Short Shavings #5: Wanted: Phychoanalysis.
I work the wood for a living and that isn’t half bad. Lately though, strange things are happening in my shop and I find myself working with weird materials. Some self analysis revealed a few key...
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I have some meaningful words posted on a large sign above my workbench. It describes the only tool one really needs to accomplish any project. I want to share it: “Nothing in the world can take...
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CS1 Spaghetti Measurer
CS1 Spaghetti Measurer How do you ever know how much spaghetti to cook? Either you have to eat pasta 3 days in a row or you have to drown it in sauce to fill the plate. This handy little Spaghetti...
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Kitchen Challenge - Oven Rack Pull
.So the rules say we can only post one entry and I’ve done that. But since we are in the kitchen, I’ll post this little gizmo anyway. It is another way to reduce the contents of that off cut bin! It is...
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Proportions, proportions? OPINIONS please...
This piece is not finished….I am about to make a new, thicker top. I feel that the existing top is too thin….SWMBO thinks that the existing top looks just fine…..What you think?
View ArticleIntellectual property, my @#$%! What you think?
More than a year ago, I finished a lot of site specific commission work for a client. Stuff like a kitchen, flooring, wall paneling, bedroom and bathroom cabinets, staircase etc. The client was rather...
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Danish beauty moves to South Africa
She actually came quite some time ago. It was love at first sight for me and I wanted it to be more than just a fling. I was after a permanent relationship but how could I be sure? What about the...
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Slow boat to China - Unexpected surprises in Africa
Lumberjocks has introduced me to a number of new experiences and pleasures. One of them is the concept of cyberspace friendship. I became friends with people I have never met simply through PM’s! Last...
View ArticleThe difference between gremlins and goblins - what do they do?
Toolchap’s recent blog entitled “Goblins or gremlins” made me wonder what exactly the difference is between the two. My research led me to the book “Magicians and Fairies” that I found in our library....
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“OUT OF THE WOOD”– An exhibition of furniture, sculpture and wood related art.
Hallo to all my LJ friends! I am proud to say that I have been invited to participate in an upcoming exhibition at Strydom Gallery in the city of George, South Africa. I will be exhibiting a variety of...
View ArticlePreparing for an exhibition #1: - My finishing marathon
I feel like a piece of steel wool. My arms are tired, my fingers are numb. My shop is strewn with rags, bottles and tins of various potions, pieces of sandpaper, wads of steel wool, coffee mugs and the...
View ArticleLittle round red stickers!!
Some of you might very well know what a red sticker on the price card means. I’m talking about the price card of pieces at an art exhibition….Well, I have some news to share… Today, the “Out of the...
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The F word!!
Well, actually the S word, but the S word is part of the F word anyway…..............................???? I need all the help I can get…..I do have the Wood Spirit looking out for me…..or is it that...
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Photos - "Out of the wood" Exhibition - South Africa
I had the opportunity to take a few photos last week so here is a selection. Some of the shots are not so good, so please forgive! Since I am posting my own pieces as projects, I am only showing work...
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Building a wooden shoulder plane #1: First you gotta do some thinking...and...
During the recent posting by Bertha on the hand planes of our dreams, the issue of wooden shoulder planes came up. I had some requests and PM’s to blog on the making of a wooden shoulder plane so I...
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Building a wooden shoulder plane #2: About body parts and even a mouth...
24 hours later and I’m back in my favorite chair! It sounds like some has already sourced plane irons in many different ways. Good! Bertha is ordering a brandnew blade, Derosa found some old plane...
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Building a wooden shoulder plane #3: The mouth. Don't open wide, we are not...
As I write, my blue Monday is behind me but some of my American friends are still busy dealing with theirs! Let’s get rid of the blues and go back to our project. The glue is dry and we can pop the...
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Building a wooden shoulder plane #4: Let's make us an iron!
If this is happening a little too slow for your liking, it is because I have to make sawdust all day long to keep the wolf from the door. That is 10 hours gone. Making these little planes and blogging...
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Building a wooden shoulder plane #5: Let's wedge it!
It makes me REAL happy to see that some guys have been inspired to make their own planes! For that reason, I will patiently bear the slowness of my backwater farm style dial up connection….. The last...
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Building a wooden shoulder plane #6: Tune me finely...but how do I adjust the...
Body done, wedge done, plane iron done. If you are anything like me, eagerness to see some shavings has replaced all other desires at this stage! With a bit of luck, paper thin shavings will be...
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