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Making both dovetails before chucking?

Is there a way to drill dovetails in both sides (bottom and top) of a bowl blank with a Forstner bit _before mounting t...
13 comments posted 19yrs
posted by almcc
13 comments posted 19yrs posted by almcc

deer antler turning

any advice before I start turning pens from antlers would be greatly appreciated. Red
3 comments posted 19yrs
posted by alysonsdad
3 comments posted 19yrs posted by alysonsdad

Pyrography

I need to know thew output voltage from detail Master type Power unit for wood burning. If someone out there has one an...
2 comments posted 19yrs
posted by bjchaucer
2 comments posted 19yrs posted by bjchaucer

Open House, Tool Raffle, Freedom Pens

The Wild Earth Woodworking School, Hudson, Wisconsin, is hosting an Open House on August 4, 11-3. (Rain date Aug 11.) T...
0 comments posted 19yrs
posted by George
0 comments posted 19yrs posted by George

Gone camping

Just so no one sends flowers or anything, as of Monday I'll be gone camping for a week. Nothing exotic ...just a week a...
1 comments posted 19yrs
posted by billnot
1 comments posted 19yrs posted by billnot

Sanding pad cleaning?

I bought a Rigid R2600 hook and eye orbital sander that also came with a pressure sensitive pad. After using it a few t...
2 comments posted 19yrs
posted by williamregan
2 comments posted 19yrs posted by williamregan

Link Belts

I have been following the thread on lathe abuse and one of the things that struck me was the suggestion to use a link b...
2 comments posted 19yrs
posted by thomasdougall
2 comments posted 19yrs posted by thomasdougall

Lathe abuse?

I cut a 18" crab apple log in half, sketched out an 12" circle on each, and roughly trimmed it with the chainsaw. Unfor...
22 comments posted 19yrs
posted by Toller
22 comments posted 19yrs posted by Toller

'Seeing' torn endgrain

Many years ago I attended a presentation by a guy who wrote on the psychology of computer programming. He put a picture...
10 comments posted 19yrs
posted by pankr003
10 comments posted 19yrs posted by pankr003

Beginner's Note

Scraping really tears up wood. S.
22 comments posted 19yrs
posted by noone
22 comments posted 19yrs posted by noone

Minimal bottom nib

Am looking for a way to make a 1 1/2" dia. hole, ~1 1/2" deep with minimal bottom indentation (flat-bottomed hole). I h...
14 comments posted 19yrs
posted by billnot
14 comments posted 19yrs posted by billnot

Shop accident

Tonight, while applying CA to a pen using a folded over piece of paper towel as a swab, the CA -for reasons as yet unfa...
10 comments posted 19yrs
posted by billnot
10 comments posted 19yrs posted by billnot