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 For the technically inclined a Morse Taper #2 has a angle of 1° 25′ 50″, as gleaned from the fountain of knowledge, Wikipedia. For the less technically inclined, myself included, turning a wooden morse taper is a quick and easy project that can be done with some simple measurements. The first step  I often hear turners talk about “free wood”. To my mind there is no such thing as “free wood”. Between the time and mileage spent driving to pick up the logs and the time and energy spent processing the logs into blanks, I often feel it would be easier and cheaper to just buy  For the longest of time I’ve been working on the ground when processing my logs with a chainsaw. I had a wooden pallet and I would position the logs on it and then cut them. It worked OK. Often I had trouble securing the logs so they didn’t move while I was cutting them,  Installing concealed hinges can be a pretty simple process, even using a hand held drill, with the help of a jig. The Rockler Concealed Hinge JIG works really well at positioning the Forstner bit, as well as holding it square to the door frame surface and finally controlling the depth of the hole. Of  A flat panel door can be defined as a door in which the panel has no bevel or hip raise. It can still be considered a five piece door, as it consists of two stiles, two frames and a panel. The stiles are the vertical members of the frame, while the rails are the  After drilling the shelf support pin holes, the next step was to prepare the cabinet shelving. As the cabinets are to be painted, I just use 3/4″ plywood for the shelves and apply iron on wood edging to the edges to conceal the raw edges. I like to apply the edge banding to the  I am busy working on a commission for a couple of base cabinets and a bookcase to be used as part of a TV display area. The cabinets require adjustable shelves which requires a quick and accurate way to drill/bore a series of holes on the inside walls of each cabinet, front and back.  In terms of inspiration very little compares to the opportunity to view the pieces on display at the Instant Gallery at the 2010 AAW Symposium in Hartford, Connecticut. The talent, skill and creativity displayed on those tables is amazing. The following photo album is pretty big, 296 photos in all, but well worth browsing  The Maple Medly Exhibition was a special exhibition at the 2010 AAW Symposium in Hartford, Connecticut. Any AAW member could submit a piece for consideration, as long as it was made out of one of the over 20 different species of Maple. 104 people submitted 180 pices for consideration. After jurying the exhibit premiered |
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