The Woodshop Shed
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adventures in woodworking and home maintenance, from my shop in an oversized backyard shed
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Straightedge Theory: Full of Holes?
Furnished content.
When it comes to making wooden shop tools, I think that most of the modifications we make to them are to stop us from throwing the tools away by accident. Many winding sticks are a right triangle in profile. Why? Mostly (I think) to prevent you from pitching them out with the garbage. Yes, the
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posted at: 12:17am on 21-Jul-2013
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Dovetail Layout: What Ratio or Degree?
Furnished content.
Ive looked at, photographed and cut many dovetails throughout my days as a woodworker, book author and magazine editor. Ive written on this blog at least once in the past that the angle used for dovetail layout is in no way consistent in antique furniture construction, you can find almost any slope or angle
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posted at: 12:17am on 21-Jul-2013
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