Category Archive: Urethane

Oct 10 2011

Big Curve, Little Curve

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

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

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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

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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

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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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