Fortnite Sign Via CNC

I wanted to make something special for my son Mateo’s 9th birthday. His favorite game is Fortnite so I thought it would be cool to pull in a graphic of his favorite skin (Agent Peely) and include his gamer tag in a carving. My new shop assistant Jon did all the heavy-lifting with the Powermatic CNC side of things and we tag-teamed the painting and finishing work. While this isn’t our usual kind of “project” I thought it would still be fun to show the process. And there’s nothing like making something in the shop that causes a kid’s face to light up!

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Missouri Bush Oil | Morning Show

00:00:31 – Good morning, it’s the Woodworking Morning Show
00:01:10 – Thanks to our Patreon subscribers and YouTube Members!
00:02:47 – Tee Shirt PreOrder ends Oct 31 and Taper Maker for sale!
www.twwstore.com
00:04:15 – Did you ever add upper cabinets to the miter saw station?
00:05:40 – How do you lube your table saw?
00:06:42 – When can we see the end table video?
00:07:35 – How can I clean rust off a bandsaw blade?
00:10:25 – How can I keep my spiral router bits from clogging up and burning?
00:12:05 – How can I clamp live edges without damaging the edges?
00:12:55 – How do I know when I need to clean or sharpen my table saw blade?
00:15:03 – What’s the best way to carve a jigsaw?
00:17:45 – How should I finish an outdoor lounge?
00:20:45 – How should I store my finishes in the winter?
00:22:10 – Do you work through the grits with a spindle sander?
00:23:08 – How can I plane a piece that has the grain in alternating directions?
00:25:35 – Can I put a dado blade on my non-dado arbor?
00:27:00 – Should a table saw fence be parallel to the blade?
00:29:10 – What’s the best way to finish plywood edges?
00:30:55 – Is a helical head worth it?
00:32:45 – Have you ever used Bush Oil for lubricating tools?
00:33:49 – What glue can hold well enough to turn?
00:36:04 – How do you decide what finish to use on your products?
00:37:40 – Can you use Rubio without the part b?
00:38:40 – How often do you read the whole MSDS of a finish before using?
00:40:53 – What is a good hypoallergenic wood to use for cutting boards?
00:41:50 – Can I use plywood to make a chisel mallet?
00:43:22 – How can I finish a pair of wooden chopsticks?
00:44:25 – I soaked my bandsaw blade in vinegar and the vinegar got very dark. Did I ruin my blade?

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Missouri Bush Oil | Morning Show

00:00:31 – Good morning, it’s the Woodworking Morning Show
00:01:10 – Thanks to our Patreon subscribers and YouTube Members!
00:02:47 – Tee Shirt PreOrder ends Oct 31 and Taper Maker for sale!
www.twwstore.com
00:04:15 – Did you ever add upper cabinets to the miter saw station?
00:05:40 – How do you lube your table saw?
00:06:42 – When can we see the end table video?
00:07:35 – How can I clean rust off a bandsaw blade?
00:10:25 – How can I keep my spiral router bits from clogging up and burning?
00:12:05 – How can I clamp live edges without damaging the edges?
00:12:55 – How do I know when I need to clean or sharpen my table saw blade?
00:15:03 – What’s the best way to carve a jigsaw?
00:17:45 – How should I finish an outdoor lounge?
00:20:45 – How should I store my finishes in the winter?
00:22:10 – Do you work through the grits with a spindle sander?
00:23:08 – How can I plane a piece that has the grain in alternating directions?
00:25:35 – Can I put a dado blade on my non-dado arbor?
00:27:00 – Should a table saw fence be parallel to the blade?
00:29:10 – What’s the best way to finish plywood edges?
00:30:55 – Is a helical head worth it?
00:32:45 – Have you ever used Bush Oil for lubricating tools?
00:33:49 – What glue can hold well enough to turn?
00:36:04 – How do you decide what finish to use on your products?
00:37:40 – Can you use Rubio without the part b?
00:38:40 – How often do you read the whole MSDS of a finish before using?
00:40:53 – What is a good hypoallergenic wood to use for cutting boards?
00:41:50 – Can I use plywood to make a chisel mallet?
00:43:22 – How can I finish a pair of wooden chopsticks?
00:44:25 – I soaked my bandsaw blade in vinegar and the vinegar got very dark. Did I ruin my blade?

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Toolbox Build Update

In making my toolbox design I have made two side by side. The mahogany one is made from a vintage dining table that would not be suitable for any home for a few reasons and not the least of which was user damage resulting in broken joints. The wood in this one is simply superb…

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2020 Guild Scholarship Recipients

This year our Guild scholarship distribution was handled a little differently. When Covid shut schools down in March we put out an open invitation to shop teachers in Middle & High School to reach out to us for help with their online learning plans. We had many requests and we were able to fulfill every single one because of the generous scholarship donations.

Even though this happened in March, we wanted to recognize the teachers teaching in such a challenging time and also thank the kind donations to help get all of these teachers set up in the Guild to share the videos with their students.

We will open our scholarship application again in May 2021. If you would like to donate toward the fund you can find more information here.

