Tag: wood working
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Handmade Walnut Cookie Table
A cookie table is a table specialized to hold cookies…right? Ok yes, that too, but the name actually refers to the type of cut that was done to obtain the piece of wood. A wood cookie is a horizontal cut of the tree trunk – the view you need in order to count the growth…
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My Moravian Workbench
After preparing the woodshop space, I needed to build a woodworking bench. The important feature about the bench I wanted was portability. Many of the plans I saw online were for beautiful benches that would never move from the place where they were built. You want a sturdy bench, and in most cases sturdiness comes…
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Javi’s Workshop
I have wanted a workshop in our house for a long time, but I haven’t found the right space. Our house in Louisville has a garage, but it is not in the kind of condition I’d need for a permanent wood shop. There are several holes on the walls, it is not insulated, and there…
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More Weekends like This
Last weekend was damn near perfect, freezing temperatures and limited outdoor time notwithstanding. After several days cooped up in our house thanks to the cold weather, we ventured out on Friday night for the opening of D.O.P.E. (Dreaming of Patterns Everyday) at Revelry Boutique Gallery. I’ve been doing pop ups there with my shop on…
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