The Carpentry Way has Moved
I have migrated my site away from blogger and over to Wordpress. Most visitors trying to reach here will be automatically redirected, but in case you found your way here anyhow, the new address...
View ArticleBye-bye blogger
After many frustrations in recent months on Blogger, I reached a point where Google’s ‘free’ product simply wasn’t serving me, or my readers, well at all, with particular regard to the commenting...
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My new WP blog is, after spending 2 hours each of the past three mornings with WP chat support, finally working properly. Links within threads, from post to post, now work, and links to pages found...
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Next item on the project list, which is now down to just a few pieces, was the table for the Japanese room’s sitting area This is an area for which I had already created a set of three benches,...
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Wadkin Dimension Saw: Resurrection (Phase 1)
A little background, for those readers who haven’t been reading this blog since the inception of written records (somewhere in 2009): Wadkins Glen, II, III, IV Just before I head out to Colgate...
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Well, though this video covers ground already detailed in the last two posts, being at last edited and narrated, it seemed worth sharing: I did my first trip out to Colgate this past few days to...
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Wadkin Dimension Saw: Resurrection (Phase I), Part II
I’ve been too engrossed with project work to be able to make it back up to Rees shop in NH, however he has made a lot of progress on the machining work. In fact, the work is complete after nearly 40...
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This job sure entails a diverse range of items, from architectural millwork, sliding doors, to furniture, to windows, and so forth. It’s fun in that respect. I’ve been working on the round window for...
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Things have been progressing smoothly, save for a glitch on one front, which has pushed the install date back a couple of weeks. In the past couple of weeks, there were a few days where many bats were...
View ArticleThe Art of Japanese Carpentry Drawing
At first, the 5 Volumes, 2 supplements and Kanna Tuning Manual which comprise the series, were listed to the right side of the page with convenient Paypal purchase buttons, however for some...
View ArticleBuild Thread Index
A sizable number of the posts on this blog are devoted to build ‘threads’ where the reader is taken along the journey of design and construction of a piece. Some of these build threads comprise less...
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Next on the list were the two staggered shelves in the Japanese flanking alcove, or tokowaki. This illustration shows the arrangement: I used some figured cherry for the shelf boards and followed the...
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Some progress has been made on the WordPress front. I’m still new to this site, having migrated here from Blogger a couple of months back, and still on the steep part of the learning curve it would...
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Colgate EALL (18)
The last phase of construction for the Colgate University East Asian Language Lab (EALL) involved a pair of sliding doors to be fitted beneath the alcove in the Japanese room. Since I had previously...
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Wadkin Dimension Saw: Resurrection (Phase I), Part III
If you wish to see the previous post in this thread, click here. I’ve been so busy finishing up project work that I simply didn’t have the time to journey up to New Hampshire to get the sliding table...
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This is the final post depicting the construction of an interior for the East Asian Language department at Colgate University in upstate New York. While this concludes my scope of work, additional...
View ArticleTopic Index
On this page will be a series of links to various topic posts, or series of posts, which are not build threads. This list will be continually updated as new material is added, so please check back from...
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Slotting in Something New
A crate has arrived at my shop. In lieu of the ‘unboxing video’, I present a few images, starting with this one: Let me know, if you feel like it, by which picture can you identify the type of machine,...
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Knipex Plier-Wrench Review
My last tool review, infrequent as they are, was also on a Knipex product (Cobra pliers) and was posted at the end of last year. Cobra pliers are fantastic for gripping all sorts of objects, except for...
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Wadkin Resurrection: Protractor
I’m back. Yes, this blog lives. Over the past 2 months I’ve been through some tough challenges I do not care to relate in public, and am just returning to ‘normal’ – whatever that is, so hoping to be...
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