Category Archive: Posts by Finish

Mar 28 2012

My First Bowl

Categories:

Bowls, Lathe, Miter Sled, Table Saw, Urethane, Walnut

March 28, 2012

A few weeks ago, I turned my first bowl. I wanted to make something on my new mini-lathe, so I found a slab of walnut in my wood stash and decided to make a bowl. I did some things right, some things wrong, and learned a lot about turning in the process. …

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Mar 13 2012

Tablet Stand

Categories:

Leopard Wood, Router Table, Table Saw, Urethane

by benjamen

March 13, 2012

I made a permanent mount in the kitchen for my Android tablet a few months ago, but most of the time the tablet doesn’t live there. I find myself using it a lot around the rest of the house, strangely enough even when I’m at the computer where desk space is at …

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Mar 07 2012

New Tool! Excelsior Mini-Lathe

Categories:

Harbor Freight, Lathe, Paste Wax, Rockler

by benjamen

March 7, 2012

Last Saturday, after months of talking to a friend about his Excelsior Lathe, I finally decided to purchased one. Of course the fact that it was on sale at Rockler for $200 with the free bed extension didn’t hurt. Unfortunately they didn’t have any more left in stock when …

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Mar 05 2012

Cherry Coat Rack

Categories:

Cherry, Danish Oil, Furniture, Hide Glue, Miter Saw, Router, Router Table, Table Saw

by benjamen

March 5, 2012

Click here if you don’t have flash Rather than put their coats away, my kids usually throw their coats on the floor. I suppose it’s not all their fault after all, since they really can’t reach the hangers in the closet. Getting sick of the mess, I decided to build a coat …

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Oct 10 2011

Big Curve, Little Curve

Categories:

Colt Router, Maple, Miter Saw, Oscillating Sander, Router Table, Table Saw, Urethane

by benjamen

October 10, 2011

Click picture to see slideshow My son’s preschool teaches writing with a system called Handwriting Without Tears. It is a much simpler character set to learn and can be represented by four simple shapes: big curve, little curve, big line, and little line. You can buy sets of …

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Oct 06 2011

Walnut Turner’s Cube

Categories:

Dremel, Drill Press, Misc. Toys, Miter Saw, Urethane, Walnut

by benjamen

October 6, 2011

Click picture for slideshow A few weeks ago I was digging through the free bin at Rocker and I found a 2-1/2″ square walnut cutoff. The only defect it had was a slight check in the end grain that would hopefully disappear when I cut the hunk of walnut into a cube. …

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Sep 22 2011

Making Another Toy Car

Categories:

Cordless Drill, Maple, Oscillating Sander, Router Table, Scroll Saw, Toy Cars, Urethane, Walnut

by benjamen

September 22, 2011

I’m taking a step back and showing how I made the wooden car I recently posted here. I first got the idea for this particualr design by looking at some of the wooden cars on the Arizona Wooden Toys website. I liked the design of their “Zoom Racer;” I thought the …

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Sep 13 2011

Finishing Another Toy Car

Categories:

Cordless Drill, Drill Press, Maple, Toy Cars, Urethane, Walnut

by benjamen

September 13, 2011

I swear I already wrote about my newest toy car design, but I can’t find an article on my site. I realize that if I can’t find what I’m looking for on my own site, you poor readers that have to dig through my ramblings are screwed if you need to find an article. I’m …

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