While I was looking at the photos & reading the supporting text for them I kept coming to the conclusion that it seemed to be a bit over thought or complicated to me.

It also brought me back to an email I received awhile back from Orion where a customer wrote him to show off a jig he made to do the same thing.

The reason for Orion sending it to me was that he was a bit confused on how it exactly worked & he was wondering if I could walk him through this.

So a few days passed & one day while on my way home, while stuck in traffic, I started thinking about both of the examples (which I do realize both work) and that there had to be a simpler way.

Click here to read the rest of the article that is posted at Horton Brasses.

Currently I’m finishing up on a federal card table project. I am at a point where I need to make a decision on what to do with the hardware. After looking at a lot of photos of card tables, it seems that the tops were either hinged using traditional card table hinges or butt hinges.

Click here to read the rest of the article at Horton Brasses.

Welcome to CreatingSawdust.com’s The Week In Wood Ep. 26 – “More From IWF”

This is where we try to recap this weeks stories in under a minute.

And here’s this weeks stories:

Popular Woodworking:

• Bob Lang continues his Gottshall block exercise. (The Saw & The Chisel)
• Glen Huey brings us more from IWF: 1. A new tablesaw from Steel City 2. A new finishing room rack system from Erecta-Rack

Fine Woodworking:

• In the finishing section we learn how to care for our finishing brush.

American Woodworker:

• We get a video of an Adjustable Height Woodworking Bench.

Woodsmith Tips:

• This week we our video tip is how to keep a brush wet while you take a break.
• And a text tip on gluing up a solid frame & panel.

In The World of SketchUp:

• Bob Lang show us how to make a door fit a cabinet opening.
• Tim Killen talks about placing a leather sling on his latest chair.

Ending:

And that’s “The Week In Wood” for September 5th 2010. Have a safe holiday and we’ll see you next week!

Well I tried that out and it worked like a charm. I even posted something on the blog about it and I’ve used the heck out of the stringing I made.

Then I needed more. (Seems I didn’t make enough!) So I decided to take a few minutes this weekend to cut some. The only thing is while Chucks way works, it’s a bit to set up and I’ll admit I’m lazy!

So knowing I was going to make my string Sunday afternoon, I went out in the shop around 10pm Saturday night and built a quick jig. This jig is really nothing more than a wide push stick that keeps my hands away from the blade and pushes both my string and cut off away from the blade.

Now all I do is clamp on an auxiliary fence so the stringing wont get caught in under my stock fence. Then set my fence up for a 1/16″ and cut away using my new jig.

Here’s a couple of photos of the jig in use.

And a video of how easy it is to use.

Welcome to CreatingSawdust.com’s – The Week In Wood: Episode 12 “Its A Short One!”

This is where we recap the weeks woodworking stories in under a minute.

And Here’s This Weeks Stories:

From Popular Woodworking

Glen Huey shows us his “3rd Option” for making Ogee Bracket Feet. 

Glen also posted a HVLP Spay Tip for us.

Megan Fitzpatrick gives us some insight to this years Woodworking In America class room & hands on sessions.

Bob Lang posted a blog about how blacksmith & chair bodger Don Weber has closed up shop to do a massive clean up from the floods going through Kentucky.

From Fine Woodworking

Adrian Potter posted a video explaining how he adds some of the Outback & alot of flair to his woodworking projects.

Posted from “The Editors” blog we get the “3 Keys” in having successful glue ups.

In The World Of SketchUp:

Tim Killen of Design, Click, Build posted how he gets past a quirk in SketchUp to copy drawn elongated nail holes.

Additional:

Also, I posted a Quick, Cheap & Easy way to add large whiteboards into your shop.

And that’s “The Week In Wood” for the week of May 16th 2010.  We’ll see you nest week!

Welcome to CreatingSawdust.com’s “The Week In Wood” Episode 10 “Colonial Williamsburg”

This is where we recap the weeks woodworking stories in under a minute.

And Here’s This Weeks Stories:

• Chris Schwartz gives us his view of Round vs Square in the world of bench dogs while also giving us a first look at the new Veritas skew block plane.
• Gary Rogowski of Fine Woodworking shares why he uses spring joints when gluing edge joints for a project.
• Glen Huey of Popular Woodworking gives us A Reason To Try Impact Drivers and he also informed us that WGBH was conducting a survey on naming their new woodworking show.
• Fine Woodworking posted a low tech tablesaw tune-up tutorial online.
• Also one of Fine’s online members posted a super simple jig to help with squaring large cabinets in their Jigs section online.

In The World Of SketchUp:

• Bob Lang & Popular Woodworking announced that part 2 of his SketchUp Shop Class was available for demand & DVD purchase now online at Popular Woodworking.
• Tim Killen of Design, Click, Build gives us a few tips on potential areas we need to look out for to avoid errors in SketchUp.

Videos Around The Web:

• Woodsmith Tips gives us a demo on Using a Start Pin on a Router Table & a video (with free plan) on upgrading your drill press with a table & fence.
• Kari Hultman shows us her way of creating hand cut dovetails while also showing us not one but two more of her trip to Colonial Williamsburg.

And that’s “The Week In Wood” for the week of May 2th 2010.  We’ll see next week.

Links For “The Week In Wood“

Man Wins 1.5 Million For NOT Buying A Sawstop

• Original News Story: Man wins $1.5m in first of its kind saw case – Boston News
• The Wood Whisper Gets 200 Comments: Man Awarded Money For Tablesaw Accident
• Popular Woodworking‘s Blog Post: SawStop Safety System Saga Steams Forward
• Fine Woodworking‘s Blog Post: Man Wins Big Money in Saw Case

SketchUp On The Web

• Bob Lang Tells Us That SketchUp Shop Class Coming Soon To Popular Woodworking Online
• Tim Killen Shares The Importance of the Mouse and Scroll Wheel
• David Richards Explains Drawing Dovetails With a New Plugin

Popular Woodworking Redesign Pt 2

• A Response From Chris Schwarz : Popular Woodworking Magazine by the Numbers

Veneering Tips From CreatingSawdust.com

• It’s All Done With Mirrors – How Using These Can Help With Your Veneering Layouts

When the Woodworking Channel first started up Glen Huey and I were contacted about showing our Woodworkers Edge DVDs on their site.  It was a good match.  They got free content and we got free publicity!  But over the years they’ve be bought out and the site and content changed for what everyone hoped was for the better.

So now it seems they have changed yet again.  This time it looks like the site has become a haven for people looking for a different kind of wood!

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After completing it, my wife fell in love with it and encouraged me to build more from this style.

Well since then, I’ve built furniture of other periods for myself, others and for a couple of books.

Now I’m trying to figure out what to build next. With that I’ve ordered “American Furniture, the Federal Period” by Charles F. Montgomery. This book I’m told is an excellent book into the world of Federal Furniture.

Once it comes in I plan to review the book and to pick the next piece of furniture for my new home!

Note: This table was built based on a the table Glen Huey built in Issue 148 (June 2005) of Popular Woodwork Magazine.