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Written by Frederick Matzen
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Thursday, 04 March 2010 08:54 |
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Here's a great tutorial on sharpening a chisel from the Stewart MacDonald newsletter. StewMac is primarily a guitar builders dream. selling everything from tools to wood for instrument building. A lot of their tools can be used in other types of woodworking as well like microchisels, Wagner Safe-T-Planer and other gizmos.
I get their newsletter and while much of the time it is about repairing guitars/instruments, this one had a nice article on sharpening a cheap chisel. There are of course many ways to do that but the is one was explained quite well. Keep in mind that they do promote their products fairly heavily but in this case Master instrument repairman, Dan Erlewine, gives you alternatives to their products. Including a jig you can build for holding the chisel and the proper angle.
View it HERE. |
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Written by Frederick Matzen
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Saturday, 23 January 2010 14:47 |
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As always, this month was some TOUGH competition. But in the end our new Treasurer, Laura Peterson, walked away with a $20 Rockler Gift Card for her outstanding jewelry boxes.
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Last Updated on Saturday, 23 January 2010 15:01 |
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Christmas Projects at our October Meeting |
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Written by Frederick Matzen
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Monday, 14 September 2009 22:06 |
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October is the month for bring in those GREAT Christmas gift project ideas. You can bring a finished piece, an unfinished piece that's far enough along so that we can tell what it is, a photo on CD or Flash Drive or plans to build it. Any way you want to share your ideas or former successes. We've had some great projects in the past that were simple and easy to make but very welcome when it came time to open presents. A handmade gift always means more than something store bought (well to MOST peolpe).
Come in and join the fun or get inspired! |
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New Turtle Stool Plan available |
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Written by Frederick Matzen
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Thursday, 17 September 2009 13:14 |
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One of our members, Grant Steffen, brought a bunch of the Turtle Stools to our Sept. meeting for the Christmas Toys program and left a template set with me. I've converted that into a downloadable plan for all of you to use to make your own. They are very simple and can be decorated anyway you want.
You have to be logged in to get it. Once logged in go the DOCUMENTS menu and click on WOODWORKING PLANS when it expands downward. It will be the first one listed at the top.
I hope to get a photo of the finished version up soon but I neglected to take a picture of Grants. |
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Written by Frederick Matzen
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Monday, 14 September 2009 22:02 |
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I've been having problems with the CWG video camera connecting via firewire to my computer. I'm still not entirely sure what the problem has been but I tried reversing the cable and it has been working for several days solid now so I'm trying to get caught up in the STACKS of tapes I have from meetings and get them online. Once I get caught up with the online stuff I will start converting them to DVD to keep in our beautiful cabinet that any member can borrow for a month.
Sorry for not being on top of it but its been more frustrating than you'll ever know to keep this working consistantly.
Frederick |
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