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Kitchen Crown and a Final View of the Kitchen

Remember this? Way back when we started the Kitchen??  Well, I finally finished up the crown molding and we’re finally done.

Plywood wall over old lathe.
What a mess!

Here’s a quick blow by blow on the jig and how I cut the larger angles.

My Kreg jig works really well to .. make a jig.
Squaring everything up.
Drawing in the angle.
And cutting the kerf.
Miter Box complete ..
and finally, cutting the molding.

And here are the final pics!

Sink with Paperstone Counter.
Stove and Cherry Cabinets
Paperstone and curly maple bar
Curly maple bar and study opening
Pantry and Fridg
Back door and kitchen sink

Cutting boards for a friend

A friend of mine wanted to give a couple of cutting boards as gifts for Christmas.  So she purchased wood from Bell Forest and we followed plans from the Wood Whisperer to make them.  Here’s quick photo series on the build.

Initial glue up
Flattening before second round of cuts
After second round of cuts, flattening with toothed blade in my No. 62.
Toothed surface.
After finish ..
and ready for Christmas.

Setting Up A Scraper Plane

Link to: Setting Up a Scraper Plane

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From Walke Moore Tools:

If you’re new to scraper planes or scrapers in general, you may want to read this first.

My Lie-Nielsen #112 scraper plane has become indispensable to me since I purchased it about a year ago.  Whether I’m dealing with exotic woods, interlocking grain, or just smoothing a knot with the usual grain reversal surrounding it the scraper plane does it all and I would not be without one at this point.  But maintaining a scraper plane can be tricky and unlike hand planes, there isn’t a lot of information out there on how to set them up.  Hopefully this will help (so please tell your woodworking nerd friends).