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Thread: What's a good book on dining tables?
Post: RE: What's a good book on dining tables?
AHill Wrote: (07-24-2023, 04:03 PM)
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For dimensions of things like table height, etc., an excellent book is Illustrated Cabinetmaking. They have drawings of hundreds of different types of furnitur... |
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Papa Jim |
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07-25-2023, 08:27 PM |
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Thread: What's a good book on dining tables?
Post: What's a good book on dining tables?
More specifically, this table will go in a bay window dining area where the window seats have already been constructed, so it will probably be a little oddly shaped and more casual that a formal dinin... |
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Papa Jim |
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07-21-2023, 10:12 AM |
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Thread: One eye v. an eye and a half
Post: RE: One eye v. an eye and a half
thewalnutguy Wrote: (05-31-2023, 02:15 PM)
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Had detached retina about 25 years ago. I'd noticed the field of vision in the left eye was "cropped". This was late one Friday, and I waited until Monda... |
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Papa Jim |
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06-01-2023, 12:57 PM |
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Thread: One eye v. an eye and a half
Post: RE: One eye v. an eye and a half
kurt18947 Wrote: (05-29-2023, 06:18 PM)
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If the surgery isn't a financial burden, what's the downside? If it doesn't work you wear a patch, just like you're talking about now.
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Oh, I've had the... |
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Papa Jim |
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05-29-2023, 08:54 PM |
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Thread: One eye v. an eye and a half
Post: RE: One eye v. an eye and a half
stav Wrote: (05-29-2023, 06:26 AM)
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No help for the asked question but I had a coworker that had detached retinas in both eyes and he got surgery for them both and is seeing fine now. Your situatio... |
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Thread: One eye v. an eye and a half
Post: One eye v. an eye and a half
Due to a detached retina (not woodworking related) I now have 20/20 vision in one eye and 20/150 in the other. As a result I have greatly curtailed my woodworking over the last 2-1/2 yrs. As hard as ... |
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Papa Jim |
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05-28-2023, 09:41 PM |
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Thread: Show me your violin display cases
Post: RE: Show me your violin display cases
teacher Wrote: (01-31-2023, 10:51 PM)
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Great job!
Gives me an idea as what to do with a violin my dad picked up in France (WW2) All though, to him , it was a fiddle. Played by ear, never learn... |
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Papa Jim |
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02-01-2023, 05:51 PM |
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Thread: Show me your violin display cases
Post: RE: Show me your violin display cases
Final product: Cherry with Kingwood corner splines. That's my father playing the instrument in the early 1920s. We did not attempt to rebuild the violin. It is basically in the same shape as when he l... |
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Papa Jim |
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01-30-2023, 10:46 PM |
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Thread: Tusked Trestle Table Design?
Post: RE: Tusked Trestle Table Design?
You and I and everybody on the forum knows that those breadboard ends are going to move. Make sure the client knows that!
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11-01-2022, 07:39 PM |
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Thread: Show me your violin display cases
Post: RE: Show me your violin display cases
Just purple velvet as i recall. Here is one setup I liked: |
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Papa Jim |
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10-31-2022, 08:06 AM |
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Thread: Show me your violin display cases
Post: RE: Show me your violin display cases
My son sent me this picture of it for use in starting on the box. It's in pretty rough shape. I didn't think it would ever be playable again but hopefully it can be made presenable. |
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Papa Jim |
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10-30-2022, 06:44 PM |
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Thread: Show me your violin display cases
Post: RE: Show me your violin display cases
Tankwood Wrote: (10-26-2022, 04:51 PM)
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Could you post a photo of the fiddle and bow..
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Don't have it yet, but my son is bringing it down Thanksgiving. Will post then. I have started wood selec... |
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Papa Jim |
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10-26-2022, 07:43 PM |
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Thread: Show me your violin display cases
Post: RE: Show me your violin display cases
Tankwood Wrote: (10-23-2022, 03:03 PM)
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I did make a wall hanger for my Son’s guitar..
Your thought of making a display case for your families fiddle and bow
would be cool..
An assessable w... |
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Papa Jim |
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10-23-2022, 05:21 PM |
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Thread: Show me your violin display cases
Post: Show me your violin display cases
My son has my father's ancient fiddle and bow, but like me no musical talent at all. But I have a grandson (age 13) that does play the violin. His uncle thinks it would be a cool idea for me to make a... |
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Papa Jim |
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10-23-2022, 01:22 PM |
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Thread: Sudoku box
Post: RE: Sudoku box
stav Wrote: (10-07-2022, 07:28 AM)
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It looks great.
So, how many filled in squares did you start with? :D
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All of them! :laugh: |
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Papa Jim |
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10-07-2022, 06:10 PM |
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Thread: Sudoku box
Post: RE: Sudoku box
MstrCarpenter Wrote: (10-06-2022, 06:02 PM)
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That's awesome! Can you give us a sense of scale? It would make a very interesting card table.
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The box is 5-1/2" square. Individual pieces 5/8" squ... |
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Papa Jim |
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10-06-2022, 06:39 PM |
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Thread: Sudoku box
Post: Sudoku box
Instead of 9 numbers I used 9 different types of wood. Same rules. Only one of each type in each row, column and 3 x 3 square. |
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Papa Jim |
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10-06-2022, 12:55 PM |
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Thread: How to rehab a Unisaw front rail
Post: How to rehab a Unisaw front rail
I decided to show my Unisaw a little love by cleaning up the front rail. It doesn't seem like rocket science but I thought maybe the forum members might have some helpful suggestions.
So far I've j... |
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Papa Jim |
Woodworking Power Tools
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02-20-2022, 02:14 PM |
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Thread: Type of wood
Post: RE: Type of wood
Halfathumb Wrote: (09-27-2021, 01:54 PM)
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What wood is this? I originally thought WO when I stripped the spindle but the back appears to be different. Are they the same species?
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I'm not too go... |
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Papa Jim |
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09-29-2021, 09:04 PM |
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Thread: Router bit got me on Friday
Post: RE: Router bit got me on Friday
Thanks to everyone who posted. Shop accidents always leave you feeling a little stupid (at least mine have) and for that reason there is a tendancy not to make them public. These posts are a good remi... |
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Papa Jim |
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