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Monday, March 3, 2014
Top Three Places To Go to Find Good Woodworking Designs
By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Kuunal_Desshmukh]Kuunal Desshmukh
If you are in search of good woodworking designs, and you are not able to find complete plans, then the content of this article might relieve you of the frustration of where to look.
In the next few paragraphs, we are going to look in to three places, where you will find answers to everything you need. First we are going to discuss the how-to sites and the huge advantage you will have if you get your woodworking designs from these websites. Next we are going to discuss how to use the search engines effectively to find good resources for our goal. Finally, how to get good plans from the magazines available online as well as offline.
The Benefits of How To Sites to Find Woodworking Designs
First, let us start with the advantages of going to the how to sites like e-how or How stuff works. The basic advantage is that the plans you will get on these sites are complete and extensive if you are just starting out. On "How stuff works" you will definitely get videos describing each step thoroughly. Another important advantage of these websites is the ease of use of these sites. It is very easy to look around the site for different plans and follow along.
Using Search engines to Find Good Plans
Next we are going to discuss the importance of the search engines like Google and Yahoo. If you are not using a search engine to research for your woodworking needs, you would be missing out a lot. Simple inputs like "woodworking designs" will get hundreds and hundreds of results to look in to for good plans. In fact, the only resource which will get you a huge number of relevant resources are the search engines.
Woodworking magazines at rescue
Finally, we are going to discuss how online, as well as offline woodworking magazines, will help you get good and proven woodworking designs.
We all know that there are a huge number of magazines like "popular woodworking magazine" available at our regular book stalls concerning this topic. One advantage of these is that once you have a magazine, you will get a complete photograph of what you are making and how it should look. This might not be the case if you get the designs by some other method. The magazines also have some useful resources on where to get tools in your local area, which can also be a very handy information.
So there you are, the three best places to look, to get good woodworking designs. We learned that "how to sites" are a great resource if you would like videos along with your designs. We also learned that there is no other resource as huge as search engines, and we should at least look in to them once.
Finally, we learned that we would also get good plans in the offline as well as online woodworking magazines.
Kuunal Desshmukh is a internet marketer and writer who specializes in different niches including woodworking and home, garden. You can check out his latest website at [http://diywoodworkingdesigns.com]Woodworking Designs, where he provides reviews and other useful information on the topic, including woodwork joints, and also [http://diywoodworkingdesigns.com/simple_woodworking_projects/]simple woodworking projects, and much more.
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If you are in search of good woodworking designs, and you are not able to find complete plans, then the content of this article might relieve you of the frustration of where to look.
In the next few paragraphs, we are going to look in to three places, where you will find answers to everything you need. First we are going to discuss the how-to sites and the huge advantage you will have if you get your woodworking designs from these websites. Next we are going to discuss how to use the search engines effectively to find good resources for our goal. Finally, how to get good plans from the magazines available online as well as offline.
The Benefits of How To Sites to Find Woodworking Designs
First, let us start with the advantages of going to the how to sites like e-how or How stuff works. The basic advantage is that the plans you will get on these sites are complete and extensive if you are just starting out. On "How stuff works" you will definitely get videos describing each step thoroughly. Another important advantage of these websites is the ease of use of these sites. It is very easy to look around the site for different plans and follow along.
Using Search engines to Find Good Plans
Next we are going to discuss the importance of the search engines like Google and Yahoo. If you are not using a search engine to research for your woodworking needs, you would be missing out a lot. Simple inputs like "woodworking designs" will get hundreds and hundreds of results to look in to for good plans. In fact, the only resource which will get you a huge number of relevant resources are the search engines.
Woodworking magazines at rescue
Finally, we are going to discuss how online, as well as offline woodworking magazines, will help you get good and proven woodworking designs.
We all know that there are a huge number of magazines like "popular woodworking magazine" available at our regular book stalls concerning this topic. One advantage of these is that once you have a magazine, you will get a complete photograph of what you are making and how it should look. This might not be the case if you get the designs by some other method. The magazines also have some useful resources on where to get tools in your local area, which can also be a very handy information.
So there you are, the three best places to look, to get good woodworking designs. We learned that "how to sites" are a great resource if you would like videos along with your designs. We also learned that there is no other resource as huge as search engines, and we should at least look in to them once.
Finally, we learned that we would also get good plans in the offline as well as online woodworking magazines.
Kuunal Desshmukh is a internet marketer and writer who specializes in different niches including woodworking and home, garden. You can check out his latest website at [http://diywoodworkingdesigns.com]Woodworking Designs, where he provides reviews and other useful information on the topic, including woodwork joints, and also [http://diywoodworkingdesigns.com/simple_woodworking_projects/]simple woodworking projects, and much more.
Article Source: [http://EzineArticles.com/?Top-Three-Places-To-Go-to-Find-Good-Woodworking-Designs&id=6732895] Top Three Places To Go to Find Good Woodworking Designs
Sunday, February 16, 2014
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Saturday, January 25, 2014
Turning Bad Wood Good and Then Into Cabinetry
"Sarah"s comment from the "The Crappywood Challenge" has convinced me that reader interaction is a good thing and Id like to encourage more of it. She went into one paragraph of the blog and pulled out all of the great band names from it. I thought it was hilarious; lets see more of that.
Now back to the garage (with a detour through the bathroom).
Our guest bathroom cabinet drawers and doors stink:
The hinges are loose, the doors are warped and dont shut flat, the drawers are crooked, and the knobs are all messed up. Ordinarily Id just slice up some plywood, paint it, and call it a day but my wife said shed let build some rail-and-stile door for our house if I practiced frame-and-panel construction on smaller stuff--so there you go.
