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My "Bucket List" #3: Pie Crust Table-Segment 2: Set back

Well it has been interesting since I last posted an entry, I had the table top glued up and the outside profile cut and was starting on the inside when I started this Blog entry. well when I was...

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My "Bucket List" #4: Segmant 3: Finally finished with the table.

Well I can cross the table off my bucket list. I am extremley happy with the way it turned out for me being a novice woodworker and all. Here is the completed table with the carvings and the finish put...

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My "Bucket List" #5: Part Three Segmant One: The BARRISTERS BOOKCASE.

Ok now this project has a lot of meaning in it. When I was going through the table part of my projects, I thought about giving up and cutting the table up into firewood and then burning it. But my mom...

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My "Bucket List" #6: Segment Three Part Two: I feel really accomplished today.

Well as I stated before I got the Ash for my Barristers Bookcase yesterday and milled it to rought width and length. So today, I started gluing up panels for the sides, backs, bottoms and the top of...

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My "Bucket List" #7: Segment Three Part Four: The case assemblies are...

Well as you read above, the cases are coming together rather nicley. I have made some head way with the bookcase but was put on hold for a little while because I was taking care of the planning stages...

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My "Bucket List" #8: There has been some changes

Well after looking at my projects that I would like to complete, and getting a pretty nasty response to one of the many letters I have sent out, I have decided to make some changes to my “Bucket List”....

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My "Bucket List" #9: Segment Three Part Four- Sorry guys

Well I finished up the barristers bookcase over the past week and have the cases ready for glass, but the whole thing was put away in the attic until I make room in the basement for the bookcase. I...

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My "Bucket List" #10: Segment Four Part One- I am gonna tease you with this.

When I first started my bucket list, I had planned on making a cabinet based work bench well every good plan gets changed at least once throughout the process of planning. When I say that it gets...

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My Very First Wood Gloat

Well recently, I went to NJ with my mom dad and sisters to see my grandparents and other family members. While there my dad and I went to one of his friends houses and picked up my dads old rockwell...

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My "Bucket List" #11: Segmant four part Two- the assembly of the bench has begun

!Well today I made some progress assembling the sides and “t” braces of my bench. I have to put the end aprons on then I need to make the tops sections and other stuff like that. This is the screw...

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My "Bucket List" #12: Segment Four Part Two- Almost done assembling

Well today was an extremley busy day my dad and I went and did a tree clean up job for a guy in my scout troop. We hauled out 2 mounded 8’ x 16’ trailer loads of box elder and I got some pretty nice...

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Ok I got a HUGE wood Gloat

So a man from my boy scout troop is moving to California for a job offer and he had a woodshop. Well he was in the middle of building a snake tank and asked me to finish it for him. I asked him in a...

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Dang it

Just realized I missed my one year anniversery by 5 days so depressing thats what I get for 12 hour work days.

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Very very excited

Well today was the first day of school and I got home and my dad surprised me. He said the motor for the planer has been ordered. Well I was thinking it was $800 like the motors were all going for. But...

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Here are my two babies

I have not used the planer with the new motor but I cant wait, I need to get some wire and wait for the gear on back order to come in but I just used my brand new used J-Line 12×36 wood lathe spindle...

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Deltas Coming Back

Just checked my email this morning and my local woodcraft had a article basically saying that delta it coming back to South Carolina and all of there stuff will be MADE IN USA. Such great news now if...

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Back To Woodworking

Well I have not been getting much time to do any woodworking lately because of power lifting at my high school. But now that I am done with states and Placed 9th out of 16 in the state. I am ready to...

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Delta rockwell 34-395 tablesaw #1: Gloat time

Well doing my search on Craigslist and I found a 14” tablesaw for sale. Will post pics tomorrow if I get it un loaded. But anyway the guy had the saw for sale for 600 bucks and it has some minor issues...

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You ever get a feeling?

Well about two days ago, my whole world was turned upside down. I got into my first car accident. I was going down my freshly graded dirt road and got to close to the shoulder and started to slide, I...

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Not Woodworking Just Exciting

I have been out of the shop for almost three months now due to football practice and work. But in all reality I would not trade it for a brand new shop that is fully equipped. I do love woodworking but...

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