Category: Woodworking
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Tools To Make Tools To Make…
For lack of a nail and all of those things. Never a truer statement was made. I have three workbenches in the shop. One is filled with machining detritus. It always needs to be cleaned up. The second currently is full with a mini-mill and storage containers that are waiting to be placed on the…
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The Right Tools
My father was a woodworker. He made beautiful furniture. I have a couple of pieces he made. His primary tool was the radial arm saw. He also had a hand drill. Everything else he did by hand. I wish I had learned more from him. I think it was one of his quiet hobbies. Later,…
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Flat, Straight and Square
Many years ago, I started to build a laminated wood workbench from hard maple. It was very slow-going. I think I have what I finished up in the rafters of the shop. It is only 9 inches wide. It is not smooth, it is not flat. It is unlikely to be straight, and it is…