Tricks of the Trade - Sander Circle Jig: Make Perfectly Round Wheels Quickly
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I find myself needing a lot of small circles for use on wooden toys. When I cut those disks out with a circle-cutting jig on the band saw, the edge is a little too rough, so I've made a fixture for the disk sander that makes quick work of sanding the wheels perfectly round and smooth. A ledger strip on the bottom plate of the fixture fits into the sander's […]The post Tricks of the Trade - Sander Circle Jig: Make Perfectly Round Wheels Quickly appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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Dugout Chair Step 3: Draw a Chair
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After removing the big chunk of wood that was to become the front of the chair, the next steps on the dugout chair are the tricky parts that require more thinking than straining. I needed to chainsaw the bottom of the stump level to get the thing so it had the stance of a chair. This is tricky because the stump is an irregular cone with no right angles. So […]The post Dugout Chair Step 3: Draw a Chair appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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Reclaimed Wood Sign for a Groundhog's Castle
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We are very fortunate to have cats, chickens and a toddler in our lives. In our garden and in the woodland behind it, we occasionally see deer, squirrels, chipmunks, turkeys and many types of birds that either live in the woods or pass by. But it seems that the only animal that we did not intentionally acquire, but made a lovely home in our garden, is a chubby groundhog we […]The post Reclaimed Wood Sign for a Groundhog's Castle appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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