Crafts

I just realised we are coming up on our 100th episode and would like to take a moment to thank everyone for watching. We would like to feature YOU in our 100th episode. Send a photo or video clip to us and we will post you in the video! Watch the video clip for details. And thanks again to everyone!!

Just got word of a fun creative retreat with some incredible instructors happening this summer that some of you may like to know about! Artstream just announced ARCArt{retreat} Camp featuring instructors like Rachel Blumberg from the Decemberists, Bright Eyes,etc. Lisa Solomon, Mimi Kirchner, Mati McDonough, and more!) It's in an incredible place - an island in a huge freshwater lake on Mayhew Island, Newfound Lake, Bristol, New Hampshire and it runs August 14-18/13. A little snippet from their press release: ARC a place to play, a quiet place to learn, a setting to be refreshed in and a time to reconnect to yourself. Whether you are a seasoned arts person or have never picked up a paintbrush, your creative self will blossom here! artstream's belief that we are born creative drives our interest in hosting this island retreat designed to open up and nurture the creative side of you.. The daily schedule has a diverse offering of creative workshops taught by top-notch teachers: Rachel Blumberg, Mati McDonough, Lisa Solomon, Mimi Kirchner, Jess Greene, Monica Pasquale and director Susan Schwake. They will be your guides for the stay. Evenings will bring a variety of programming and there are times during the day to relax, hike, swim or canoe around the island too. Sounds lovely! For more info visit artstreamstudios.com/arc Copyright 2005 - 2013 Poppytalk. All Rights Reserved poppytalk.blogspot.ca

I needed a simple apple outline this week for a project I was doing. I had this apple in my Silhouette library and thought it would be perfect! I welded the stem and the leaf to the fruit body and took out the shine–just needed a simple shape this time. Now for the fun part. Instead of copying the image several times and moving them about the screen, you can let the software do it for you: So, you’ve got your one shape. Click it to select it and then do this….. See “Fill Page” at the bottom there? Select that one….. And now you have 9, perfectly spaced apples and you didn’t have to drag them all over the place! Handy little trick! Try it out! Thanks for stopping by today! Come on back tomorrow for more!

Hello all. I bought this saw yesterday off of Craigslist. I paid $100 for it. It belonged to the seller’s father and she knew nothing about it. From the serial number, I think it is from 1950. It runs like a top but the part that I am having a hard time figuring out is if it is a wood and metal cutting saw or just wood or is it a homemade dual purpose saw. The box behind the belt drive doesn’t look like anyone that I have seen before and I haven’t been able to locate a lever to change the settings. I am hoping that someone familiar with this model could help me out. Thanks in advance.

I’m searching for a solution to connect the oval dust port below the 12” disc on the Grizzly G1276 Belt/Disc sander to a dust collection system. I am aware Grizzly has changed 2010 and newer models to allow the use of a dust port on the front lower disc guard. Has anyone found and/or successfully adapted an “oval to round” sheet metal fitting to the bottom oval dust port on models that were made before 2010?

I’M NEW AT WOODWORK. I WANT TO BUY A DRUM SANDER? DO YOU HAVE A DRUM SANDER? IF SO TELL ME WHAT KIND IT IS AND HOW DOES IT WORK ON SANDING RAW MATERIAL? I’M OPEN TO ANY SUGGESTION. I NEED HELP NOT TO BUY THE WRONG ONE.G0458 18” 1-1/2 HP Single-Phase Open End Drum Sander or G1079R 16” Drum Sander w/ Rubber Conveyor what is your suggestion?

Hey LJ’s. I just wanted to let you guys know that on Wednesday May 22nd, at 2pm Mountain time there will be a special chat going on on Twitter about power tools. I know some of you are on Twitter and you guys should come share your knowledge with the world! The chat is all about power tools or projects that required your to use power tools. The hashtag is #ePower. My company is hosting this chat. I know you guys have heard of us, we have been mentioned on Lumberjocks quite a few times – we are eReplacementParts.com! Woo hoo! You can engage at that time by tagging us, @toolparts. So anyways. Thanks for listening/reading my thread. And check it out! It is going to be a lot of fun. :) For more details, you guys can see our blog post describing the chat! http://www.ereplacementparts.com/blog/chat-with-ereplacementparts/ Thanks guys! Let me know if you have any questions. Rachel

Hello everyone, I work at a furniture shop; I don’t make the stuff unfortunately, but I do fit the ironmongery. When I mark out for the handles I use a template that one of my colleagues made. As it’s only a piece of mount board, it’s not very accurate and there are no stops or anything. It takes a long time to mark out all the handles as a result. Don’t get me wrong, it works, but it’s not very efficient and we have a lot of furniture coming through sometimes. I’m quite curious as to if I can make a small jig that makes this easier and quicker. I had the idea of a board with the holes drilled through. 4 sliding stops, 2 of which (being the top 2) sliding together to centralise it horizontally, and the remaining two sides sliding both together and Independently of each other. to centralise on small drawers and to line one side if it’s wider. I hope that gives a reasonably clear idea of what I mean. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated to point me in the right direction. Thank you, Andrew

Wallnut end table

Bought the animals from Micheal’s Craft Store – Used a 1×8 piece of pine… with a Roman Ogee router bit around the out side… hand painted the background…