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The Renaissance Woodworker
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At long last I have a new site dedicated to this blog set up at www.renaissancewoodworker.com. When I originally started this blog it was meant to be an offshoot of my furniture business to show what I was working on. The past two years have changed that mission dramatically! I have spoken with and even met many of you and I feel very fortunate to have made some great friends along the way. I never expected to have the number of viewers/readers that I have today and I thank you all for stopping by, commenting, emailing, and coming to visit me at the Steppingstone Museum. This community continually amazes me with it’s enthusiasm, humor, and sincerity, and I can’t wait to share more with you and meet many, many more of you.
So I have decided to kick things up a notch and take The Renaissance Woodworker in a more professional and polished direction. Nothing is going to change about the content you get today, other than it will load much faster, look cooler, and be better organized. I plan to add several new components to this venture and yes, even some things that might actually turn this into a business of it’s own. There is nothing I would like better than to be able to dedicate more of my time to you guys generating custom content, answering questions, and talking woodworking and I hope this move will get that started. Thank you all again for making this ride so far so much fun and I hope I can continue to please you all with the stuff I am putting out.
The Rogers Fine Woodworking domain will not be going anywhere but I will be redirecting it for a while until I can redesign it. So if nothing else, you can still click on this site and you will be magically transported to the new domain. So the upshot of all this is, change your bookmarks, your RSS settings and subscribe to the new feed coming out of the new domain. The RSS feed button is still in the top right corner. Sorry for the inconvenience but hopefully you will see it is worth it with what I have coming in the pipeline.
Thanks,
Shannon
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So I have decided to kick things up a notch and take The Renaissance Woodworker in a more professional and polished direction. Nothing is going to change about the content you get today, other than it will load much faster, look cooler, and be better organized. I plan to add several new components to this venture and yes, even some things that might actually turn this into a business of it’s own. There is nothing I would like better than to be able to dedicate more of my time to you guys generating custom content, answering questions, and talking woodworking and I hope this move will get that started. Thank you all again for making this ride so far so much fun and I hope I can continue to please you all with the stuff I am putting out.
The Rogers Fine Woodworking domain will not be going anywhere but I will be redirecting it for a while until I can redesign it. So if nothing else, you can still click on this site and you will be magically transported to the new domain. So the upshot of all this is, change your bookmarks, your RSS settings and subscribe to the new feed coming out of the new domain. The RSS feed button is still in the top right corner. Sorry for the inconvenience but hopefully you will see it is worth it with what I have coming in the pipeline.
Thanks,
Shannon
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In this episode, I tackle planing really thin and flexible strips. ; Sometimes this comes up when working with detailed moldings and such and this little tip is a nice one to add to the toolbox. Enjoy the show!
Stay tuned for the soon to be released Hand Tool School for more content like this!
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Stay tuned for the soon to be released Hand Tool School for more content like this!
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We had a lot of fun doing another Wood Talk last night. Hope you will join us in two weeks for the next one: Tuesday, September 21 at 9 PM eastern
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You can reach us by email at woodtalkonline@gmail.com or you can pick up the phone and leave us a message on our voice mail at 623-242-2450. Or you can find us on Twitter as @MBWPodcast, @WoodWhisperer, and @RenaissanceWW and also on Facebook too.
Topics:
- What’s been keeping us busy all summer,
- The woodworking styles you should probably get to know,
- Our favorite recent woodworking articles,
- Some cool crap going on in the forums.
What’s on the Bench:
Marc – Wood Talk Online Radio and the Wood Talk Online Forum. The Chest of Drawers is done!
Matt – Started Ron Brese Small Smoother Plane Kit and a Walnut side board for some friends. BUT I’ve spent most of my summer renovating a portion of an old Lazy Boy furniture warehouse space into my wife’s new photo studio (roll that beautiful footage)
Shannon – 2 Adirondack chairs, Hepplewhite Bookcase, Bevy of Boxes, Claw Feet, Designs for Christmas Card Table and Trestle or French Country Table, Jefferson Desk
Events:
Woodworking in America
Fourth annual Mid-Hudson Woodworkers Show Saturday September 25 at the Hurley Reformed Church in Hurley New York $3 admission
Email:
From listener Jeremy Hopkins”
“I know you have provided a great service, and have spent time “perfecting” the art of woodworking – at least as much as anything fluid is ever perfected – but I had a question concerning what you felt were the three styles of furniture that every woodworker should attempt, if not feel that they have achieved some level of “mastery” over. Yes, I realize this can open a can of worms as to what constitutes mastery, but that is not the field of this request. I’m more concerned with starting points than ending points at this particular moment. Should a woodworker attempt Stickley, or Federal, or perhaps some other style? Or does it remain in the best interest to rarely venture outside of the Shaker realm?”
Articles/Blog Posts:
Marc – Woodworker West Sept/Oct. 2010 Profile: The Maloof Legacy
Matt – A visit to the Design Doctor Sept/Oct 2010 FWW
Shannon: Gottschall Block, Bob Lang
From the Forum:
Avoidance Behavior: started by Bobby Slack
Table Saws, Granite vs cast iron table top: Started by Aaron B
Sweet Deals:
Highland Woodworking
Earlex HV 3500 HVLP Spray System $129.99
Triton 10″ Sliding Miter Saw $199.99
Eagle America – Huge Cutting Tool Sale – Save up to an additional 20%! All router bits, shaper cutters and saw blades including sets and clearance items. Ends September 15, 2010.
Sears Friends and Family Sale- Sat. Sept. 11th – Extra 10% off tools but 20% off other stuff.
