The Woodshop Shed

Modigliani Chair #2 Red Headed Women in an Evening Dress

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Modigliani Chair # 2 – Red Headed Women in a Evening Dress. This is the second of an eventual three Modgliani Chairs. The first one was the Jeanne Herbuterne Easel Chair .The chair is based on Michael Fortune's cafe chair design from FWW #227. Its made from maple. The carving is a mix of Walnut, mahogany and bass wood.The final chair in this series will be based on Modigliani's Lady in a Black Tie,

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Table saw extension.

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I needed a drawer to put all the push sticks and blocks for the table saw, I made the top with 3/4 plywood, clear sealer I tinted with acrylic paint to try to match the color of the cast iron, not perfect but close to it.

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A Wedge-cutting Jig for the Table Saw

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I use lots of wedges in my shop, sometimes as disposable clamp pads for tricky glue-ups or for general shimming chores. Sometimes they're incorporated into a project, as when making wedged mortise-and-tenon joints. I used to cut wedges on the …Source

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What I Learned While Restoring a Rope Handle

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A few weeks ago I was gifted an old wooden ammunition box that had one of its handles missing in action. The box also suffered from a few other structural issues, including a lengthy crack on one of its sides. …Source

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Magnetic Bottle Openers

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Made 9 magnetic bottle openers for a craft fair I'm doing tomorrow. Will actually be my first. Used various combinations of curly maple, Purple Hear, and walnut.Got the magnets from e bay. Used 11 rare earth magnets in each (see photo of back of the boards) which is seems to be the correct amount to hold the boards up on refrigerator and to catch the falling caps.Definitely a fun project, now let's hope it is profitable.Wish the photos were better. The Purple Heart wood is not really showing it's true color in the photos

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