The Woodshop Shed

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play kitchen sink cabinet

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play kitchen sink cabinetfirst of 3 pieces for the play kitchen. basic dimensions are 18”w x 24”t x 16”dmostly built using 1/2” birch plywood along with 1-by carolina white pinethe “farmhouse sink” is plywood, painted with fantastic rustoleum titanium silver metallic paint (everyone thinks it's real stainless steel lol)mini euro hinges and frameless inset doorseach handle and the towel rack are made with a 5/8 piece of dowel and spray painted copper elbow fittings :)the best part is the lighting! found a cool online store in colorado and they specialize in led lighting for dollhouses and model trains. there are 4 leds mounted inside the cabinet, and a tiny motion sensor mounted behind the sink. the power can be supplied by 2 aa batteries screwed to the cabinet back, or (depending on what the parents want) directly to an outlet with a usb cable (they can even plug the cable into a portable power bank).in case anyone's looking for tiny lights, check out https://evandesigns.com/



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Bass Guitar and Case I made for my uncle

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Bass Guitar and Case I made for my uncle My uncle helped me in college back in 2004 and I never forgot it. He has played in a band for over 30 years and he's a lefty bassist. I decided that he needed a custom bass that matched his personality and so I went down the 3 month long road of building him this bass. It was a fun learning process and some of it nerve racking. He was thrilled when he finally saw it and it's his main bass he gigs with now.I used Walnut, Curly Maple, Ambrosia Maple and Birdseye Maple on the guitar. I used Alder that I stained with Walnut coloring for the case and all stainless steel hardware.



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Musings on a cobbled-together spring lathe

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Musings on a cobbled-together spring latheFirst, I should acknowledge that I have access to not one but two lathes in my garage. One is my 1960s ShopSmith which was given to me by a neighbor cleaning out her garage (and currently motor-less and needing substantial work). I have done most of my turning on that machine and like to use it as a lathe.But, as I said, it currently is out of service AND it was too short. I recently restored a spindle lathe (gifted to me from a friend of friend from his side yard, rusted and broken) and it works but I still need to address the gearing [spins way to fast] and it again is too short.The real problem is that I had gone to the shop of that friend of a friend and used his full sized JET because I was turning a 3 inch dowel to make a wooden screw. My ShopSmith was on the fritz and I didn't have the spindle lathe yet. I turned a dowel on his lathe at the max length. I then brought it home and made the screw.This is ultimately going to be an end vise on my new bench. But as I was designing my bench I realized it was WAY too long. I needed to trim it down, but I also needed to do so in a manner that I could identify the center. The best way to do that is to part it on a lathe… but it didn't fit on the spindle lathe.I have watched a number of builds of spring pole lathes, both with an actual pole and with bungee cords. I figured that I could cobble one together to part off the screw. I ran to Harbor Freight and picked up bungees and nylon cord. I had an off-cut of 2×6 and several off-cuts of 2×4. I made two uprights and cut a tenon approximately a third of the diameter about 2 long. I spaced out the screw on the 2×6 and made a through mortise that I could slide the uprights in with about an 8th of an inch clearance and extra space in front so I could drive a wedge from underneath to secure it.Here's where the learning comes in: I initially just used pin nails, cut of the head and used the nail itself as a drill to make a hole to put them in… they bent very quickly. So then I used a thicker nail, which worked better but ultimately failed as well. Then I nailed through the support which worked long enough for me to do what I needed with the lathe. If I were to do this again, I would use a 1/4 + screw or bolt (hopefully with coarse threading) and sharpen the end to a point. For repeated spindles of the same length this setup would work fine but it is obviously not adjustable by more than a few 8ths of an inch. I also needed a cutout for the cord to pass through so it wouldn't fray. I quickly realized I needed a rest and quickly through one together.This was a single use tool (it cost $13, but I have a bungee cord and a bunch of cord left). Left a bit to be desired, but it worked.Oh, and if it isn't obvious, it is ni my vise on my old bench. I wouldn't move the tool rest with this setup, I would move the whole lathe.



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Set 'Em Up, Knock 'Em Down

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Tool: Sawhorse Supports Shop Now  Manufacturer: Rockler MSRP: $17.99 An extra work surface is always handy in the shop. We've all thrown a large piece of plywood down on a couple of sawhorses when we need a temporary bench, …Source

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