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Sometimes a memory box isn’t important just for what is inside, but the box itself – the materials it is made from have as much significance as the contents. This is one of those boxes, and was one I made as a Christmas present this year for my Mother-in-Law. The request for this box came [...]
Filed under: Techniques, Timber | Tagged: Beading, Crocodile, Dovetail, Gifkins, Leather, Present, Rosenstein, Tung Oil, Ubeaut, Wax | 5 Comments »
Christmas came and went with such a rush, that I completely forgot to even take some photos of the two boxes I made as presents. These are a few photos of one of those boxes (taken by my old man) of the box given to my Mum. The sides are Tasmanian Oak, from Misan Timbers. [...]
Filed under: Manufactures and Suppliers, Timber | Tagged: Box, Dovetail, Ebony, Misan, SITCO, Tasmanian Oak, Ubeaut, Wax | 1 Comment »
If you are anything like me, around this time of year you start getting ‘nagged’ by your nearest and dearest (in a well-meaning way) for what you’d really like as a present. And if you are really like me, coming up with an answer is excruciatingly difficult. So here’s one for you: a Gifkins Dovetail [...]
Filed under: Manufactures and Suppliers, Tools | Tagged: Dovetail, Gifkins | Leave a Comment »
As regulars will know, I don’t have a workbench in my workshop – a shocking admission, a shocking omission. (I do now have a Walko Workbench though, which if nothing else is convincing me even more that a workbench is a must-have workshop tool, whether it is the portable Walko, or a fullblown bench.) I [...]
Filed under: Techniques, Tools | Tagged: Dovetail, Saw, Veritas, Walko, Workbench | 3 Comments »
I did manage a short excursion out to the shed today – with the intention to try handcutting a dovetail. Yes, I did manage, no, it isn’t worth showing the result! (I was rushed, so finessing the fit just wasn’t on the cards). Irrespective, it looks no worse than many of the dovetails on current [...]
Filed under: Techniques | Tagged: Dovetail, Hand Cut | 2 Comments »
I was over at Ideal Tools on Sunday, being filmed for a Hand Tools DVD for use in Secondary Schools and Tafes. Not quite sure why I ended up in front of the camera – wrong place at the wrong time I suppose! I came away with one thing definitely resolved – I am much [...]
Filed under: Manufactures and Suppliers, Techniques, Tools | Tagged: AWR, Carbatec, Dovetail, Hamlet, Hand Cut, Hand Tool, Veritas, Vesper | Leave a Comment »
I was (attempting) reading the Leigh Dovetail Jig manual the other day, when I had a moment of clarity. The Leigh template guide does not fit the Triton routers, and that is unfortunate because Leigh have built into their template guide an eccentricity which allows for a very fine tuning of the fit, and accuracy [...]
Filed under: Manufactures and Suppliers, Uncategorized | Tagged: Dovetail, Leigh, PWS, Template Guide, Woodpeckers | 6 Comments »
This is a mini project in reclaiming timber, destined for the chimney. It is rapidly approaching winter here down-under, and having a fire in the evenings is becoming commonplace. I always wonder just what is being turned to ash, and if it could be redirected to more aesthetic purposes (not that staring into a fire [...]
Filed under: Finishing, Techniques | Tagged: Bandsaw, Dovetail, Drum Sander, Firewood, Jointer, Planer, Reclaim, Redgum, Slab | Leave a Comment »
Guess the heading says it all. There are still some developments in…uh…development, but I have now started making actual progress on the new “ultimate” router table. As I’ve talked about (and shown the concept of) in the past, this is the router table top actually bolted together, and the original laminated top has been retired. [...]
Filed under: Tools | Tagged: Cast Iron, Dovetail, Gifkins, Router, Router Table, Triton, UniLift, Woodpeckers | 5 Comments »
Was in Carbatec recently, and found a box of PorterCable Dovetail combs that they were literally giving way. Not one to pass up such a bargain, I got an entire set – all precision cut aluminium. From top to bottom, there is the variable spacing comb, the sliding dovetail, the 1/2″, the “handcut” pins and [...]
Filed under: Shed, Tools | Tagged: Combs, Dovetail, Jig, PorterCable | Leave a Comment »
The router bit for this month is actually a set of bits. This set is sold by Professional Woodworkers Supplies, and is specifically designed to complement the Incra Fence System, providing the majority of bits you need for the different templates in the Incra Master Reference Library, and Incra Projects and Techniques Book. The Whiteside [...]
Filed under: Manufactures and Suppliers, Tools | Tagged: Dovetail, Incra, Professional Woodworkers Supplies, Router Bit, Whiteside | Leave a Comment »
In the process of discovering what makes the Leigh Dovetail Jig tick. It will take a little time, but I will finally have a first hand knowledge of each of the major systems in the country used for dovetailing. The systems are the Incra LS Positioner, the Gifkins Dovetail Jig, and of course, the Leigh [...]
Filed under: Manufactures and Suppliers, Tools | Tagged: Carbatec, Dovetail, Leigh | 2 Comments »
