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Minggu, 05 Juni 2016

Make an end grain cutting board

Posted by arzem on 10.50 with No comments so far
One of the most popular woodworking projectsIt seems that at one time or another, all woodworkers try their hands at making an end-grain cutting board. Its easy to understand why: cutting boards are useful, durable, allow you to really get creative on the design, and are simple to build.
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And I have never made one. Its one of those projects thats been on my to-do list for a long time. As you may know, I love to cook and have been getting by for years with one of those thick plastic ones. Its built into my counter and slides out for use. The problem is that it gets mangled pretty quickly and doesnt clean well. After a while is begins to take on a permanent onion odor. Yuck. So I have to replace it every year.
Wood cutting boards, on the other hand, will last nearly forever. The end grain of wood is very forgiving on knives and is actually more sanitary to use. The wood tends to heal itself. And if, after a lot of use, it starts to look really ragged and scratched, you can renew it just by resanding the surface.
I wasnt sure what more I had to offer in the way of a video, though. There are lots of cutting board videos. If you decide to make one, you definitely want to check out The Wood Whisperers video. He really takes you through every last detail and consideration.
Cutting Board DesignerLast month, Jeremy Greiner sent me a copy of a program he developed called Cutting Board Designer. After playing around with it for a while, I discovered how handy it is. It lets you lay out some complex patterns and get a good indication what your board will look like before you cut any wood. Check it out!
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Minggu, 29 Mei 2016

Make an itsy bitsy teeny tiny wood box and earrings

Posted by arzem on 23.33 with No comments so far
Mothers Day is approaching!Well now that you have let that sink in and have entered into the panic stage, heres a project that is easy to make and will finally buy your mothers love.
Okay, that was a joke. Seriously, we all want to build handcrafted items for gifts. Why not use some of that special scrap wood youve been saving and make a little box. If you are ambitious, put some earrings in it.
No one needs to know that they were made with cutoffs that we considered tossing out.
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Senin, 23 Mei 2016

An olio of ideas

Posted by arzem on 19.00 with No comments so far
I have been dutifully writing in the word "olio" in my crossword puzzles for years and decided to finally put it to real-world use. Still, I will forever confuse it with "oleo". *****
When I mentioned that I would be making a garden bench for tomorrows video, Jason Othoudt sent me over a picture of in indoor bench he built out of 2x4s, plywood, and box joints. Super cool design.
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 Lucas Marques sent over a picture of his version of the guitar pick box made with Purpleheart.
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And heres one Dimitris Fragoulopoulos made for his brother.
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Ian Mills made some of my hair accessories. Cool!
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Finally, check out Seth Lavallees beautiful version of my Kindle case with spectacular inlay.
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Selasa, 12 April 2016

Make an advent calendar

Posted by arzem on 19.29 with No comments so far
An advent calendar is a classic Christmas project. Typically, they contain 24 numbered doors and beginning on December 1st, you open door #24 and get a small treat or gift. When you get to #1, it will be Christmas Eve, one day before the holiday.
There are many different ways to make an advent calendar. For an absolutely stunning version, check out the one our friend Marc (The Wood Whisperer) made last year. Even Marc struggled with a system to make 24 doors, something I dont think Id have the patience for. Plus, well, my woodworking skills just arent that good!
So after thinking about it for a long time, I came up with a very simple advent calendar that you should be able to make in a day. No doors! It does include all the interactive elements an advent calendar needs: a numbered system to count down days, and a place for a treat each day. I used Hersheys Kisses in mine because they fit nicely into the holes. Quarters might be another good idea: in 24 days, youd have six dollars!
This is also a good project to get the family involved. My wife and son had a lot of fun painting all the ornaments.
If youd like to give this a try, heres a cutting template you can download and print out. Just hold the pages up to a window, line them up and tape them together.
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