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A Guide to Honing and Sharpening Woodworking Tools One of the most important skills a woodworker can acquire is the ability to sharpen tools easily and well. Working with hand tools can be a frustrating experience unless you have sharp tools. The goal of this lesson is, with a mimimum of equipment, is for you to be able to produce razor sharp cutting edges on any tool blade consistently. This lesson focuses on honing. It was written by Maurice Fraser and is based on material and techniques taught in his classes at the Craft Students League in New York City. Maurice has been teaching woodworking for over 25 years and was a frequent contributor to Fine Woodworking magazine in additon to many other publications.

10 Websites To Learn Photoshop Online Photoshop is hard. There are all kinds of commands, actions, effects, and tools that you’ve got to figure out, and the learning curve is one of the steepest you’ll ever encounter. (But it’s still better than the alternatives!) Fortunately, the web is chock-full of amazing resources that you can use to catapult yourself past the dreaded newbie/intermediate phases. With deliberate practice, you’ll be a Photoshop ninja in no time and your confidence will shoot through the roof. Here are 10 such resources for learning Photoshop on the web. Wave Home Solutions Do you often find yourself frustrated with: Spots on newly washed dishes from your dishwasher? Short-lived water heaters and other hot water appliances? Wood Carving, Relief Carving, Chip Carving, and Whittling Free Online Projects by L S Irish How to Carve the Wood Spirit Face I have started my newest online, free project for a wood spirit carving. The supply list is posted on this home page post.

Complete Guide to Woodworking Alabama Woodturners Association Contact: Nelson Brooks Phone: 205-988-3530 Web site: www.alabamawoodturners.com Alabama Woodworkers Guild PO Box 26665 Birmingham, AL 35260 Email: WebMaster@AlabamaWoodworkersGuild.Org Web site: www.AlabamaWoodworkersGuild.Org Last Frontier Woodcarvers 22441 Glacier View Drive Eagle River, AK 99577 Email: Walter_Jr@Jones-Clan.com Alaska Creative Woodworkers AssociationPO Box 201796 Anchorage, AK 99520-1796 Contact: Tom Gamble Phone: 907-243-6369 Arizona Association of Fine Woodworkers Box 44264 Phoenix, AZ 85064-4264 Email: bsaagmillwork@earthlink.net Web site: www.azfinewoodworkers.org

How to Finish Drywall: 18 Steps to Smooth Joints There are few home improvement tasks greeted with more dread than finishing drywall. If you're like most people, you hope that you've already done your last finishing job. Unfortunately, if you enjoy working on your home, you are bound to be confronted by this task again. Frugal & Natural Pest Control: Fruit Flies & Ants Be Gone! We have been attacked by an abundance of fruit flies lately in my kitchen. AHH! Don’t you love those little flying insects that seem to find every bit of food in your kitchen and around your trash can? The Rolling Reels Circus /Il Circo dei Rocchetti Rotolanti As Tom Mitchell said:This is the perfect thing to have at work for when I need a “mental health moment”. Released year: 2005 Thank you michael42er! embedded by paperpinoYouTube Direkt

Joinery Basics The best way to hold together a high-end woodworking projects, whether you're building a timber-frame home, putting together a trestle table or making a step stool, is with a bit of glue and hand cut joints. It is easier to use mechanical fasteners, like nails and screws, but to add that look of first-class work, with smooth, metal free visible areas, nothing will do the job like a direct joint between parts, bonded with glue. Of course, the type of joint you need depends on a variety of factors, like the nature of the materials, the function of the joint, strength and appearance, available equipment, and your own level of skill.

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