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The shop tour

For the first time in a long time, I actually have a post ready to go when I thought I would. It’s been a long week, between finishing the assembly of my desktop & recording and editing video, but...

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Custom Bench Dog lift inserts

I’ve had My Bench dog lift for a couple month now, and it has been a pleasure to use. The only disappointment, Ive had with the lift, is the quality of the inserts. I have a newer model lift, that was...

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lift inserts day two

It doesn’t look like much, but I made a lot of progress today, I was able to thickness all three of the insert blanks, as well as turn the mounting lip. It took about 2 hours to complete, and filled a...

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Inserts & recycling

Today was day three of my inserts project, and I went “green” by recycling my face plate jig. I bored out the center of the jig, so that  it was a tight fit around the shoulder on the bottom of the...

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Inserts wrap-up

Last night I finished up the inserts, by boring the through holes to the proper diameter. Since I had 3 blanks, I chose 1-1/2″, 2-1/4″, & 3″.  After a few days of needing a jig to do everything, it...

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random orbit sander adapter

I purchased a new Porter Cable low profile ROS last week to replace my current one that’s about to die. Just like with my last one I had to make a custom hose adapter for the shop vac.  It only took a...

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Plane Hammer

Since it’s been below freezing for the last week or so, I haven’t gotten any shop time.  Thus, in order to get my woodworking & creative fix, I’ve been doing a lot of design work.  I plan on...

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Leaving My Mark

I’ve reached a point with my woodworking skills that I feel the need to start marking my work. Who knows, maybe 200 years from now my pieces will be collectors items and finding my mark on a piece of...

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Finished branding iron

My friend and I finally had some free time that overlapped , so we finished off my branding iron tonight. The first thing we did was make custom soft jaws for the vice. the Bridgeport we used was set...

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