Guild Scholarship Recipients
Chris Davis
George Zubieta
Conrad Ackerman
Jonathan Au
Clint Behling
Brock Cameron
Giuseppe Tambasco
Rhona Kane

Thank you to the Scholarship donors!
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Gerry Tolbert
Eric Lew
Peter Perrello
Frank Caserta
Amy Martin Pupo
David Nichols
Andrew Gibson-White
Raleigh Beringer
Andy Pridmore
Alan Lillich
Nathan Rewerts
Brian Walford
Brodie Brickey
Gordon White
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The Taper Maker

Over the years, I’ve made a lot of tapers. I usually cobble together a one-time use jig from scrap and throw it away when I’m done. And while there are a lot of tapering jig/sled designs out there I couldn’t find anything that inspired me enough to build or buy it. So I challenged my buddy Andy Klein with the task of coming up with a tapering sled that not only accommodates just about any taper I’d need to make, but also does it in a way that’s quick and easy to adjust. That’s what we’re introducing today: The Taper Maker

It features a single cam handle that adjust up and down as needed with three spring-loaded hold-downs. The sled can accommodate nearly 2.5″ of thickness on my saw and almost 36″ in length. It can be used for tapers as well as straight line rips for jointing operations.

We offer a hardware kit and plans if you’d like to make one for yourself. With most fancy tapering jigs on the market going for over $100, we think this is a great cost-effective solution.

By the way, if you want to see Andy using the jig for a cool project, check this out.

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Shiskabobbing My Uvula

00:00:34 – Good morning, it’s the Woodworking Morning Show
00:00:42 – Thanks to our Patreon subscribers and YouTube Members!
00:02:10 – Tee Shirt PreOrder ends Oct 31st and taper maker is for sale now!

00:07:05 – How often do you use the measuring tape on the miter station t-track?
00:08:30 – Happy Anniversary Spagnuolos!
00:11:43 – How much warping happens when lumber is air-dried vertically?
00:13:38 – How would you exhaust a room dedicated for spraying / finishing?
00:15:48 – What is the purpose of the inserts in a router table?
00:16:55 – How much of the bit needs to be in the collett?
00:18:05 – How can I learn more about the “why” in woodworking?
00:22:00 – Does Tasmanian blackwood compare to walnut?
00:22:45 – How do you make end grain look like it’s not laminated?
00:24:13 – When do you go with “quick and dirty” overdoing it “properly”?
00:26:40 – Do every inch of projects need to be finished or do you leave interiors and corners?
00:28:15 – Is walnut safe for furniture for pets?
00:30:40 – What’s the best way to store plans where they’re not going to rust?
00:32:10 – Woodworker’s Fighting Cancer update. We reached our goal!
00:33:23 – How does the guild discount work for the Roubo build?
00:33:50 – Is Bell Forrest doing a black Friday sale against this year?
00:35:20 – How deep should a dowel joint go?
00:37:30 – Do you have a video of applying Rubio to furniture?
00:40:30 – Do you have a detail on the different spokeshaves on the wall?
00:42:37 – How do you protect your phone/camera/electronics in the shop?
00:43:47 – How can you stop the floor moving in your shop?

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Update on My Book- Essential Woodworking Hand Tools

My Book, Essential Woodworking Hand Tools, is now out of stock everywhere, but thankfully it is in the process of being printed as we speak! We are expecting new stock in a few weeks so, at least to begin with, the only place to buy it will be directly from us. If you’d like to…

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Making My Way

I’m currently in the middle of making two toolboxes, to replicate the building of one completed by Joseph and I in 2003. It’s not a small amount of work to make two in tandem, but necessary in the preparation of the video work we need. I rip-cut my components on the bandsaw and by hand…

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Hannah, Sketches, Life, Work

Hannah is a detail person. She’s focussed on different points of view and made sketches of where she intended and intends to go. This is her first real, independent furniture design and I thought you should see it. Please remember that this work was all handwork and includes for the main part at least using…

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Vlog #18 Went Up Today!

People often tell me not to do anything other than woodworking. You know, not have opinions, thoughts, musings and ponderings. They’re a bit dull because they want me to be like them, controlling! I’m not a videographer because I don’t craft the videos, they are what they are. But the content is me. I don’t…

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Perfecting Skilled Work

My plans for the future of hand tool woodworking haven’t changed very much through three decades thus far. My time is not yet done and I write, sketch, build and create with the perpetuation of my handcraft in mind all the time. New developments in hobby realms include CNC production and this is an interesting…

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The Certainty of Uncertainty

Perseverance is everything, especially in the face of adversity. The book above is one of 34 we plan to print that I have written over the past twenty years. It’s taken me 20 years to get to this dream point but all the machines for printing and publishing are now in place. I think the…

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Heard it Said…

…90% of woodworking is knowing how to fix your mistakes. When a man starts working wood to live off what he earns, making becomes a resource to others. This is mostly because what he makes improves the life of another in some way, large or small. Being a solution is the way of life to…

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Exclusivity

There is an exclusivity I see in all walks of life where one group disregards others who don’t feel as the other group or groups do. It’s funny how we use the term ‘exclusive‘ to describe something ultra special. ‘He’s wearing an exclusive suit!’ for instance. Or Mercedes cars are very exclusive. I have seen…

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George Bridged the Gap…

…55 years later. I told you the story about the man who ended up with gappy mitres to his architraves. How George helped me to see the true picture. Here is the story if you missed it. Well, I recalled this when I saw this gap in a hinge on the underside of an 1800s…

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Oh, George!

