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Kitchen Treasures #1 Making the Celtic Knot Rolling Pin #4: Glue Up and...
Before starting this section, I forgot to add to pix into the previous post. This is the spacer strip used to reposition the blanks for the second cut. The spacer goes between the blank and the fence....
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Kitchen Treasures #1 Making the Celtic Knot Rolling Pin #5: Update
The other day, I posted another rolling pin. There have been several requests about how to make them. I thought I should update this tutorial with the new and improved trimming jig. Top of jig- hold...
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Here is my entry into the “What Else Can You Do With Rockler Cookies” contest. It is just a tad over 1 minute but you know how we “Hollywood Types” are when we get in front of the camera. Thanks for...
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Kitchen Treasures #1 Making the Celtic Knot Rolling Pin #6: Additional Update
I got called up to active duty- substituting full time in an Information Systems Technology class. So this update has been sometime in developing. Back in the early spring of this year, I had the very...
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Home Made Dust Collection
Some time ago, I was working in the shop completely oblivious to what Mimi was doing. After a few hours, I emerged from the basement to see “that look”. What!- I said. To which she replied- “look at...
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Kitchen Treasures #1 Making the Celtic Knot Rolling Pin #7: Yet Another Update
Thought I would add a couple of additional “discoveries” on making these rolling pins. One of my obvious problems is that I always over think or over engineer everything. The Trim Jig is one of those...
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A Weapon For Emma!
And what a weapon it is!!Extremely well made, heavy- 12.5 ounces (without the handle), sharp, and the blade is mounted on the axle so there is absolutely no “wobble”. No pizza stands a chance against...
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Home Made Tool to Help Eliminate Frustrations
Until recently the dust collection system, in my basement shop, consisted of a broom, dust pan and window fan. Then a really good Craig’s List find and some some subtle hints from Mimi (”YOU do the...
View ArticlePosting this here for all LJ's to respond!
Just received this email which I am posting in its’ entirety: A message from the CEO of Highland Woodworking While we make every effort to please every customer who chooses to do business with us,...
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My Home Made Thickness Sander #1: The Drum
When making my rolling pins, I use the thickness planer to bring the thin strips down to 1/8” thick. Unfortunately, if the grain in the wood is not uniform- or there are knots- the strips shatter. This...
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My Home Made Thickness Sander #2: Testing The Drum
After building the drum, a test was in order. After all, if this part didn’t run true there was no sense in moving forward.Using a piece of Corian, the motor and drum were clamped down in position. The...
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My Home Made Thickness Sander #3: The Table Adjustment Mechanism
After researching many sander designs and knowing my tendency to over engineer everything, there was only one choice for the table adjusting/lifting mechanism.The source of the lift came from this site...
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My Home Made Thickness Sander #4: Building The Frame
Now that the drum runs true and the table lift works, it was time to start building the frame. My intention was to use mortise and tenon joinery but my choice of material was 2×6 for the top and bottom...
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My Home Made Thickness Sander #5: Mounting The Drum And Motor
Time to mount the drum and motor to the frame. The choice of 2×6 sides was made to hopefully eliminate any flexing when work pieces were in contact with the sanding surface. However, that lead to...
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My Home Made Thickness Sander #6: Mounting The Table
The final major part of the assembly is the table. The piece of ¾” Melamine is from the scrap box at the local Vocational School and the piano hinges are pieces left from a project made for my brother...
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My Home Made Thickness Sander #7: The Sandpaper
It was finally time to add the sand paper to the drum. Having decided on a Velcro (hook and loop) system, it was off to Super Grit http://www.supergrit.com/ . Their store is only a half an hour drive...
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My Home Made Thickness Sander #8: Some Refinements
Most of the photos used for this blog were taken “along the way.” As with everything made in my shop, there are always changes, modifications and “S**t! I should have…”. The first thing was when Mimi...
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My Home Made Thickness Sander #9: Dust Collection And Finishing Up
Better add some sort of dust collection to this thing before I do anymore testing!This is what the finished “hood” looks like- Had the ½” plywood from another project. This is just a simple box. I...
View ArticleMy Home Made Thickness Sander #10: In Operation And A Bit Of Reflecting
Had a bunch of requests (OK, only two) to see the sander in operation. Here is a very short video of how it works. The sound is natural- the sander and the dust collector in operation. A little over...
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I Love My Dewalt 735 Planer But......
A couple of years ago, I purchased a Dewalt 735 planer to replace my tired and worn Bridgewood Lunch Box planer. The Dewalt has features not found in the early model bench top machines and I love it....
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