Category Archive: Posts by Material

Jun 07 2012

Wooden Bookmark With Pressed Clover

Categories:

Bookmarks, Defthane, Posts by Finish, Table Saw, Urethane, Walnut

June 7, 2012

Either my daughter and I are very lucky, or we discovered a patch of mutated clover. While waiting for the school bus, we’ve found about 10 four-leaf clovers and 2 five-leaf clovers in a 2 foot square patch. I’ve pressed every one of them and the question has been: “what should …

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May 08 2012

(Mis)Adventures In Dyeing

Categories:

Ash, Dye, Maple, Red Oak, Rockler

by benjamen

May 8, 2012

After watching this video about staining vs dyeing over at WoodWorkWeb, I decided to give dyeing wood a chance. After making a Peruvian walnut bracelet for my daughter, she wanted me to make her a pink one. I was dammed if I was going to paint something I turned …

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Apr 25 2012

Toy Car 3: Sports Theme

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Drill Press, Purple Heartwood, Router Table, Scroll Saw, Table Saw, Toy Cars, Urethane, Yellow Heartwood

by benjamen

April 25, 2012

I planned on making another toy car for my nephew and I wanted it to be different. My brother-in-law loves the Vikings, so by default his children do too, and the Vikings colors are purple and gold. I figured I’d make a car out of yellow and purple heartwood. Purple heartwood is a favorite contrast …

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Apr 20 2012

Lathe Tool Handle

Categories:

Ash, Lathe, Tool Handles

by benjamen

April 20, 2012

Before I bought my lathe, I made a deal with a friend that if he made me some insert turning tool shafts, I’d give him the free bed extension that came with the lathe. He had access to tool steel and a metal shop and I really didn’t see myself turning anything …

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Apr 18 2012

Tops, Three Different Ones

Categories:

Ash, Lathe, Tops

by benjamen

April 18, 2012

I was watching a video by George Vondriska about using CA for turning and saw him turning a top on the lathe. I thought this would be a cool project to try. So the other day when I cut some blanks out of 8/4 ash for some handles, I …

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Apr 17 2012

Fixing The Bow In My Table Saw Fence

Categories:

MDF, Router Table, T-Slot Bit, Table Saw Tuneup

by benjamen

April 17, 2012

For a while I’ve noticed that when I rip a clean edge on my table saw and put it up against my fence, there’s a gap between the board and the fence. I’ll take a square to the edge and find out it’s perfectly square, shrug my shoulders, and continue what I …

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Apr 16 2012

What To Do With Circle Scraps

Categories:

Baltic Birch Plywood, Miter Saw, Scroll Saw

by benjamen

April 16, 2012

I’ve been cutting some circles on the scroll saw for a few other projects and have a bunch of scraps left over. Now I have a hard time throwing away any wood thats larger than a toothpick, but I really couldn’t see that I could do much with these scraps — that …

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Apr 10 2012

Homemade Dowel Cutter

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Cordless Drill, Dremel, Drill Press, Maple, Miter Sled, Purple Heartwood, Steel, Yellow Heartwood

by benjamen

April 10, 2012

A few weeks ago, over on G+ Matt Ricketts posted a dowel cutter he made. This was a timely post for me because I was looking to make a few purple heartwood dowels for a toy car I’m in the process of finishing. His dowel cutter was a series of holes drilled …

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Apr 04 2012

Finishing Turntable

Categories:

Drill Press, MDF, Oscillating Sander, Scroll Saw

by benjamen

April 4, 2012

In a recent issue of the Highland Woodturner, Curtis Turner (what are the odds?) showed how to make a simple spray painting turntable out of MDF and some dowels. I thought, “hmm, that would beat the heck out of some nails pounded into a board that I usually end …

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Apr 02 2012

Toothbrush Holder

Categories:

Lathe, Maple, Purple Heartwood, Scroll Saw, Thin Rip Jig, Urethane, Walnut

by benjamen

April 2, 2012

We needed a new toothbrush holder. Our old one, a clear plastic tube with duckies floating in a mysterious blue liquid, was leaking. Also with it’s tiny holes, it just couldn’t hold the thicker handle toothbrushes that my children use sometimes use. I thought, “I could actually make a something useful on …

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