The Woodshop Shed

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

June 2022
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
     
   


Number Nerds Unite!

Furnished content.
(from Lumberjocks.com)


Number Nerds Unite!Just finished this commission. On the original I cut each cell and put them together like a big mosaic, this time I cut strips and routed the cells with a V bit. Not really that much easier as trying to land the router exactly where the rows meet was a booger.If I do it again I think I'll put a slight chamfer on the strips and only route the columnsBeech and an unidentified white wood. Laser engraved message.



Read more here

posted at: 12:00am on 30-Jun-2022
path: /Woodworking | permalink | edit (requires password)

Comments:
0 comments, click here to add the first



Two decorative jewelry boxes

Furnished content.
(from Lumberjocks.com)


Two decorative jewelry boxesHello again :)
Here are two jewelry boxes I have made.
“cabinet” like box is made from combination of apricot, beech, poplar and beech plywood. It has “secret” compartment :)
Other one (simple box) is made from beech and maple. Pattern on that maple is main decoration on box.
Hope that you like this little project.



Read more here

posted at: 12:00am on 30-Jun-2022
path: /Woodworking | permalink | edit (requires password)

Comments:
0 comments, click here to add the first



Box with sliding top.

Furnished content.
(from Lumberjocks.com)


Box with sliding top.Simple box, made from Ash 1/4” stock. Made by cutting rabets on the edges snd a dado to create the slide. Purpleheart for the turn lock, with small brass nail cinched over on the inside. Finished with Danish Oil and Howard's Feed & Wax, buffed.This was made to house a Bevel Gauge which I made last month. I lined the bottom and sides to keep it in placem Sent to a great Guy here on LJ.
Thanks for looking and comments always welcome.



Read more here

posted at: 12:00am on 30-Jun-2022
path: /Woodworking | permalink | edit (requires password)

Comments:
0 comments, click here to add the first



Lumber-Drying Clamps

Furnished content.
(from Popularwoodworking.com)


I've dried my own lumber for years, but I always had a problem getting enough weight on top of the stack, to keep the upper boards from warping. Here's a solution: Use clamps made from threaded rods. Start building the …Source

Read more here


posted at: 12:00am on 30-Jun-2022
path: /Woodworking | permalink | edit (requires password)

Comments:
0 comments, click here to add the first



Blacksmithing at a Glance

Furnished content.
(from Popularwoodworking.com)


Blacksmithing is a hasty sport. Unlike woodworking, where you can step back and contemplate a cabinet's lines or run your hands over a planed surface to check its smoothness, working with hot iron means moving fast. You've only seconds before …Source

Read more here


posted at: 12:00am on 30-Jun-2022
path: /Woodworking | permalink | edit (requires password)

Comments:
0 comments, click here to add the first



June 2022
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
     
   


Promoted by Feed Shark





RSS (site)  RSS (path)

ATOM (site)  ATOM (path)

Categories
 - blog home

 - Announcements  (0)
 - Annoyances  (0)
 - For_Sale  (0)
 - Home_and_Garden  (1)
 - Humor  (0)
 - Industry_News  (0)
 - Massachusetts_USA  (0)
     - Swansea  (0)
 - Notices  (0)
 - Observations  (0)
 - Oddities  (0)
 - Privacy  (1)
 - Reading  (0)
     - Books  (0)
     - Ebooks  (0)
     - Magazines  (0)
     - Online_Articles  (0)
 - Reviews  (1)
 - Rhode_Island_USA  (0)
     - Providence  (0)
 - Shop  (0)
     - Planes  (1)
 - Shop_Improvements  (2)
 - Woodworking  (7116)
     - Calculator  (1)
     - Projects  (2)
     - Resources  (3)
     - Techniques  (0)
     - Tips  (0)
     - Videos  (7)


Archives
 -2025  October  (14)
 -2025  September  (6)
 -2025  August  (19)
 -2025  July  (11)
 -2025  June  (9)
 -2025  May  (14)
 -2025  April  (18)
 -2025  March  (16)
 -2025  February  (20)
 -2025  January  (12)
 -2024  December  (15)
 -2024  November  (11)
 -2024  October  (10)
 -2024  September  (13)


My Sites

 - Millennium3Publishing.com

 - SponsorWorks.net

 - ListBug.com

 - TextEx.net

 - FindAdsHere.com

 - VisitLater.com