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Tag: Woodwork

  • Getting into Woodturning

    Getting into Woodturning

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    I wrote this article in early 2006 when I first started woodturning. For about a year I was completely focused on turning and I thought nothing could drag me away from it. I had visions of becoming a turner full time. Sadly life got in the way, we had to move house and the lathe…

  • Router Table Coping Sled

    Router Table Coping Sled

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    To my mind one of the most useful jigs you can build for your router table is a coping sled. With a coping sled and a matched pair of cutters you can quickly and easily make elegant joints that would otherwise be very labour intensive. 

  • Festool Domino Sighting Adjustment

    Festool Domino Sighting Adjustment

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    The Festool Domino is probably the best tool I own. It’s insanely expensive but when you’ve got to join to pieces of wood together with a good looking strong joint there’s few better ways. In this article I correct an issue I’ve been having by performing a Domino sighting adjustment.

  • Almost Free Router Table

    Almost Free Router Table

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    About two years ago I found myself in need of a router table but without the inclination to buy one of the commercially made variety. I set myself the task of trying to make an almost free router table from the items I had lying around the house. This article shows the end result of…

  • Easy Childrens Easel

    Easy Childrens Easel

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    Christmas is coming and that means it’s time to get into the shop and build something for the kids. I like to try and build them something every year, and this year it’s going to be an easel for painting and drawing.

  • BioShock Inspired Letter Rack

    BioShock Inspired Letter Rack

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    I’ve recently been playing BioShock Infinite and enjoying the Art Deco architecture and I thought I’d make something that would look at home in the game. As I had a few scraps of timber left over from another job I thought I’d use those to make a letter rack.

  • Hand Carved Decorative Molding

    Hand Carved Decorative Molding

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    Recently in the workshop I’ve been making sash windows for an extension we are having built. I haven’t documented the process yet as I have more windows still to build but I thought I’d capture one small aspect now – hand carving the decorative molding on the bottom of the stiles.

  • Festool Hose Adaptor

    Festool Hose Adaptor

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    I recently bought myself a Festool ETS EC 150/5 random orbital sander (ROS) as I needed something to help hide my mistakes sand my excellent quality finished pieces to bring out their true inner beauty. Either way, one of my reasons for splashing out on the green rather than a lesser brand was because of their (deserved IMHO)…

  • Simple and Cheap Corner Clamps

    Simple and Cheap Corner Clamps

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    Corner clamps (also known as mitre clamps, angle clamps and various other variations on a theme) are really useful where you have a large structure that is difficult to keep square while under construction. I built these clamps to help with some sash window frames I was building.

  • Homemade Scaffolding Tower – Part 8

    Homemade Scaffolding Tower – Part 8

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    In the previous part I built a dolly system for moving the scaffolding around and fitted clips to the ends of the working platform to stop it sliding out. In this final part of the main series I’ll fit the guardrail system and build a lifting mechanism to get the scaffold up on to the…

  • Homemade Scaffolding Tower – Part 7

    Homemade Scaffolding Tower – Part 7

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    In part six of this series on building a homemade scaffolding tower I built the platform and had a test climb of the tower. In this part I build and install the dolly system to move the tower and fit clips to the end of the platform.

  • Homemade Scaffolding Tower – Part 6

    Homemade Scaffolding Tower – Part 6

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    In part five of this series I joined the long sides together by fitting the rungs and then added some additional bracing at the bottom of the tower to stop it twisting. In this part I build and fit the platform and have a test climb.

  • Homemade Scaffolding Tower – Part 5

    Homemade Scaffolding Tower – Part 5

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    In part four of this series I completed the long sides of the scaffolding tower. In this part I’ll build the shorter sides which provide the rungs which are used to climb the tower and support the platform.

  • Homemade Scaffolding Tower – Part 1

    Homemade Scaffolding Tower – Part 1

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    A few months ago I was faced with the challenge of taking down an old extension before it fell down on it’s own. Although I’ve tackled small building projects before, like fitting a new doorway or building an internal wall, this was the first time I was tackling a project that you could really call…

  • Repairing a Window Sill – Part 4

    Repairing a Window Sill – Part 4

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    In part three of this growing series on repairing a window sill I cut, shaped and fitted the two largest patch pieces. In this part I prepare and fit the other patch pieces for the sill and start to prepare the outer lining patch.