Posted By glenn on March 22, 2008
Well it only took a few months but here it is. Part of the whole idea of starting this site was to keep tract of it from the beginning and maybe be able to commiserate with others who have started sites or those thinking of starting, anyways, not being the least bit computer savvy, I wrote out my initial thoughts on a yellow legal pad instead of on the computer. I’m going to try and scan the pages and get them on the site or maybe get my wife to enter them ( she is very fast,……How can you type with out looking at the keyboard? ) , or maybe just take pictures.
Dec.27, 2008
FROM PAGE TO ELECTRONS
This part of the blog will be dedicated to the trials and tribulations of a NEUBIE.
Yep, that would be me.
About a year ago (Dec. 07) I had a crazy idea about starting a website, so a little after the holidays and all, I started writing my thoughts down on paper. I also started talking with my brother-in-law, Glenn, about it and he said “Let’s do it.”, so we did, just that simple. Or so I thought, you see Glenn is the one with the computer smarts I’m the one on a big time learning curve. He works with my other brother-in-law, Dave, developing websites at Vizpro.com. I am a carpenter. For the last seven or eight months the only thing that I did was to come up with some ideas for videos and recorded the raw footage. Glenn edited and administered the site. Well, after Thanksgiving work came to a screeching halt (thanks to economic mess we are in, but that is another blog) for me and I thought it would be a good time to get more involved with the administrating side of the blog site. I could not have been more wrong.
In the last three weeks these are just some of the things I learned to do.
• Get into my website
• Navigate behind the scenes at Wordpress
• Upload raw video to an editing program
• Edit/Save and upload
• Google video
• Imbed video in a post and publish it
Install a new Wordpress theme
• Customize my site
• Plug-ins and widgets
• FTP server FileZilla
• Watch tutorial videos on Youtube
• Edit program language
• AND MORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Now to a person with just a little bit of experience this may seem like simple tasks, but they were not………… . …..,and so it goes.
In the next couple of days I hope to have scanned my hand written notes and have them up on the site for you to view.
Also I am trying to get a plug-in called Page Flipper or flipping page installed, but I’m having a heck of a time with it. Install a new Wordpress theme
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Posted By Dave on January 6, 2009
In this video I will be discussing how to carve the claw on the stool leg. How I lay out the claw and the tools and techniques used. My philosophy of wood working, methods of work and learning in general come out in an easygoing conversational style format with lots of good quality close-up video.
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Posted By Dave on December 23, 2008
THE FOOTSTOOL
The turning of the leg
In this very exciting video I will be turning the legs for my Christmas Project. You could complete this project in a short amount of time using left over and salvaged pieces of wood. I will show a turning technique I discovered one day while experimenting on the lathe. Using this technique saves time carving the ball and claw foot. It is a dual center approach that I have not seen anyone else use.
AND
Watch as disaster strikes!
IS THE PROJECT DOOMED!!!!
Will this novice wood turner save his turning?
Fear not, all is not lost it is
UNDERCONSTRUCTIONLIVE
Chips and Shavings
Dave
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Posted By Dave on December 21, 2008
The FOOTSTOOL
The carving of the claw
In this video I will be discussing how to carve the claw on the stool leg. How I lay out the claw and the tools and techniques used. My philosophy of wood working, methods of work and learning in general come out in an easygoing conversational style format with lots of good quality close-up video.
I found out the hard way on the first ball and claw leg I ever carved not to design something you don’t have the tools for. The design called for smaller radiuses than I had in my collection of chisels at the time. The whole experience was very frustrating and unrewarding. But it taught me a valuable lesson. It is so simple and efficient to just use the chisel to design the work. If design rules the hen house and you just have to go out and buy a tool, who could blame you. You will have hundreds to choose from. In this video, three basic chisels were used, a three eights or half inch gouge for setting the design and cutting those curves, a three eights skewed chisel for general purpose carving and cleaning out all the nooks and crannies and a one sixteenth inch vernier chisel for defining the work area to protect the outline. Gouges are sized by the diameter of a circle the steel is bent to and the portion of the circle (the width) it encompasses. So a one inch wide chisel that is based on an inch diameter circle would be a half circle. A half inch chisel of a three inch circle would be relatively flat. Remember that in order to work safely your tools must be sharp so pick up the appropriate sharpening stones or system.
JUST DO IT! We all have different experience and skill level and we all have a first time. I am not an expert not even close to being proficient, and so my expectations are not to end up with a perfect ball and claw leg but to enjoy the journey. But that is me, I enjoy being in the shop working wood and I like learning and trying new things. My goal is to become proficient, not an expert. My goal dictates the path I am to follow, yours maybe different, but maybe we can walk together awhile (shees, what a bunch of B.S.) anyways…………… My mentor when I first started out was the Dad of the guy who hired me on. I was his (the Dad) go for and hold this guy when I wasn’t the unload/load the truck, stack the wood here/there or sweep the floor guy. He had a knack for telling or showing me just enough to get my rearend in some serious hot water. He also had a knack for being able to bail me out of trouble. He was the original been there, done that guy, as far as I am concerned. We all have to find our own way, but we all need a little tutelage once in a while. I can not guarantee that you will be a better carver after watching this video. But I will be here to help. I will guarantee that if you actually try and carve a leg you will be better than before you started. Practice makes perfect!
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Dave
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Posted By Dave on December 21, 2008
The Upholstered Chair
break a leg
In this video I am going to repair a customer’s chair.
I found it amazing that the frame was so poorly constructed, considering the remedy was relatively simple.
Don’t be afraid to repair your furniture if it breaks, you might just be surprised at how simple the fix is. When building furniture always use glue and screws, never nails.
Chips and Shavings
Dave
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Posted By glenn on October 21, 2008
Discover the secrets to pocket hole woodworking with the “Kreg Pocket Hole Woodworking Videos”. Accelerate your learning process with one of the pocket hole instructional videos. From cabinets and coffee tables to building your own router table, pocket hole joinery provides a fast, strong and simple approach to tackling your next woodworking project. Get yours now!
Kreg Woodworking Videos
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Posted By glenn on August 25, 2008
In this video we’ll be showing the final assembly of our cabinet. You’ll see how to tape the exposed edges and hang the doors with our European hinges.
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Posted By glenn on May 3, 2008
Final assembly of the heavy duty cabinet project.
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Posted By glenn on April 28, 2008
In this episode we assemble our cabinet. Keep an eye out for a situation that could have been easily avoided. (the old carpenters saying “measure twice, cut once)
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Posted By glenn on April 15, 2008
In this video we cut and rabbit the pieces needed for our cabinet.
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Posted By glenn on April 9, 2008
Our first project is a heavy duty cabinet designed to fit in the break room of an industrial products retailer. We designed the cabinet with the expectation it will need to withstand substantial abuse.
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