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Dovetail Daily: Days 37 - 53
Yup! You read that correctly...Days 37 through 52! It's been two and a half weeks since I last posted a dovetail daily update. OUCH! I wish I had some phenomenal announcement as to the reason why it's...
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TOOL REVIEW: Stanley Tools Sweetheart 750 chisel set | How Sharp It Is!
A little over 3 weeks ago I picked up a complete set of the new Stanley Tools Sweetheart 750 chisels as my new go to set; especially for dovetail work. As soon as the man in brown dropped the box off,...
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Dovetail Daily: Days 54 - 61
Well the days have continued to roll on and I have continued to get distracted with anything and everything but keeping the daily posts coming. Oh well....let's talk wood, or more specifically...
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Dovetail Daily: Days 62-75
Yowzers!!!Where has the time gone. Although I might have fallen behind in keeping the blog updated with the latest and greatest each week, the dovetailing madness has continued on.We're currently...
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Dovetail Daily: Days 76- 95
I know you've just been beside yourself with anticipation for this posting - after all it's the one that brings you back up to date with the current progress...But before we get to the action I do have...
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Just Dropped In
To see what condition my condition was in.I have no idea why, but the bowling dream from The Big Lebowski always pops into my head when I think about turning bowls. You are familiar with the scene I'm...
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Dovetail Daily: Day's 96 - 104
Well after attempting to amputate my finger during the last round of dovetails, I decided that it was time for a little Thanksgiving break. When the holiday festivities came to a close I jumped right...
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Ghosts of Christmas Orders Past
It's been a ghost town in here lately...sorry...my bad.I kind of got a bit blind sided with Christmas this year. I had always intended to produce a number of family presents but wasn't expecting the...
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Beer is Better aka Dovetail Daily: Days 105-111
As you may or may not be aware, this post is exactly 54 days behind my last post. Why is that important you ask? Well...I guess it's not really...just a random number that I thought might make things a...
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Dovetail Daily: Days 112-119 aka What I've Learned
I'm trying to get better at blogging...really...I am...can you tell?So here we are at days 112-119 of our daily dovetail practice...What have I learned after 119 joints, well hows about I make a nice...
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Dovetail Daily: Days 120-129
Can you believe it? We're actually giving this posting on a regular basis a run for the money...scary...I know... Day 120 (ignore the fat finger in the upper left...or treat it like a photo of Big Foot...
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What'r You LOOKIN At!!! aka Dovetail Daily: Days 130-131
In today's post we're looking at dovetail daily, days 130-131. We're also talking about shaking the program up and shifting gears into cutting half blind dovetails. That's right...we learned our...
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Let's get to the Hookin!!!
For far too long I've been using a bench hook that, well, I'm a bit ashamed of. It was simply a scrap piece of Red Alder MDF core ply that I had lying around that I screwed some stops on and have been...
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Dovetail Daily: Days 132-136
And here we are at Days 132-136 of our Dovetail Daily experiment. I think moving forward I'm going to begin pushing out our weekly update on Monday mornings. Seems like as good a day as any to review...
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I've been writing and rewriting this post over the past few days and I always come to the final conclusion...What the Hell am I trying to say here?So rather than bore you all with the details I'll give...
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Daily Bench 3.6.13
[caption id="attachment_1137" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Daily Bench 3.6.13[/caption]
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Rockler Pitch and Resin Remover
I'm not much for product reviews...let alone one for writing them, but every once in a while I break down and pull one together when I find a product that every shop should have.A few months back I...
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Daily Bench 3.9.13
[caption id="attachment_1148" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Daily Bench 3.9.13[/caption]Oi, who thought 9 dovetailed boxes at the same time was a good idea.
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Master Procrastinator
I've been meaning to get to this post since before Christmas...that should give you some insight into the level of procrastination I'm capable of. That's right...I'm a master procrastinator!Every year...
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Daily Bench 3.10.13
[caption id="attachment_1151" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Daily Bench 3.10.13[/caption]Careful....caaaareful!
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