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Thursday, November 17, 2011

Dowel center-finding jig and some Christmas woodworking ideas.

Here's a quick little jig that Bill Wilson (the Cajone king) made for centering dowel holes on the edge of a board. Just two dowels and a hole all lined up. Place the dowels on each side of an edge and drill through the center hole. VoilĂ !




And since it's gift-building season, Bill also sent over a picture of a project he built. The snow is flour.


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Here's another gift idea...a slit drum. Dave Hecker says his biggest woodworking challenge is getting wood into his basement...it has to go through the house to get there! Slit drums are fun projects.


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Kenneth Hockenberry posted this most incredible video over on Facebook today. (If you're not signed up the the Mere Mortals Facebook page, check it out. Lots of really cool discussions, sometimes about wood, sometimes about football on Sundays. Plus, if you aren't there, we talk about you behind your back.) 

At any rate, there is so much that is cool about this video, I won't spoil anything before you watch.









7 comments:

  1. Very Cool Video!!! That is one sweet lamp shade.

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  2. totally cool! thanks for posting that vid!

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  3. Very nice, as are most woodturning projects. But on this one, while I agree the lamp looks great, I cannot help think how much good material is wasted....

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  4. The dowel center finder is doggone brilliant!

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  5. How cool is that! I want one of those!

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