Tricks of the Trade: Scraper Holder from Scraps
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 Instead of storing your freshly sharpened scrapers loose in a drawer (or tight in a wallet), this easy-to-make storage unit, shared with me by my friend Bob Lee, holds them at the ready over the bench. A thin piece of stock front and back captures a C-shaped piece with a wedge in its bottom arm. The wedge holds a dowel in place. Slip the scraper in from the bottomto lift […]The post Tricks of the Trade: Scraper Holder from Scraps appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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Dugout Chair Part 4, Cut the Arms
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 I laid out the shape of my my dugout chair in chalk. Then it rained. The next day I laid out the shape of my dugout chair in lumber crayon. Referring to my CAD drawing (below), I drew in the seat at 17 from the ground. Then decided to put the arms 8 above the seat and have them slope back about 1/2 or so. The depth of the seat […]The post Dugout Chair Part 4, Cut the Arms appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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Wedged Sliding Mortise Gauge
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 Make your own copy of this precision vintage tool. by Peter Follansbee from the December 2016 issue of Popular Woodworking Even after two years of working alone, I can still hear the visitors to my museum shop where I worked for 20 years: My grandpa was a carpenter. It's a line I heard a lot. I used to wish for a secret button I could step on to cue, at […]The post Wedged Sliding Mortise Gauge appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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