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I've looked. It's not present. Even walking the woods - all of it died over a decade ago. There are maybe some sapling sized stuff, and...

Southwest Wisconsin. The Driftless. We've got wood - Hardwood. I can find you locally harvested Hard and Soft Maples, Cherry, Walnut...

No fir! The stuff I'm working with is Southern Yellow Pine, untreated. I have run across references to fir shedding paint, but it was...

Just for clarity: does the server re-code the image and store it at max 950 pixels, or is that the maximum displayed size inserted...

Okay... I have feelings about this. Clever, but does he intend to use it seriously, or is this a "Can I build it?" gimmick? The only...

Kind of a potato day for the build today, so you get possibly too many photos of a scarf joint. When a scarf joint fits up properly, it...

I had forgotten about that, yes, that wouldn't fly in a school situation, Elmer the Safety Elephant would stomp the living sh!t out of...

Nice looking build. Thanks for sharing! Especially thanks for showing your uniwale design. I'm going to keep it in mind with my own...

I re-built my strongback and got to aligning my building forms: These turned out nice and true, and then I set up a rough splining to...

So, it's been over a year. I know I teased some of you over in the winter projects thread. I'm back to the basic hull shape that I...

The guys who use a router table to finish-width their strips are running the strip between the bit and the fence. Huge safety no-no in...

Honestly, when cutting strips you don't need a perfectly straight edge. You need one with a smooth enough line that your cutting jig of...

It isn't just the Uniwales, they aren't magic, they are just something most folks don't do, so it's a different approach ... and lets...

Well... I might be related to the reason that I've been (re)building my strongback setup: (I tease, but I will share the real project...

Still use the foldable ruler, and I'm young enough that they were mostly on the way out when I was a kid. Good, solid, high-contrast...