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Hi guys. Some months ago my shop was flooded due to an extremely strong storm and a badly designed gutter. Luckily no tools or machines were damaged because they are all on casters and the water level was only 1.5 inches but most of the wood and wood parts that I had standing on the floor were...

After some time out of ww due to circumstance too long to explain here, I got back to my small CNC machine and made a case for my digital caliper. The live hinges of the original plastic one finally gave up so I attached a couple of small hinges with rivets but the result was not of my liking so...

I run acroos this video and I thought it would be interesting to share it here.

Hi guys. I am on the process of designing a flip cart to hold my spindle sander and my benchtop router ( that I also have to refurbish). I have enough salvaged material of chipboard of 20mm (0.78") thickness with melamine on both sides. The cart will look as on the attached quick sketch (not...

Hi guys. On the pic you can see how I keep my planes. As I am undergoing a major shop reorganisation, I would like to have a different way of keeping them as the way they are they pick up a lot of wooddust, specially those that I do not use often. I am thinking about putting aside those that I...

Before retiring a was collecting stuff that they were throwing away at the company where I worked. Now having time to work at the shop I decided to put it to use. I got a bunch of 2 meter long aluminium profiles, a dismantled desk and some sheets of industrial grade plywood of different...

Hi guys. I have a void under the stairs that take me to my shop that I want to optimize its use. So far I have it divided in three shelves, but as it is so deep (1240mm /48.81") it makes it difficult to reach the end of them. So I though about making two side sliding cabinets either mounted on...

Almost by hazard I found this video on youtube. For those who are interested it is good to see and at the same time know the face of the man who makes those jewel planes. I don’t know if I’am right as the guy signs them as Frietzche.

I started to create the poll draft for the challenge, I saved it, but now I cannot find a way to retrieve it from wherever it may be. Am I doing anything wrong or is it that my PC is not working properly?

Hi guys. This is my entry, as I mentioned it is not finished, so I disqualify myself, but at least you can imagine how will it look. First I glued two boards to have enough thickness, and I drew a rough outline of the shapes I wanted. Then I roughed them out with the bandsaw, and hand saws...

Hi guys. To get some conversations going on I thought to post this as an hommage. Thi coat hanger was made about 70 or more years ago by the man who taught me to carve, and he was like a second father to me. I remember going to his home when I was about 6 or 7 years old, my eyes were at the...

It is for a woman that will turn 80 in April. Lid in Mongoy wood. Bottom in hard Maple Interior lining in natural cork sheet. Buffered to shine and buffered again applying carnauba wax. I will ask 50€ . Is it too cheap or too expensive?

Just made this small box for a friend who’s daughter is going to drop her first tooth. Except for the engraved tooth it can also be done in a lathe. Sanded, buffered, and buffered again applying carnauba wax. Woods are Samanguila for the base and basswood for the lid. It can hold five 1€ coins.

Hi there. As the deadline for the Toni’s challenge is approachig, I wonder wether is it possible to create a poll with pictures or thumb nails inserted for each option. I believe that in this way people would easily remember to what project they are voting and also compare them having the...

Hi guys. Probably you all know how to do this, even then I thought I could post it to find out if there is an easier way. I drew a circle and then I made a narrow triangle of 5º that later on I copied 36 times at full 360º. Then I chose a 12º V bit with a Vcarve path. The triangles were longer...

Hi guys. I have been thinking about a way to start some sort of debate that will enlighten me about what is the American people taste as far as furniture style/design is concerned. From outside and from the commissions I see some of you get, I have the feeling that, most of the historical...

Hi guys. As I am getting acquainted with my CNC machine I thought that a good practice would be making some Christmas presents, so I made these boxes, for my two nieces and my SIL. Woods used are beech, hard maple+ mongoy and hard maple+pearwood in pics order.

Hi guys, a neighbour, has fallen down a holm oak, and I asked him for some wood. Unfortunately, it had alredy cut it down to firewood size so no posibility of getting long boards. But as the wood is very hard, it is good for tool handles and body planes. In here it was the preferred wood for all...

Hi guys. As mentioned I learned two things that suck, one in the good (and literal) sense, and the other on the bad sense. I am playing with my new cnc machine and I want to make a sign for my sister. Firts I tried with chipboard but soon I saw that the inner layers or wooddust were not as fine...

Hi Guys. I am working on a cabinet that I started a year ago. I had all the pieces cut since then and now when I made a dry fit one of the doors is warped or curved, quite badly (see pic) At first I was scared, but after double checking everyhting I found that it seemed so bad because I fixed...