Sunday, December 31, 2006

Read the plans CAREFULLY.

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There's nothing quite like the realisation that the piece of wood you have spent so much time on is just plain wrong. You know the sort ...
Friday, December 29, 2006

Planing square

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Ever try to square a side of a board with a plane. It can be a bit more difficult that it looks. If the board is off to one side, one thing ...
Sunday, December 24, 2006

New Planes

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Christmas brought some new planes. Wooden ones from Rutlands . The Jointer plane blade doesn't sit quite right. One side of the blade is...
Sunday, December 17, 2006

A shim in time saves recutting.

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When cutting this frame, I was a little careless with the jigsaw, and the angle of the blade wandered. At one end the cut was perpendicular ...
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Friday, December 15, 2006

Shimming it.

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From my previous post on routers and tearout , you may remember that I kind of messed up a perfectly good frame piece. I am thinking of Cutt...
Monday, December 11, 2006

Keeping Nyala in Style

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A book that I came across that you might like. Keeping Nyala in Style It's the story of a couple who bought and restored an old wooden ...
Tuesday, December 05, 2006

Fuller Stepped Drill Bits

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Today I had cause to try out my Fuller stepped drill bits . I won't repeat my earlier post , and I have not got a cut through photo to...
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Sunday, December 03, 2006

Routers and Tearout

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And I really should have known better. Really. This is starting to read like a "Mistakes not to make when building a boat." - Actu...
Monday, November 27, 2006

Boats are easier than carpets.

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I'm a software engineer by profession, not a carpenter. But that basically involves three skills. Break a problem into little problems. ...
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Sunday, November 26, 2006

What I will do better next time.

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You live and learn. As I have said before, trying to cut the most complex frame first is a bad plan. But there are other things that can ma...

A new frame...

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This weekend I tried a simpler frame. Frame 1 has no bevels pre -cut. If you look closely, you will see that the two bottom parts have not b...
Tuesday, November 21, 2006

Glue

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Pretty much everything that seems simple is not. If it seems simple then you probably don't know enough about it. Take Glue for example....
Saturday, November 18, 2006

The Bosche GST 135 BCE / 1590 EVSK

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It's wonderful. I could stop there, but, specifically, The pendulum setting cuts through 1" oak planks as though they were soft pin...

A simple Jig saw Jig

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To cut a straight line with a jigsaw is remarkably easy. All you need is a simple jig made from a straight batten of wood, and a piece of 1...

Cutting Frames

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Today I started actually cutting out frames and along the way I learned a few things. Firstly, don't try the transome frame first if t...
Friday, November 17, 2006

If only I could get to work on the boat.

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I have to work out side as I don’t have a workshop. It gets dark here before I get home from work so I have a 500W site lamp. I can’t work i...
Wednesday, November 15, 2006

More on Sapwood

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Since I posted the detailed pictures of the planks below, the general consensus across the forums is that yes, the lighter wood is indeed ...
Monday, November 13, 2006

Ordered a new Jigsaw

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Since I busted my toy jigsaw, I need a new one. It appears from reading across three forums, that the bosche GST 135BCE is the one to get. ...

Credit where credit is due

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A while back I bought two saw blades for my circular saw from www.Tools4trade.com . They sat on a shelf for a few weeks while I did other st...
Saturday, November 11, 2006

My Poor Jigsaw....

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Never send a boy to do a mans work, neither use toy tools to cut hard wood. A little 400w Jigsaw intended for home use is no good for cuttin...