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WOODEN FORE PLANE
I would like to acknowledge John M. Whelan and his book Making Traditional wooden planes.that’s where the design for this plane came from, very good book if your interested in making someof your own...
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Maple Mallet
this is the maple and black walnut mallet I made to replace my older one that is getting a little long in the teeth.I used the lamination method and cut the space on the middle slice for the handle....
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Cherry Spoke Shave
This little Cherry Shave is 9 1/2” long by 7/8” wide with a 1 3/4” iron taken from an old broken shave I picked up off Ebay for a couple bucks. I use cocobolo for the bearing plate in front of the iron...
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8" disc sander from small Delta band saw
I made this disc sander from an old 12” Delta band saw, the three wheel type. all of the parts with the exception of the box and fence were parts from the band saw. Even the 4 star knobs on the side...
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Cherry and Maple document box
this is a document box that I made with cherry and maple, just love those two woods together.. hand-cut dovetails on the corners, had made trim with my Stanley 45, lined with a soft rubberized felt....
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Just another spoon
Unlike those beautiful Swedish spoons that have been the talk of the site lately, this is a dry wood spoon.I cut the basic shape with coping saw then finished with chisels, rasps, and files. Hoping...
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carved curio cabinet
Just a little curio cabinet, made from Pine and some red Birch that I had laying around. Did the carving on the front just to dress it up a little. Its amazing sometimes what the wife will just fall in...
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Black Walnut Block Plane
this is my shop made block plane, Black walnut and purple heart. it measures 5 1/4” length and 1 1/4”in width and about 2” high. it has a 3/4” chisel blade for an iron and the wedge is made from purple...
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spoons and rack
I need to thank the great spoon builder Joe for getting me on this kick… and my wife for the idea of doing a rack of spoons..the first one from the left is Mulberry, then Cherry, followed by...
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Celtic knot
I would like to start by saying thanks to Curt from Carterswhittling for turning me onto Mary May’s carving school online.. she has some great videos of carving technique. I used one of those videos to...
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Ye old shaving horse
Just a quick shot of my new shaving horse.. my last one spent to many winters in the snow and needed to be replaced.. I don’t have room inside for this one either, but did put (4) coats of spar...
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Gustov Stickley reproductions
Local dealer asked me to make a couple Gustov Stickley reproduction pieces. These are right out of Robert Lang’s book Making Craftsman furniture. the plans were from 1903these are out of ash and were...
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The Mallard Mallet
Just a quick note to show off my Mallard Mallet, got a little carried away with the whole mallet swap thing, and came up with this nice oak headed, cherry handled duck whacker… haha… just thought you...
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Mallet swap Mallet
This is the Mallet that I made for the first ever lumberjocks mallet swap 2012it was made for ScottyB and is made of Purpleheart for the head and white oak for the handle.the purpleheart was very hard...
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Hummingbird for Mom on Mothers day
Never really tried 3 dimensional carving before, or sculpting as this is what it felt like.. but here is my Hummy for Mom… its carved from Hondo Mahogany.. I put a silk flower in a piece of tiger...
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Scud
Hey, hope everyone is doing well this morning, my very best to you all. thought I would give another try at the carving thing, my Hummingbird came out fairly well,so thought I would try something else....
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an Updated Coffin
lets start with a great big thanks to terryR who made me this wonderful mallet in last years mallet swap..It’s quickly become my favorite mallet. It was very useful in making this coffin plane. I...
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In Honor of Robert B. Wheeler Korean war veteran
Just a couple quick shots of the flag display box I made for my father in laws flag.. My wife just lost her dad recently, it was quite sudden. I was completely taken off guard when during the military...
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Kids coat rack
The wife asked me if I could produce a nice coat rack for the Grandkids. Something nice, but not tall like our other one. so here He is.. carved the little boy on top from the oak, just added the arms....
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Guitar Stand
well here is my new guitar stand, its made of cherry and walnut with just a splash of maple.I carved this by hand, in pic 2 you can see the ankle, which I carved from one piece. I made 4 of them before...
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