It was George that taught me so much at the bench over the years. But it wasn’t so much about the woodworking as it was about human kindness. I’ve told you how a couple of the other men at the other benches were often disparaging about Bill because he was Jewish. Well, by contrast, George…

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It’s a Small Thing

I often find that the small and ordinary can take on the large to become more than extraordinary. My toolbox here is one I designed and developed and perfected to displace the plywood-skinned versions that cropped up around the Second World War up until say the 1980s where and when the general demise in the…

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Woodworkers Fighting Cancer 2020

What is Woodworkers Fighting Cancer? We are woodworkers united in the fight against cancer. Started in 2010, it is a yearly community woodworking build that raises money for various cancer charities. Over the last 10 years, we have raised over $100,000 for non-profits like Cancer Research Institute(CRI), Cancer Care, the Jessie Rees Foundation, the Jimmy Fund, and this year we are supporting St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.  Learn how you can personally help out below.

If you build and submit this year’s project (the DIY Kids Desk) before October 19th, 2020, we’ll donate money to St. Jude on your behalf (one per person). If you build* and send us a photo, we’ll donate $5. If you make a video, we’ll donate $10. *Please note the desk needs to be this plan for it to count towards our total.

• Click to Submit Your Photo/Video

We’ll donate $5 to the cause on your behalf for a picture or $10 for a video. Watch the project video and download the plan here! Again the deadline is Oct. 19th, 2020 and it needs to be the desk shown.

Bid on one of our 21 different auctions sponsored by Powermatic, Titebond, MLCS Woodworking, Brusso Hardware, Bell Forest Products, Fuji Spray, Woodpeckers, Rockler Woodworking and Hardware, Matt Cremona, and The Wood Whisperer.  100% of your bid goes directly to the charity!  You have until October 19th, 2020 to bid!

Don’t have time to build the project? Consider donating directly to St. Jude and help us reach our $10,000 goal! Donations in ANY amount are appreciated.

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Who Flocking Cares?!

00:00:42 – Welcome to the Woodworking Morning Show
00:01:30 – Thanks to our new Patreon subscribers and YouTube Members!
00:02:08 – Matt’s Dressing Vanity guild project. The preorder sale ends today!
00:03:28 – Intro to Sketch-Up guild project up for pre-order
00:05:20 – Dice Tower project released today
00:06:55 – Woodworkers Fighting Cancer live TODAY! Auction runs for 2 weeks
00:10:38 – Why did you decide on a project based membership vs yearly subscription?
00:12:45 – How can you age or distress cherry?
00:14:55 – How can I avoid blotching cherry? Miter Station
00:18:00 – What are the benefits/drawbacks vs sprayed on flocking vs peel and stick velvet?
00:19:55 – How durable is flocking?
00:21:02 – How do I sand between finish coats?
00:22:58 – How can I become self-employed?
00:27:10 – Do you shellac your end grain before glue-ups?
00:28:40 – What is the difference between Osmo top oil and polyx?
00:29:53 – Any advice on sanding round edges?
00:33:05 – How can I seal in signatures on a finished surface?
00:34:53 – Should the bottom of a cabinet scraper be flat?
00:36:18 – Can you use your existing pneumatic equipment for composite nails?
00:38:30 – Tee shirts announcement
00:39:00 – Would you have changed anything about your Big Green Egg table?
00:41:00 – Can you use milled 4/4 boards for the gaming dining tabletop?
00:42:38 – When would I use a belt sander vs a disc sander on a disc/belt sander combo?
00:43:50 – Should I make a herringbone pattern out of solid wood or glue a veneer to a substrate?
00:44:33 – How can I make a 3-way miter joint like pictured?

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The Future of Apprenticing

Well, is there a future for apprenticing? Not much of one. I lament the reality that many who would learn the craft and art of furniture-making must get the basics by spending £30,000 on a degree course often taught by people who never made a living from doing it themselves. Indeed, one college lecturer I…

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Dice Tower with Flocking Demo

We’re a family of gamers, from classic board games to the latest video games, gaming is one of our favorite pastimes. Whenever we play a dice game, the kids will often throw the dice across the table so Nicole requested I make a Dice Tower: a simple device that randomized the dice and contains them in a small try. It’s really nothing more than a simple box with offset ramps on the inside. My design is incredibly simple but you can add as much complexity as you like, including additional ramps and additional obstacles inside the tower that will help jostle the dice around.

If you’d like a set of plans for this project, we offer them for just $5.

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If you want to try the flocking method I demonstrated, you’ll want these products:

• Mini Flocker
• Suede-Tex Flocking Fiber
• Undercoat Adhesive

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