Last week my planer blew a bearing on the cutterhead. It is a NuMark 12” planer, more than 30 years old. The company went out of business many year...

PTL! The bearing is finally off! I eventually came to the realization that I should remove the motor to make the remaining parts easier to maneuver...

Most important: Thank you to the helpful woodworkers who were kind enough to guide me on this endeavor. You are the ones who gave me the courage to...

Cutting out lots of small items. Almost finished, with just the main weight and the small counter weight plus the pendulum arm remaining, plus a fe...

Day 8 Work The parts for the main weight were cut and some some small parts were finished. A couple of grub screws had to be custom made because I ...

Day 9 work The different parts were glued up, namely; the 3 piece main frame the 5 piece winding wheel (5 wheels glued together to form a pulley li...

First of many coats, this fit really take a few to get it where I want it with the ebony stain. 1st coat 2nd coat Oh and the Chardonnay panels are ...

Poly Coat #4 is in the books. Now switching to satin and 400 wet sanding.

Finally got this thing complete and tested it out. It sounds great and goes a lot lower than I expected.

I started with a new T and J project. A lattice boom crane. I first wanted to make a intarsia coon, but the patterns are not yet arrived. Therefore...

A lot of work is done making all the tracks. Below the pictures. Thanks for watching.

Today I finished the caterpillar tracks. Below the last pictures. Thanks for watching

I started building a chevalet. I want to thank Paul (aka shipwright) and Mike for their help. Downloaded the Sketch up drawing made by Paul. Yester...

Today I ordered some saw blades for the chevalet and also found a place for storage. Thanks for watching.

Today I got some different (jigsaw) saw blades. But the intarsia pattern isn’t yet there. Therefore, you have to be patient about my experiences wi...

First off… I’m not a creative writer, I’m just going to put that out there. Debbie has asked me to put together a tutorial on how I create a wooden...

Theme: Bits & Pieces Show us your creations using those meticulously cut “bits and pieces” of wood and your marquetry and/or intarsia technique...

Our 7th WoodworkingWeb awards are over and we ended up with 5 entries. I would like to thank you all who participated by submitting entries or voti...

Well I am finally going to build a cross cut sled. I have rounded up the hardware, made a dertimination of size, and glued runners to a piece of fl...

With returning to town from the summer camping experience the wifey is asking me to get at the coffees (2), table build. I have had the birch racke...

Last week I made two hydraulic cylinders. The cylinders should be able to hold the crane boom in position. Therefor I additional made a “clamping” ...

Below pictures from the threaded shaft. Maybe, when you like it, I will make a blog about how it’s made. Thanks for watching.

Yesterday I posted pictures (first two) from the threaded shaft. In this blog you can see how it’s made. Thanks for watching

The wheels were split and again glued together. I love woodworking. First destroy and then reassemble. Below the process Thanks for watching

Today I started making the rims. See pictures below, Next time more. Thanks for watching

Below pictures of making the “circle” parts for the rims. Also pictures from how the nuts are made. Thanks for watching