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Improved Push Pad

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Ordinary push pads tend to slip, I've found, when face-jointing a board. I modified one of mine by cutting 1/2″ of the rubber padding off its back end and then screwing on a 1/2″ x 1/2″ cleat. Now the …Source

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Body Mechanics

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Get better woodworking results with these 12 tips. I've been teaching now for more than 15 years. And in that time I've thought a lot about why students are or are not able to do certain things. Problems arise only …Source

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Hold fast - that you can easily make

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Hold fast wedge and twist
updating an old idea.Hi all,I made these updates out of frustration today.A wedge for fast clamping on my existing DIY hold fast and a DIY flip end stop, that can be made from wood, so no special hardware are needed any moreThis post is from the blog: https://www.lumberjocks.com/mafe/blog/133203
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1. Wedge quick clamp, with new flip back stop from wood.
2. Old type.
3. The old hardware, with old flip back stop from metal.
4. Quick clamping.
5. The other version.
6. Here used in the workbench dog holes, to hold wood.

Hope it can be to some inspiration, or to hold on to what you love…Best thoughts,MaFe

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Intarsia - Large Mouth Bass

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Had a lot of fun with this one mixture of Intarsia and scroll/fret cutting. Made it for my brother. Avid fisherman who I spent countless hours chasing bass this size. JGR pattern. 18in x 18in. Blue Pine, Aspen, Ebony, Yellowheart, and stained/painted layered Birch background. Frame is commercial (ran out of time before X-mas).

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From a Pot to a Bowl

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This project started with a Texas Ebony crotch sent to me by Mesquiteman99 to see what I could do with it. I cut off the long part of the crotch branch and tested it to see how it turned . I was going to make a pot that I hollowed from the bottom and then glued in a mesquite bottom. I found the wood to be brittle and “chippy”....the chips were like coffee grounds. It was okay until I tried to turn the top of the pot. One cut and it exploded so I turned it down to a small bowl (3 1/2” x 1 1/2” high with a .050” wall) and with a mesquite bottom. If the pot would have survived, the bottom would not show.It is finished with satin enamel.I have split the rest of the crotch in half through the pith and will soak it in black epoxy before making the piece I had planned for it.Cheers, Jim

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