The Woodshop Shed

adventures in woodworking and home maintenance, from my shop in an oversized backyard shed

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Oven Squirrels

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Oven SquirrelsMade a bunch of oven squirrels using some boards I had in my shop.Wood used was maple from Lowes, what I think is cocobolo but the sticker was unreadable after spending near a decade on a shelf and getting mostly worn away. The smell when I was sanding it made me think of when I was doing pens and other turnings out of cocobolo. I also have one made of pear from some logs a friend gave me and I milled into rough boards after his ornamental pear tree got taken out in a snow storm in Oct 2021.There is also a squirrel made of oak that came from my firewood pile about 10 years ago that was cut into a rough board and only recently milled into a finished piece of wood.I also have some squirrels made of what could probably be called spalted maple. The maple literally grew in the swamp behind my house and was dying thanks to the amount of water in the ground and was in danger of hitting the barn in the back. We cut down the maple trees which maybe 5-6 inches in diameter and I had been playing with milling rough stock from logs on the bandsaw. Those got stacked and forgotten about for about 10 years. The boards I have left have the insect holes and the coloring on some of them squirrels show where the wood starting to go soft and rot from the inside of the tree. Tried my best to stabilize with some thin superglue on the spots that seemed more punky.The finish is Odie's Wood butter rubbed in, let sit for 2 hours, and then buffed out.



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Wall Clock?

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Wall Clock?Well, LJs, I've been absent for awhile because I decided to take on a home improvement project. We have a little bathroom off of our kitchen, and it's always been a bit of a wreck.I did the demo this past Saturday:Then I put in about 12 hours each day through Wednesday… replacing the toilet flange (nightmare that lead to me putting in some new plumbing in the basement), replacing the toilet, painting, tiling the floor, installing new baseboard, installing a new vanity, and replacing anything that didn't have a brushed nickel finish.It turned out pretty good, and I even managed to get some Ambrosia Maple into the design (one of my skinny clocks hangs on the wall next to the door too, but you can't see it in this pic):But then yesterday, looking at my Ambrosia Maple pieces, I got an idea for a new clock (partly because I finally got an idea for these turquoise legs I saved from a stool my wife was throwing away).I had some fun putting the pieces together, and I think the hints of turquoise throughout look pretty good.It's about 25 inches tall and 8 inches across.



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Faye's Fedora

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Faye's FedoraThis is a oak veneer box with walnut edging and a fedora wearing girl who I will call Faye. The interior is black velvet with brass quadrant hinges.



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Tool Madness Winner

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Talk about a close one… And there you have it folks, our 2022 Tool Madness Champion: The Drill …Source

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Easy Cauls

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Clamping cauls are indispensable for gluing up casework. A caul is simply a stiff piece of wood used to apply pressure where a clamp can't reach. Sooner or later, you're going to run into a situation like this; you're clamping …Source

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How to Make Lock Miter Drawers

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This versatile router joint is perfect for production work. When I need to batch out a bunch of drawer boxes, I use a lock miter router bit. Not only does this bit create a joint with a clean, mitered look …Source

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