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TV Stand – Base

Posted by Mike Lingenfelter , 08 January 2012 -

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I’ve had some time to start on the TV Stand/Console. There have been some ups and downs with this project. The construction has been moving along quite nicely, without any real issues. An “incident” that happened during the project, was that my planer spun the pulley that was connected to the cutting head. When the [...]

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TV Stand – Started

Posted by Mike Lingenfelter , 18 December 2011 -

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My current project will be a new TV Stand for our Living Room. I’m building the stand out of European Beech. I’ve started milling some of the lumber and have started on the legs and stretches of the base. This project is going to have a lot of Mortise & Tenons and Frame & Panels [...]

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My hardest woodworking challenge yet

Posted by Mike Lingenfelter , 15 November 2011 -

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Over the past couple of months I’ve been dealing with pain in my right elbow. I went to the doctor and found out I have Lateral Epicondylitis (Tennis Elbow). I haven’t played tennis in decades! So I’m renaming it Woodworker’s Elbow. This was brought on by a weekend marathon of hand sanding, on my Greene [...]

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Moxon Vise

Posted by Mike Lingenfelter , 27 October 2011 -

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Chris Schwarz sure started something with these Moxon Vises. Some people might look at this as a fad, but I know it solves a problem I’ve had for a while, a tired back. I solved the tried back problem a couple years ago, when I built what I called a Benchtop Bench. This worked well, [...]

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My own bit of Anarchy

Posted by Mike Lingenfelter , 12 October 2011 -

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Chris Schwarz has gotten a lot praise and criticism for his latest book “The Anarchist’s Tool Chest”. Some people were really put off by the fact that he used the word Anarchist in the book’s title. Me, I was intrigued. I’ve met Chris before, and I read just about everything he writes. I was quite [...]

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Shop Made Tools – Bow Saw

Posted by Mike Lingenfelter , 18 September 2011 -

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Some tools you can a should make for yourself. The Bow Saw, might be either or. There isn’t anything wrong with buying a fully made saw, but making one is a fun project. I picked up a kit from Tools for Working Wood, and made my saw in just a day. The kit included: 3 [...]

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Fore Plane – Keen Kutter K6

Posted by Mike Lingenfelter , 31 August 2011 -

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I’ve been wanting to play around with using a Jack/Fore plane, to work on rough lumber. I wanted a dedicated plane for this rough work. Tuning up old planes isn’t something that truly interests me. I also didn’t want to spend extra money on a new plane, for this kind of rough work. I’ve bought [...]

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Greene & Greene Chair – Back Assembly

Posted by Mike Lingenfelter , 19 August 2011 -

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I mentioned in the last update, I was going with loose tenons (Festool Dominos) for the back slats. The Domino made quick work of cutting the slots in the back stiles and back slats. A dry assembly of backs showed the joints were coming together pretty well. After all of the joinery was cut, it [...]

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Woodworking Classes

Posted by Mike Lingenfelter , 01 August 2011 -

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Over the past few weeks, I have attended a couple woodworking classes. The first was a class with Darrell Peart, at the Seattle Woodcraft store. It was a weeklong class, building a Greene & Greene Blanket Chest. Below is a slide of the blanket chest. Forgive some of the picture quality, by camera/phone was giving me some [...]

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Project(s) Update

Posted by Mike Lingenfelter , 01 August 2011 -

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I took a couple weeks off not too long ago, and a good part of that time I got spend in the shop. I finished gluing up the last of the back slats for the G&G Morris chair I’m working on. I’m hoping to finish up this project, in the next few weeks. The other [...]

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