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My small, unheated, single circuit garage shop.
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World’s biggist cedar birdhouse!
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In situ beside the grill!
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Propane tank storage valve access, knot free quarter sawn grain.
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Using the pin board to score the tails on the other board with a knife.
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A favourite very old razor sharp dovetail chisel and tiny chisel for chopping the tails.
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Years ago, I built both a 1:6 and a 1:8 ratio wedge for cutting bandsaw dovetails.
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The pins are cut with a 1:8 wedge placed under the board and sloping towards or away from the fence.
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Cutting the tails on the other board using a 8:1 ratio wedge between the board and fence.
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Finished dovetailed pine shelf.
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Test assembling the joint. Looks good, but a tad tight.
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Quick bandsaw jig dovetail joint
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Turning #5, with 1/8” between slots and bottom half slot.
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#5, added a half slot to bottom so any leather thickness can be burnished.
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Mounted on a 1/2” grinder shaft
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Press-fit brass bushing with set screw. More secure than threaded wood.
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Spinning smoothly at 3450 RPM!
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Burnisher 4 with large and small radii grooves. The note pad lists the groove sizes (0.03” increments).
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Burnishing the 2 side edges on drill press after rounding them with an edge beveler.
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This is an awesome, slicked leather burnished edge!
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Burnishing support table for drill press.
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Japanese stile CD rack with lantern on top in cherry.
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CD rack before changing the top compartment to a lantern.
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CD rack details
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EDO lamp collage
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Table top lamp.
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3 lamps
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Rosewood stitching iron to hold down leather when extracting stitching chisel.
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Clamping wet formed leather in form.
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Wet formed leather on mould with clamping frame at rear.
