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  • 1 January 2013 at 5:41 am #5969
    kelly
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    Thanks for the encouragement Ken!  You might be right.

    I’m not making excuses but, my vise (that I just finished making yesterday) also needs some work.  It needs better handles.  I wasn’t able to tighten it down enough.  So, the work piece kept sliding in the vise as I tried to saw it.  …yeah, that’s the ticket!  🙂

     

    Texas, USA

    1 January 2013 at 6:00 am #5973
    Anonymous
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    Kelly,

    I have the same problem buddy, till I get my bench finished and a vise fitted. I found a bit of non slip  router mat, or drawer liner helps for now.

    4 January 2013 at 3:05 am #6133
    Ron Harper
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    I know that this flies in the face of what a lot of folks believe, but it can help to plane an almost imperceptible crown in the center of your wooden vise jaws.

    4 January 2013 at 10:34 am #6137
    juryaan
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    Ron Harper wrote:

    imperceptible crown[/quote

    Hello Ron,what does this mean,a hollow in your vice?

    Sorry if this seems a stupid question,but i am Dutch and don’t know every English woodworking term yet.

     

    Lopik - Netherlands

    6 January 2013 at 4:30 pm #6187
    Sinisa
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    Hi guys,
    this is not exactly book project but it is mostly based on wall shelf project from the book. It is ready for finish, probably couple hands of shellac and then my wife wants to paint it

    Living in Croatia

    6 January 2013 at 4:53 pm #6189
    kelly
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    @sinisa, nice application of your new skills.  Good work.

    Texas, USA

    6 January 2013 at 8:55 pm #6194
    Ron Harper
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    Juryaan

    the exact opposite of a hollow and very very slight

    6 January 2013 at 10:43 pm #6201
    Mexiquite
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    Here is the pine shelf I made with Paul at Penryhn Castle. I distressed it a bit and quite like the look of it.

    6 January 2013 at 11:36 pm #6203
    kelly
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    @Mexiquite, that looks good.  Is the wood thicker than what is typically used?

    Texas, USA

    7 January 2013 at 6:55 am #6213
    juryaan
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    Ron Harper wrote:

    Juryaan the exact opposite of a hollow and very very slight

    thank you for explaning Ron.

    Looks great Mexiquite,must have been awesome working with Paul.

    Hope that someday he will come to Holland for some courses.

    Lopik - Netherlands

    9 January 2013 at 1:29 am #6291
    Mexiquite
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    @Kelly Scroggins It’s regular pine stock. @Juryaan It was fantastic working with Paul. I’ve taken 1 2 3 levels, the sharpening class and then the month long one. I’ll take anything he’ll offer.

    11 January 2013 at 1:15 am #6378
    mcglynnonmaking
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    I’ve made several of the projects from the book.  I have to say, they have all been fun and very instructional.

    The 3-legged stool isn’t finished yet, I have some more fine tuning on the parts before I glue and finish it.  I’ve made two of the candle boxes, one in Canary Pine and one in Cherry.  These are a lot of fun to do.  It helped my with my dovetail technique, and also with laying out and cutting hinge mortises.

    I’m thinking I’ll make the bookcase with my 12 year old son for his room, maybe starting this weekend.  I’ve been documenting the step-by-step on these on my blog

    11 January 2013 at 1:23 am #6383
    Anonymous
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    Nice work Joe, and a great blog

    11 January 2013 at 9:04 am #6390
    juryaan
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    Everything is looking great Joe,love the bowl.

    Lopik - Netherlands

    11 January 2013 at 2:28 pm #6393
    mcglynnonmaking
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    Thanks guys.

    If anyone hasn’t made a few projects from the book I’d strongly recommend it.  None of them require a huge investment in tools of lumber, they are fun to make and very instructional in technique.

    My brother-in-law is a DIY kind of guy, although not a woodworker by any stretch.  I gave him Paul’s book for Christmas.  I knew I liked the book, but before I bought it for him I looked at several other books in the same category:  “New Traditional Woodworker” by Jim Tolpin, “Made by Hand” by Tom Figden and a few others that escape me at the moment.  They are all wonderful books, but Paul’s has the best combination of basic information about wood and necessary tools, interesting but approachable projects, and in-depth information on sharpening.  If one works through the projects in the book I think you’ll have the basic skills to take on much more advanced/complex projects.

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