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Winter 2012

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CNC Woodworking
by Randy Johnson Monday, January 3, 2011
CNC "Woodturning" A CNC rotary indexer allows one to create unique "woodturnings" on the CNC. Below are examples of two chisel handles I made. Once straight and one with a spiral . The 3D modeling file for the spiral version is also...
Scrap Wood to Polished Wood
by Randy Johnson Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Waste-not, want-not. My parent's advice still rings in my ears. Well, I just met a woodworker who's taking that adage to a whole new level, and it's not because of the down economy. Virgil Lieh, a Minnesota artist, is making use of scrap wood...
Simple Sturdy Sawhorse - Part 4
by Randy Johnson Monday, March 16, 2009
VIEW PART 1 VIEW PART 2 VIEW PART 3 VIEW PART 4 I attached the legs to the backs with 1/2" dowels. Loose tenons would also work well. Tap the dowels into the back first. It's easier than putting them into the ends of the angled legs. Tap the...
Simple Sturdy Sawhorse - Part 3
by Randy Johnson Monday, March 9, 2009
VIEW PART 1 VIEW PART 2 VIEW PART 3 VIEW PART 4 Notch the Feet Bandsaw the sides of the notches in the feet first... ....and then remove the center waste. Notch the Legs Use your bandsaw fence to cut the sides of the notches in the legs. Align the fence...
Simple Sturdy Sawhorse - Part 2
by Randy Johnson Saturday, March 7, 2009
VIEW PART 1 VIEW PART 2 VIEW PART 3 VIEW PART 4 Spacers clamped to the work table provide an easy way to set the height of the top board. Line up the end of the top board with the edge of the table. The top the legs are cut at 10-degrees. Line up the...
Simple Sturdy Sawhorse - Part 1
by Randy Johnson Monday, March 2, 2009
VIEW PART 1 VIEW PART 2 VIEW PART 3 VIEW PART 4 Here's one of my favorite sawhorse designs. They provide such stable hard working support that I tend to refer to them as workhorses . I made this pair to serve as the base for a temporary workbench...
Handy router table accessory.
by Randy Johnson Monday, February 23, 2009
While discussing feather boards and router work with a group of woodworkers recently, I asked if any of them had ever used a spring board? No one in the group was familiar with the device, so I described to them what is one of my all-time favorite router...