Every week I get an email or two from people asking me where they can purchase Made by Hand-Furniture Projects from the Unplugged Woodshop other than here on my web site. Not everyone enjoys or trusts using Pay-pal and would rather
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February 2010
Dovetailing with Sketch-Up
A Dedicated sharpening bench surprise
David Richards has a new post over at www.finewoodworking.com about drawing dovetails using a new plug in for Sketch-up. Sitting here sipping my morning coffee and wondering what the hell happened to…
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Quick Pics
The Habinet Continues
Well it’s been another busy week but I wanted to share a few pics around the shop. As mentioned in the last post, the dining room has become the assembly area and my trestle table a make shift workbench. Back down stairs on the regular…
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Fine Plywood Dining
Out of the Woodshop and into the...
Dining Room?
“Hey Hon- what’s for diner ?”
‘Plywood sandwiches’ crosses my mind but my throat doesn’t summon the words. It’s a surreal feeling working through the big build these past two weeks- from paper to plywood…
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Sharpening a Card Scraper
Jigs are your friends
In my last post I showed you how I apply a solid wood edge treatment to plywood panels. This is something I don’t do very much of and in a perfect world I’d be using solid materials in every project but sometimes design can dictate the materials needed and…
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Working (ply) Wood
Solid Wood edging
Working with plywood is an altogether different animal than with solid wood. Given the choice, I’d prefer solid wood but sometimes solid wood isn’t the best option. When I worked in the Set Design Industry we worked with plywood almost exclusively- these past few years however, in my…
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