Genius Woodworking Tips & Jigs You’ve Been Missing
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Making jigs and finding uncovering tips in woodworking seems have maybe become a second nature to me. I find myself even doing this when I visit other woodworkers shops or watch them in their woodworking, and sometimes making subtle suggestions to them ... as they do to me sometimes to, I guess we all learn this stuff together
Here are a few things I have been doing for a while now and I keep meaning to publish the ideas and jigs, and thanks to all who read these and offer even more ideas or ways to make things better ... I always love to hear things like this ...
Resource for Adaptive Woodworking - New Book Announcement
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One-Handed Woodcrafting was written for individuals with upper limb differences, amputations, or injuries who want to continue woodworking, as well as for professionals in rehabilitation, occupational therapy, and adaptive living.
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The book includes: • Illustrated, practical techniques for woodworking with one hand • Guidance on adapting tools and shop practices • Safety considerations for adaptive workspaces • Listings of adaptive devices and resources |
Preview several sample pages directly on the Amazon book page to see the layout and instructional approach.
Woodworking Dowel Hacks for Better Joinery
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Joinery has been the woodworkers quest since the dawn of working with wood. Since that time woodworkers and carpenters have discovered many many different ways of putting wood together through a combination of joints, glues and mechanical fasteners. The quest as often been for the easiest and or the strongest.
When I first discovered the "Dowelmax" doweling jig, it has literally changed my live in woodworking by giving me a joinery system that is quite easy to use, super strong, but most of all VERY accurate and with easily repeatable results. And for these features I have come up with some jigs and modifications that making using the Dowelmax even better.
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How to Turn Fallen Trees Into Awesome Wood Projects
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One of the most cost effective ways of getting inexpensive wood, and being kind to the environment at the same time is using Urban Wood. These are trees that a blown down, flooded out, have a tree disease and need to be taken down or are dangerous to the public. There are thousands of board feet of these trees all across America that municipalities, towns and cities have to deal with and many are looking for help with this.
This is a perfect entry for woodworking Guilds and Clubs to enter the picture, and I have talked at length about this ion the past. Very often these trees can be free to acquire, but they need to be hauled to someone who will mill them and whatever the cost of milling is worth. Still, these are not insurmountable chores and it is still pretty easy to get good usable lumber for very reasonable prices.
Which Moisture Meter Works Best for Woodworking?
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The only house I worked on as a carpenter from foundation all the way to "occupancy", the Journeyman Carpenter obsessed about who he hired to build the forms and pour the foundation. He told simply, a poor foundation will cause you extra time and work through the whole construction of the house. I have never forgotten that tip.
The same is true with woodworking, if we start off knowing as much as we can about the wood, it can save trying to fix things later on, which very often take more time to fix than doing it right the first time ...
Why I Quit Polyurethane
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I quit using polyurethane more than 20 years ago for a variety of reasons that I will outline here. If you use polyurethane products, and you are happy with the results there is no need to change what works for you. If on the other hand you are not happy with your results and you would like know more, this video and article may put you on a new path.What started my initial issues with using polyurethane was my dissatisfaction with the results I was getting, the finish was glossy, but often had small bumps in it, it was never perfect no matter how many coats I applied.
What enlightened me was simply asking a couple of other woodworkers I recently met at a woodworkers guild I had recently joined. They were all very willing to listen to my plight and offer some solutions and alternatives ... here is where I started to learn new things about finishing.
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