The Woodshop Shed

Friction-Free Resaw Fence

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Re-sawing a board is tricky. Most blades drift, so that you must angle the board to get a straight cut. Standard bandsaw fences can't be angled to compensate for drift, so many folks use a single-point fence instead, like this …Source

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Charcuterie Board / Cutting Board Set

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My brother-in-law in Missouri asked if I could make a Charcuterie Board for his daughter in Texas. She wanted it big, so decided to make a Charcuterie Board for serving and a Cutting Board with juice grooves, ( their request ), for cutting the food up. This way she wouldn't have to worry about marking up the Char. board as bad. Made them out of the same wood to keep it looking more like a set. The Char. board is 17 1/2 X 31 1/2 inches, and the cutting board is 15 1/2 X 11 1/2 inches. They were both 1/2 inch larger in both directions, but after trimming etc., ended up the measurements stated. The char. board has Purpleheart, Claro Walnut, regular Maple, wavy Maple, and a really heavy marked Bird's Eye Maple. Was finished with five coats of Wipe on Poly with a day between each coat and sanded or buffed between each, then waxed. The hand holds were hogged out with a forstner bit and finished with my osc. spindle sander, then routed to round them. The cutting board was made with the same wood as the char. board. Juice groove was put in using the jig I made on my projects page. It was then soaked/sealed in a mineral oil, bees wax combination that I use. I put rubber bumper feet under the char. board to make it easier to pick up.

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Heirloom Awl

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Heirloom Awl Metal and wood are the basic ingredients in most woodworking tools. As woodworkers, we're familiar with working wood, but what about metal? Actually, the level of metalworking required to make some woodworking tools is pretty basic. If you've …Source

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Tiny art deco cabinet for tea bag holders

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I finally got this delivered today. They were very happy with it.This tiny cabinet was built as a thank you gift for a supply of walnut given to me several years ago. It is designed to store the tea bag holders shown in the first photo. I worked with the recipient to come up with the basic shape and I proposed the Art Deco styling.The case is made from the walnut I had received. The hinges are from Brusso.The discs are spalted maple and the black accents are ebony. The spalted maple comes from a remnant from building a picture frame several years ago. The walnut in that frame is from the batch that was given to me. That will give you an idea of how long I have had this walnut.In the back one can find a surprise envelope.Inside the envelope is a small card detailing the history of the walnut, maple, bag holders, and the construction of the cabinet.There is a lot of detail in a small project. Fortunately I enjoy detail work and I had a lot of fun with this one.The closed cabinet measures 5 3/8” wide by 4 5/16” deep by 5 9/16 tall.There is a 11 chapter blog of the build which runs from February through mid March.

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