I wanted nice stable wood for the project, but didnt want to spend much money on it. I think wood is like steak: you can spend a lot on it and not have to work very hard for good results or you can spend less, put some effort into it, and still get good results. I bought the metaphorical cube steak:
Yep, dimensional lumber from Home Depot--good ole southern yellow pine. Lumber from Home Depot always come with a really high moisture content and therefore moves and warps a lot when you get it home.
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Now back to the garage (with a detour through the bathroom).
Our guest bathroom cabinet drawers and doors stink:
The hinges are loose, the doors are warped and dont shut flat, the drawers are crooked, and the knobs are all messed up. Ordinarily Id just slice up some plywood, paint it, and call it a day but my wife said shed let build some rail-and-stile door for our house if I practiced frame-and-panel construction on smaller stuff--so there you go.
I wanted nice stable wood for the project, but didnt want to spend much money on it. I think wood is like steak: you can spend a lot on it and not have to work very hard for good results or you can spend less, put some effort into it, and still get good results. I bought the metaphorical cube steak:
The above photo is from Chris Schwarzs blog. Chris has got to be the number one SYP advocate around, but even he concedes that you have to baby it.
I noticed something as I was walking around Home Depot the other day: a lot of the larger boards for sale are sectioned right through the pith (see three pictures up^^^). Now, I dont want the pith--nobody wants the pith--but on either side of the pith are prime pieces of wood, essentially quartersawn. I decided to just be selective and buy these underpriced boards and cut out the good stuff.
The boards were too big for me to safely handle by myself on the table saw so I busted out the old Skil 77: what a beast. Moses was, however, unimpressed: he being a bigger beast with a louder whine. You can see how wet the wood still is by how clumpy the sawdust is in the above photo. I suppose this is a good thing, as I dont really want all that stuff flying around everywhere.
Then I just ripped the nominal 2" boards in half and had some good-sized wood for the cabinetry:
You can tell how a board is going to warp by just thinking the rings want to be straight. So now you can understand how these radial cut minimize any cupping.
Half way finished:
Construction will be pretty straightforward: a four piece frame mortise-and-tenoned together with an interior groove capturing a raised panel. No funky stick-and-cope molding nonsense...just keep it simple.
This gave me the opportunity to try out a new toy:
This is a Record #043 plough plane I just got off eBay. Its pretty versatile and a real pleasure to use. Its also probably about 70 years old and still looks great. You gotta love nickel plating: if I somehow come into possession of another one maybe Ill make it into a hood ornament. It can make a 1/4" groove half an inch deep up to 4" from the edge of a workpiece. Here its making a narrower groove thats shallower and closer to the edge...but hey, its my first time with the thing. This is the groove that will contain the panel.
Heres how the mortise-and-tenon works:
I believe this is what is known as a haunched tenon. You can see how the tenon has a little nub that fills the groove to the right of the mortise. This is a good little trick that makes a stronger and cleaner joint.
Come together:
Right now:
Over me:
In the last picture Im actually only gluing up half of it. One of the stiles (long pieces) can be popped off so I can slide the panel in when its ready.
Speaking of the panels, its time for those. My plan is to tongue-and-groove three boards together and then just be able to saw off sections to length as needed for the panels.
Tongue-and-groove, mortise-and-tenon, stick-and-cope, rail-and-stile, frame-and-panel...sheesh.
Anyone need any fire starter?
So thats where we stand now...waiting for some glue to dry. Tomorrow Ill make the raised-and-fielded (theres another one!) panel for this prototype door. Later.
Thursday, January 23, 2014
Sargent 106 A Good Little Plane
If you are like me, you have favorite tools, and this little plane is one of mine. Its a Sargent 106 block plane and it has just about everything I find pleasing in a tool: functionality, style, and a connection to the past.
It may or may not be "collectible", but Im a user! Besides, what kind of life would it be sitting on a shelf, watching all the other planes make shavings? And this plane is a really good performer too. It doesnt have a tight mouth, its non-adjustable, it doesnt have a low angle iron, but it is a plain-old, straight-up, worker. And at just under 5 1/2 inches, I can use it one handed without worrying about dropping it.
Style wise, I love how this plane looks. The "gull-wing" screw on the lever cap is just cool!
Im not sure where this plane came from - I look for old tools EVERYWHERE. I think I found it in a junk/antique store in Redmond, Oregon. Id love to know how many others used it before me, and on what projects. At least one of them left his or her mark on it. If you look carefully (you might need to click to enlarge) you can make out what looks like "TED" but is actually "T.E.B" scratched into the cheek of the plane. On the other cheek is what looks like a Social Security number (not shown). Id love to know more about T.E.B.
Id also like to know how old this plane is. I think it is on the older side, but I dont have enough information to be sure. Heres the little I know. I havent seen many of the "gull-wing" style 106s in the wild or on the bay, which makes me think it is on the old side. It doesnt have the VBM logo which Sargent used something like 1910 - 1918. But is this pre or post VBM? The logo on the iron is an oval, with "Sargent & Co. New Haven, CT" surrounding a sort of double arrow design. Heres a closer shot of the logo:
If anyone has any information about Sargent 106 block planes, Sargent logos, or knows any good online sources of information, Id appreciate hearing about them. For that matter, any information on a woodworker from central Oregon with the intials T.E.B. would be great too :)
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