The Christmas Game Table
Posted By Dave on January 31, 2010
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Sitting in place and looking pretty
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Lumberjocks 2010 Winter woodworking contest
Posted By Dave on December 4, 2009
2010 Winter Contest
The LumberJocks’ Woodworking Awards Winter 2010 is just a month away. I know you have been waiting for a sneak preview of what is coming. This year we are focusing on just one category. The goal is to highlight the creativity of all of our members (regardless of skill level) through the use of materials that are available to all woodworkers. And here it is – what you all have been waiting for:
* “Yin Yang”: the dark and the light.
Where would one be without the other?
Create a project that uses colour (dark and light wood, stains, etc) to convey how contrasts work together to make the whole.
When you post your project describe the Yin Yang effect that you created.
Our Awards events are not just about finding the best of the best but they are also an opportunity for members to challenge themselves to go beyond their comfort zones and current level of abilities. It is also a time to participate in a group event. So, even if you think that you don’t have a chance at winning the awards we do encourage you to take up the personal challenge to enter this yearly event! In the end it is fascinating to see how different woodworkers interpreted the category topic. We usually see about 50-60 entries. This year, I put the challenge out there to have 100 entries. (Won’t that be fun to judge!!!) I hope to see your project in the list of entries! Good luck everyone.
The official announcement is here in Martin’s blog. Let us know how excited you are about this event!
The Workbench two of nine
Posted By Dave on November 8, 2009
Please enable Javascript and Flash to view this Blip.tv video.The workbench two
I complete the turning of the legs for the workbench and compare minor differences that occurred while turning. While the differences are not obvious to the casual observer and don’t affect the overall project I can’t help but to critique my work. This critiquing is an important step in my learning process. Being self taught for the most part, many times in the past the first step in a project was to just do it, then analyzing what went wrong or right. Having chosen to do this line of work as a profession you can understand how developing efficient, methodical work routines directly affect the bottom line, my paycheck. One problem I have struggled with in my career is not being able to cut corners I just can’t seem to sacrifice quality. My solution is to not even try to cut a corner anymore (because I know I will just end up redoing or agonize over some stupid detail) and to develop efficient work methods. The efficiency allows me to spend the extra time required to do quality work and yet be competitive regarding cost. I think that developing this skill is as important as any skill you may learn from woodworking.
In the second half of the video I start mortising the table legs, and right from the get go I have to improvise. I had planned on using my chisel mortising machine, but the legs are so big they exceed the capacity of the machine, so I used my drill press. In retrospect this was a very efficient method and probably a much more common way of hogging out the wood for viewers of this video.
At the very end is a short segment of sharpening a chisel with an oil stone, this is my preferred way to sharpen my chisels and plane irons and I offer showing it only to continue the controversy in the woodworking world as to which method of sharpening is best.
Coming soon, Third in a series.
Deals with refining the mortise for that snug fit, developing a cutting list from available materials, preparing materials and finally cutting the tenons.
Chips and shavings
THE WORKBENCH one of nine
Posted By Dave on November 1, 2009
Please enable Javascript and Flash to view this Blip.tv video.The workbench
1 thru 9
These videos (one thru nine) detail the building of a heavy duty woodworking bench. The bench is often considered a watermark in a woodworker’s career, testing skills to blend form and function. All is revealed, along with my thoughts on the hows and whys I did what I did.
The captured video is in raw form, without editing, in real time. My hope is that you may see me do something while constructing the bench that might help you build yours, but might have been edited out as being unimportant. The video is not meant to be strictly instructional but more of a visit to a friend or mentor’s shop. While I make no claims of being a master woodworker, I do have 25plus years of experience being a carpenter and cabinet maker and would like to share what I have learned. The learning never ends and I am always seeking a better way to do things, join me on my journey.
ONE
There are no drawings for the bench, I have an idea in my mind of what I want to build, and the available materials will ultimately dictate what is produced. I sometimes like to build something with materials that I have, as opposed to buying what is needed. This is fun for me, the challenge, is bringing into balance what I want to build with what I can build. Many times this kind of project causes me to be creative, pushing the boundaries and causing a great deal of thinking, which is a good thing. And if I can clean up a pile of material and build something, so much the better.
That was the case with this workbench, using salvaged materials from a remodeling project is the starting point. I discuss preparing the used materials for the project and finish with using a lathe to turn some massive, yet elegant legs.
Two
Coming soon to www.underconstructionlive.com
Amazing
Posted By Dave on September 21, 2009
Blenders. org
I came across this while looking for some video editing software.
Maintaining a website is allot of learning and it is just amazing to me the things that I come across.
I will be putting together about ten hours of raw tape into some podcasts about my workbench that I made about a year ago. I was looking for some new video transitions and effects and came across this freeware, while it is much too complicated for me I thought some might be interested in the program.
