October Giveaway Winners
Congratulations to this month’s Giveaway winners!! And a big thanks to our Giveaway Sponsors, FineWoodworking.com and Eagle America!
The Router Bit of the Month winner: Tim Donahue
Eagle America’s Keepsake Box makes a wonderful gift for someone special and their Build-A-Box Value Package #199-1425 makes this project very easy to do. It includes a beautiful Box Side Bit, an elegant Foot Molding Bit, the Hardware Kit which includes hinges, lid supports and screws, and the project plan that shows you exactly how to make the box from A to Z. A great project for the holidays!
Fine Woodworking Archive Collection winner – Tim Gogley
Now, for the first time ever, you can get digital reproductions of the first 201 issues of Fine Woodworking magazine. All in a single compact DVD-ROM with a user-friendly search function.
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CD Storage – Viewer Project
This week, I’ll be posting a couple of projects that were inspired by the Gadget Station series. I certainly took inspiration from a number of sources when making the Gadget Station, so its very cool for me to see others take inspiration from it. This CD storage case was submitted by Brian. Let’s see what he has to say:
Let me first say that I love the site and all the podcasts! Your comical approach really appeals to the masses and all the great information is a solid reinforcement to your dedication to our craft. Great Job!
I am in my late twenty’s and live in the North GA mountains. I grew up watching Norm on Saturday mornings instead of cartoons. He taught me all the basics, and I still watch him to this day. Later in life I discovered David Marks, and he changed how I look at my projects and that there is an amazing rainbow of woods available to us. Most recently I have found your site. I love the fact that you combine all the great influences into your podcasts. You are a very fortunate person to have learned directly from these masters. I enjoy building furniture of all kinds, but my real passion is woodturning. I specialize in segmented turning and have included a link to some of my work.
Now then, enough with the brown nosing. One of my favorite projects was your gadget station. The use of woods, as well as the Greene & Greene and Asian influences grabbed my attention immediately. So using your inspiration, I designed and built my own smaller version to hold cd’s. It is constructed of walnut legs with a poplar body (spalted on back), and a spalted sycamore door. You may notice there is no handle on the door. I embedded magnets in the door to close it and also magnets in the spire on top to then grab and open it. I used a set of barrel hinges from Rockler to allow the door to drop down and be concealed at the same time. This touch anchored the medieval castle theme, I felt I had going on. Well, I hope my cabinet did you some justice. Keep up the great work.
Happy Halloween!!
Just a little Happy Halloween from everyone at TheWoodWhisperer.com. A few goofy pictures for your enjoyment:
Thanks to Kelly, Andy Hobbs (and Angela), and Sean Wisniewski for their respective Photoshop and pumpkin-carving skills!
If you like these, perhaps you’ll enjoy some of the other photos in our Goofy Gallery!
105 – Oh For Keepsake!
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Its that time of year again: HOLIDAY PROJECT TIME! So this year, I decided to make a few little keepsake boxes, thanks to some advice from The Great WOODini. I also took inspiration from a box Nicole keeps on her nightstand and developed a new design that is much more practical for the average woodworker to make. The boxes feature a secret locking pin. Once removed, the lid slides off on a sliding dovetail. And as always with these holiday gift projects, you can modify them by trying different sizes, shapes, and wood species to make your own one-of-a-kind box. And since they are so easy to make, its no problem batching out a bunch of them in a single weekend. If you decide to make some, please send me pics of your variations.
Topics Covered:
- Creating sliding dovetails
- Using a dowel-centering pin to locate holes
- Cutting a recess with a pattern bit
- Sanding end-grain
And here are a few pictures of the final boxes:
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Circle Templates – $32.99 This template set has been incredibly useful for numerous projects including these keepsake boxes and the Contemporary Clock Project from last year. |
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GRR-Ripper™ Adjustable Push Block – $59.99 The GRR-Ripper is the fancy push block you see me using in this video. Incredibly useful and gives you ultimate control of the workpiece! |
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