Blog Series

Surf Fishing Plugs

14 entries

Part 12: Payoff

Woodworking and fishing combined. :-)

Part 13: Super sinker popper

There is a well known and productive popper made by a company called Superstrike. A popper has a concave mouth and throws water when dragged along ...

Part 14: How to fit 10 lbs of beef in a 5 lb bag

I haven’t kept this blog up even though I’ve made a bunch of lures. I figured this one is interesting enough to warrant an entry. I wanted a very, ...

Small Bookshelf Speakers

Part 1: The beginning, small speakers

I need a set of speakers for my computer, the ones built into the monitor are terrible and I don’t like always wearing headphones. So, with another...

Part 2: Skipping forward

well I managed to get quite alot done on this these little beauties. Finished all the round overs, sealed, primed and filled any bad areas. and the...

Part 3: Sanding sanding and more sanding

The bases for there speaking are taking a long time to get just right. But they are coming along well. I have to change the plan on these a little ...

LHCD

Part 1: Les Hastings Curved Doors

I guess everbody saw the tutorials Les Hastings did on making radiused or curved doors. Well after all the effort he went to I thought it was certa...

Part 2: Day 2 work Jigging about and Profiling

Well almost a day, it was so windy here AM I thought somebody had redirected Irma my way. A very sad state of affairs in Florida and surrounding da...

Part 3: Panel glue up and progress to dry full assembly

Another part day getting the Panel Door to a completed dry assembly stage. It began with an overnight glue up of the panels, but first up a bit on ...

Fordson Super Dexta wooden model

38 entries

Part 36: Exhaust and handles, chapter 29

Pictures below are from the making of the exhaust and handles of the Fordson Dexta. Thanks for watching.

Part 37: Battery, shields and oilfilter, chapter 30

Pictures below are from the making of the battery, shields and oilfilter of the Fordson Dexta. Thanks for watching.

Part 38: Merged 4

Pictures below are from the making of the merging of the last small parts of the Fordson Dexta. Thanks for watching.

Ramblings from a South Central Texas Wood Butcher

29 entries

Part 28: Soggy South Central Texas, but Making Shavings and Writing Again

Howdy, Everybody! Hope everybody is doing well. Not bad here, other than it’s REALLY wet. I’ve got a tractor to work on and tractor work to do. But...

Part 29: Hot in South Central Texas, but Making Some Sawdust and Shavings

Howdy, Everybody! Been a while, as I’ve been focusing on other activities, but still have gotten some woodworking done, despite the heat. We’re in ...

Rough TV Stand

Part 1: TV Stand....here goes nothing.

My parents have gotten a new place (Restoring a church into a home) and need a new TV stand that fits the feel of the place. I am building a pretty...

Part 2: Yay warm weather!

Been waiting for a nice stretch of weather and finally got it. I can’t/don’t want to bring pieces into the house to stain/poly with little kids aro...

Part 3: All done in Time for father day

Had to set this project aside for a while, but got back in it to get it done for this weekend. Came out pretty good I think.

Quad Bluetooth Stereo

Part 3: A little more progress

Well, I wanted to try a new (to me) joinery technique ie: A miter lock bit for my router table. It took some time to create an auxiliary fence and ...

Part 4: Front faces complete

Finally got some time aka. It was warm enough to work in the garage. But for the front faces complete and this morning I installed the 4 speakers. ...

Part 5: And it's complete

Took a long time to get back onto this project. Finally complete and and it gets plenty loud and looks good doing it.

WoodworkingWeb Awards: Giving the Gift of Boxes

Part 1: Announcement

Theme: Giving the Gift of Boxes Build a special box for a special someone and share the beauty and the inspiration with us, for this Winter Awards....

Part 2: And the Winners are ...

Our Winter WoodworkingWeb Awards are over and we finished with 15 entries. I would like to thank you all who participated by submitting entries or ...

Woodworking Monthly

Part 4: Issue 1.04 / October 2016

October 2016 Issue of our Woodworking Monthly is here. Have a good read! Editorial Feature Article by Les Hastings Feature Article by Paul Miller E...

Part 5: Issue 1.05 / December 2016

December 2016 Issue of our Woodworking Monthly is here. Have a good read! Editorial Feature Article by Les Hastings Feature Article by Paul Miller ...

Part 6: Issue 2.01 / January 2017

January 2017 Issue of our Woodworking Monthly is here. Have a good read! Editorial Winter Awards Feature Article by Les Hastings Feature Article by...

Compact Bluetooth Stereo

Part 3: Outer case

The outer case is complete and painted. The high gloss epoxy worked really well. Front face has been stained and clear will start shortly.

Part 4: Almost there....

Just have 2 more small finishing details to complete…..so close!

Part 5: 98% complete

So here it is. I am waiting on a brown leather handle for the top of this unit. When it gets here I will make a creations page but you get the idea.