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Fir Bench, Canadian Eh!

Jan 30, 2009
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This is my first attempt at mortise and tenon joinery.  Needless to say I learned a lot.  Fir is an interesting(read challenging material).  It is widely available here in Edmonton...

Cherry serving board with bread knife.

Nov 26, 2008
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Serving board.  Made out of cherry with a purple heart inlay.  The knife handle is endgrain maple and purple heart, a cut off from a cutting board project.  The finnish for both pieces...

Tage Frid's Salad Tongs

Oct 30, 2008

Here is my take on Tage Frid's Salad Thong article in FWW.  I used 2 pieces 3/32 Cherry that I re-sawed and planed up myself.  To finish I used good old Mineral Oil and Bees Wax.

End Grain Cutting Boards

Oct 13, 2008
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A few of the end grain cutting boards I have made.  I mostly use hard maple and purple heart but I have made a few with cherry and walnut as well.  For a finish I use mineral oil and...

Study Chair

Oct 13, 2008

Here is a chair I made for my wife out of oak.  All of the joinery is done with pocket holes.  There are four 1" dowels that help hold it together as well.  


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Re: Fir Bench, Canadian Eh!

Thanks for the complements.
I did originally have some walnut wedges cut but I was not being careful when I cut them and they didn't work as well as the fur ones I had access to. That aluminum is great stuff so soft, for metal, and you get these cool spiral thread piles when you are done drilling and counter boring.

posted: 1:35 pm on January 31st  

Re: End Grain Cutting Boards

I use titebond III.
As for assembly it is done in two glue ups with cutting in between.
Rip strips glue up, cross cut strips flip onto endgrain, pick pattern then glue up.
Finish and viola!
So I guess I glue it all up together.

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Re: kumete

That is cool.

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