Great Source of Ideas, Inspiration and Tips for Woodworking, Carpentry and Furniture Projects and Plans. Use of a Try Square. A try square is the most commonly hand tool in the woodwork shop. It is used to mark lines at right angles to a face or edge. It is also used to ensure one surface is at right angles to another. Continue reading. Google Sketchup – 3d modeling software from Google. Methods of Joining Wood. A board foot is a unit of measurement for timber especially in North America. It is a v...

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Saw Sharpening: Rake, fleam & slope are important angles.

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A Great Source of Ideas, Inspiration and Tips for Woodworking, Carpentry and Furniture Projects and Plans. Saw Sharpening (Part 1). When sharpening a saw blade, there are three particular angles to consider relative to the file being used. 8211; angle of the front of the tooth on a file. 8216;Negative rake’ is used for cross-cut saws. 8216;Zero rake’ is generally reserved for ripsaws. 8211; angle of the file relative to the saw blade. 8211; Cross-cut saws. Example: For a cross-cut blade, sharpening would...

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Timber, Lumber, wood.

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A Great Source of Ideas, Inspiration and Tips for Woodworking, Carpentry and Furniture Projects and Plans. Archive for the ‘Timber’ Category. How Wood Veneer Is Made. On Monday, April 23rd, 2012 No Comments. This Video on the manufacture of Wood veneer and plywood is excellent. It takes you through the process of preparation and gives a good account of the different methods of cutting wood veneer. How lumber is “made”. On Sunday, June 12th, 2011 No Comments. On Thursday, June 9th, 2011 3 Comments.

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Saw Sharpening (part 2): setting and sharpening a hand saw.

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A Great Source of Ideas, Inspiration and Tips for Woodworking, Carpentry and Furniture Projects and Plans. Saw Sharpening (Part 2). The second video covers the technique for filing the teeth and setting the teeth of a cross-cut saw blade once it has been sharpened with a file. 1 Keep a rag nearby to clean any shavings from the file, and use beeswax repeatedly to keep the file working nicely against the blade. 8211; The saw setting tool works by gripping the teeth of a blade between a hammer and an. How t...

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Woodworking Plans, Capentry Blueprints and Woodwork Drawings

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A Great Source of Ideas, Inspiration and Tips for Woodworking, Carpentry and Furniture Projects and Plans. When I studied Forest Product Technology we had to learn “IDEAS”. Computer aided design software. This didn’t do anything for my love of drawing as it was very complex and a steep learning curve. I think CAD has since progressed and become a lot more user friendly. 45 degree set square. 30/60 degree set square. Although the video doesn’t mention it you will also need:-. For instance, you can use the...

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The Blokeblog: March 2014

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The bloke.co.uk. I'm going to dip a toe into the slightly dubious world of craft fairs and to that end I've got a couple of gigs booked this year. The first is in July and the next at Christmas, both to be held at the Guildhall in Salisbury. I've no idea if anything I make will sell, but as part of the promotional aspect, it's been suggested that I have some business cards. It's not uber-comprehensive, but there's enough information given for anybody interested to make further enquiries…I hope. It's a go...

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The Blokeblog: February 2014

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A camera click in time. After a hiatus of a couple of months, it's about time I resumed an account of activities in the 'shop…or not as the case may be. Two major projects that have been started have come to a grinding halt, simply because I now lack a router table, having sold the Charnwood W650 table saw (where I'd built a router table into the extension side). However, all is not lost, as I've had a UJK cast iron router table. 8230; 'selfie' leaning against my little Record lathe. I thought it was...

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The Blokeblog: July 2015

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I've been to several very well known and highly esteemed training schools in the last couple of years, where young (or even not so young) makers were encouraged to produce so called 'piston fit' drawers. There's nothing inherently wrong with the practise as it encourages absolute precision in the making and fitting of parts. A drawer thus made and fitted, by anyone, is an achievement to be naturally chuffed about.and quite rightly so. The one that moved was obviously a perfectly fitted. The late Edward B...