Our Reader Score [Total: 0 Average: 0]Clean shop, ready for pipe making.. Woods to be used, Amboyna Burl, African Blackwood, Padauk, maybe some red palm… Drawing the rough shape Cutting it out with a fret saw Some rough sanding Putting it on the 4 jaw chuck and turning the bowl on the lathe Putting the …
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Installing and shaping scales on a small neck knife
Our Reader Score [Total: 0 Average: 0]This tutorial shows how I install scales for a small 1/16” thick neck knife. A neck blank ready for a handle Blade with masking tape put over the edge (if someone doesn’t do this, they are an IDIOT!) Blade with pinstock and scales The scales must be sanded flat. …
[read more]Pure & Simple Jewelry Box
Our Reader Score [Total: 0 Average: 0]I’m hooked on making jewelry boxes–to sell. I’m retired, so I don’t live on the income, but making dozens of boxes keeps me in the shop, where I like to be.I sell my boxes at local craft shows. Let me share with you four secrets to making a sale. …
[read more]how to build a rocking chair
Our Reader Score [Total: 0 Average: 0] Nothing says spring like a rocking chair on the porch. I kind of have a thing with chairs that rock… or bounce. I guess I never grew out of that stage from my years as a baby? Who knows, but there is definitely something so soothing about sitting …
[read more]D.I.Y. Wooden Kitchen/Bar Countertops
Our Reader Score [Total: 0 Average: 0] If my kitchen were to be radiocarbon dated, it would fall somewhere between the fall of Rome and the discovery of electricity. My house, built in 1920, originally didn’t have much in the way of kitchen cabinets. One tall cabinet, secured opposite where the original stove would have …
[read more]How to Build Perfect Picture Frames
Our Reader Score [Total: 0 Average: 0]Instructions Step 1 Have a copy shop print the picture to be framed on stiff paper (called “card stock”). To determine the lengths of frame pieces cut from 1-1/2-in-wide material, subtract 1-in from the height and width of the picture to create a 1/2-in overlap on each frame side. …
[read more]Build This Rustic Farmhouse Table
Our Reader Score [Total: 1 Average: 5] There’s no better way to give thanks than to gather family and friends around an enormous table to share a feast. A farmhouse table would be the perfect spot. You could make one out of construction lumber and ordinary hardware in a couple of days. We’re not talking …
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