This small oak tree was featured in an earlier posting a little while back. I planted it in my garden back on Cape Breton Island. Two tiny saplings were a gift from a friend who passed away suddenly this past week. When I was…
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Tea Tales
More on Sharpening
Where two planes collide...
That says it all doesn’t it? Two planes, the front bevel of a blade, and the back; these two surfaces meeting…well, almost meeting. No pressure, right? My previous post showed a couple of tricks while using the Veritas Honing guide on Sandpaper and Glass,…
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Tool Tip
Veritas® Mk.II Honing Guide
If you use a sandpaper on glass sharpening method you’re well aware of the process involved in maintaining the sandpaper. From often changes to tiny tears due to ripples created when tiny pockets of air get trapped underneath the paper. I’ve discovered a few…
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The good, the bad and the…
New Hand Saws
I ordered a couple of new hand saws a few weeks ago from Tools for Working Wood, a great company with a nice web site. I’ve ordered a few items in the past and have never had an issue, professional across the board. Since…
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Apple Blossom Time
Apple Tree next to my Shop
“Fame is but a fruit tree So very unsound. It can never flourish Till its stock is in the ground. So men of fame Can never find a way Till time has flown Far from their dying day. Fruit tree, fruit tree No-one knows…
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Lobster, Butterfly and Dovetail Soup
"It's a Big Feed of Lobster..."
~ Upbeat, with feel ~ A quick note now to demonstrate the evolution of the Lobster tail into the so-called Butterfly or Dovetail….follow me? Start of after you’ve cut out your butterflies by squaring up the ends. I like to run my Smoother over…
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Little Wings
Inlaid Walnut Butterflies
Now that the headboard is complete other than I have to still apply a finish; I move on to the inlaid butterfly keys at the bottom of the bed. These will be both structural and visual in design. I’ll start off by making a full…
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Attaching Walnut Headboard
Solid Technique makes for Reliable Joint
In my last post I showed the procedure of cutting a half-lap dovetail into the top rail of the headboard. Now I’ll demonstrate how using similar techniques I’ll attach the rail to the top of the headboard for a joint that is strong, easy…
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Platform Bed in Walnut
The Half Lap Dovetail
The head board is a vital component to the over-all design of the Platform Bed I’m in the middle of building. Visually and aesthetically, the top of the head board can make a good design great, or a mediocre design poor. I chose to show-off…
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Thinking Outside of the, half-blind, houndstooth, imported, spalted hardwood totin’, Dovetailed Box
You Never Know... Right?
Penicillin, gravity, marsh-mellows…..all kind of ‘just happened’ didn’t they? Walking down a straight path leading you to some bright and shiny, safe haven ahead; great. No worries, perfect. A classic you might say… Working wood, I sometimes fall into this fuzzy place as I’m sure…
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