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Transforming a Pressure Pot for Resin Casting

I attended a seminar last spring at the Oregon Wood Turning Symposium about casting resin. One of the takeaways I got was that I needed to find a used pressure pot to do resin...
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Making A New Mallet

I have been experimenting with a new mallet idea. The idea is to glue up a mallet from smaller pieces of wood and then carve that glue up on the rotary 4th axis on...
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Delicate Demolition

We have started working on the central room in our basement. We would like to transform this room into a comfortable family room. The first project is to remove a bench along the outer...
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Woodturning A Spalted Maple Bowl

I have made a wood turned bowl for a charity auction for Camp More. Camp More is a week long summer camp on the Oregon coast for kids who have a stutter....
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Garage Storage Drawers Part 2

I have completed the 2nd half to the basement storage system.  This part of the project entailed bringing the structure into the house and attaching it to the wall, in addition to installing all...
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Making A Kiwi Trellis

I have been working on a trellis for my parents. It is a Mother's Day gift. I just got the trellis put in place and it seems to work. The big idea...
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Making the Steel Bridge

We built my son's 3rd grade Steel Bridge project on the CNC router. First we made drawings of the Steel Bridge from photographs. With these drawings, we cut out...
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Making A Woodturning Steady Rest

I have made a steady rest for my lathe to help in finishing both ends of the mallets I have been working on. I made a steady rest a few years ago...
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Workholding Devices on the CNC

In this project, I made two workholding devices for the CNC wood router table. The first workholding device is a clamp that holds a piece of wood vertical so I can...
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Motor Mount and Belt Cover for the Surface Sanding Machine

In this project, I lift the drum sander’s motor up and move it closer to the shaft of the drum. In doing this, I shorten the belts between the motor and...