Voicemails:
Erin Missouri – Difference between bevel chisels and bench chisels?
Roberto – Working with Bamboo. Special precautions, blades, etc.?
BambooCraft.net
Mike NJ – Electrolytic rust removal.
Guest Tips:
Tom’s Tip – Enough room for your projects?
Visit Tom’s site, Toms Workbench
Kari’s tip – Inspiration from old stuff.
Visit Kari’s site, The Village Carpenter.
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center>Right Click to Download MP3
Watch the recording on Ustream
<br style="clear: both" />
You can reach us by email at woodtalkonline@gmail.com or you can pick up the phone and leave us a message on our voice mail at 623-242-2450. Or you can find us on Twitter as @MBWPodcast, @WoodWhisperer, and @RenaissanceWW and also on Facebook too.
Topics:
- What’s been keeping us busy all summer,
- The woodworking styles you should probably get to know,
- Our favorite recent woodworking articles,
- Some cool crap going on in the forums.
What’s on the Bench:
Marc – Wood Talk Online Radio and the Wood Talk Online Forum. The Chest of Drawers is done!
Matt – Started Ron Brese Small Smoother Plane Kit and a Walnut side board for some friends. BUT I’ve spent most of my summer renovating a portion of an old Lazy Boy furniture warehouse space into my wife’s new photo studio (roll that beautiful footage)
Shannon – 2 Adirondack chairs, Hepplewhite Bookcase, Bevy of Boxes, Claw Feet, Designs for Christmas Card Table and Trestle or French Country Table, Jefferson Desk
Events:
Woodworking in America
Fourth annual Mid-Hudson Woodworkers Show Saturday September 25 at the Hurley Reformed Church in Hurley New York $3 admission
Email:
From listener Jeremy Hopkins”
“I know you have provided a great service, and have spent time “perfecting” the art of woodworking – at least as much as anything fluid is ever perfected – but I had a question concerning what you felt were the three styles of furniture that every woodworker should attempt, if not feel that they have achieved some level of “mastery” over. Yes, I realize this can open a can of worms as to what constitutes mastery, but that is not the field of this request. I’m more concerned with starting points than ending points at this particular moment. Should a woodworker attempt Stickley, or Federal, or perhaps some other style? Or does it remain in the best interest to rarely venture outside of the Shaker realm?”
Articles/Blog Posts:
Marc – Woodworker West Sept/Oct. 2010 Profile: The Maloof Legacy
Matt – A visit to the Design Doctor Sept/Oct 2010 FWW
Shannon: Gottschall Block, Bob Lang
From the Forum:
Avoidance Behavior: started by Bobby Slack
Table Saws, Granite vs cast iron table top: Started by Aaron B
Sweet Deals:
Highland Woodworking
Earlex HV 3500 HVLP Spray System $129.99
Triton 10″ Sliding Miter Saw $199.99
Eagle America – Huge Cutting Tool Sale – Save up to an additional 20%! All router bits, shaper cutters and saw blades including sets and clearance items. Ends September 15, 2010.
Sears Friends and Family Sale- Sat. Sept. 11th – Extra 10% off tools but 20% off other stuff.
Voicemails:
Erin Missouri – Difference between bevel chisels and bench chisels?
Roberto – Working with Bamboo. Special precautions, blades, etc.?
BambooCraft.net
Mike NJ – Electrolytic rust removal.
Guest Tips:
Tom’s Tip – Enough room for your projects?
Visit Tom’s site, Toms Workbench
Kari’s tip – Inspiration from old stuff.
Visit Kari’s site, The Village Carpenter.
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You hear a lot about how the true mark of a master craftsman is not the quality of his work but his ability to cover the mistakes he made. This is true because these big and little mistakes seems to happen to all of us.
Sometimes however, the planets align and the woodworking gods smile and it just all works out. You know that moment when the tenon slides smoothly into the mortise and the joint closes with no gap. This is pure bliss.
So it was with great satisfaction that after I sharpened my block plane and put it to the freshly sawn edge of a Walnut panel, I drew up shining end grain shavings.
It was a combination of elements well executed that led to this shining moment. The jointing that created the gap free and level panel glue up. The finely tuned cross cut saw that trimmed the panel to length straight and true. And finally the planecraft that polished the end grain to a gleam not possible with sandpaper in just a few strokes.
Sometimes it just all works out perfectly!
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Sometimes however, the planets align and the woodworking gods smile and it just all works out. You know that moment when the tenon slides smoothly into the mortise and the joint closes with no gap. This is pure bliss.
So it was with great satisfaction that after I sharpened my block plane and put it to the freshly sawn edge of a Walnut panel, I drew up shining end grain shavings.
It was a combination of elements well executed that led to this shining moment. The jointing that created the gap free and level panel glue up. The finely tuned cross cut saw that trimmed the panel to length straight and true. And finally the planecraft that polished the end grain to a gleam not possible with sandpaper in just a few strokes.
Sometimes it just all works out perfectly!
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I haven’t done any video on this build so far but you can find my string of blog posts detailing this adventure by doing a category search by Hepplewhite to see everything. (you could just follow that link too)
Today I tackle something new. Just mitering this molding wouldn’t be a big deal if I didn’t have to cover up a mistake. This was a fun little detail that adds to much to the lines and elegance of this humble little shelf.
I hope you enjoy the video and give technique a try your self.
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Today I tackle something new. Just mitering this molding wouldn’t be a big deal if I didn’t have to cover up a mistake. This was a fun little detail that adds to much to the lines and elegance of this humble little shelf.
I hope you enjoy the video and give technique a try your self.
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