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Yearly Archives: 2017

The requirements for this wishing well were rather simple: it had to be relatively compact but large enough to cover an unsightly well pipe, but also inexpensive and easy to make. Of course, I also wanted it to look half-decent. I think I succeeded on all counts. The well was built over the course of a […]

Simple Wishing Well

This entry was posted in Projects on August 3, 2017 by Bill Kovalick

Here is a nifty calculator for making items via splayed joinery that was graciously provided by Gerald R. What exactly is “splayed joinery” you say? Well imagine a tube made from multiple pieces of wood (staves) in which one end of the tube is larger in diameter than the other. An example is a tapered round […]

Stave Calculator for Splayed Joinery

This entry was posted in Jigs Joinery on May 25, 2017 by Bill Kovalick

Seagull on pier intarsia — I’ve been dabbling with intarsia for the last few months and it’s been quite the learning experience. If you’re not familiar with intarsia, it refers to a woodworking technique/art form that involves inlaying different pieces of wood to create a pseudo 3-D picture. It relies on the natural variations in wood grain and color to create the […]

Getting Started with Intarsia

This entry was posted in Misc on February 23, 2017 by Bill Kovalick

DIY scrollsaw mount for magnifying lamp — I’ve been the proud owner of a government surplus 1970s-era magnifying desk lamp for more years that I can remember. For most of that time, it sat unused in a closet collecting dust but I finally found a use for it – as a magnifying light for my Dewalt 788 scroll saw! But the trick was to […]

Mounting a Magnifying Lamp on a Dewalt Scroll Saw

This entry was posted in Jigs Tools on February 15, 2017 by Bill Kovalick