Larry | May 29, 2009
The miniatures world is dominated by women while the woodworking world is dominated by men. I do miniature woodworking and so the differences in how men and women approach creativity and craftsmanship are ever-present in conversations I have with people. You’d think I’d be good at discussing these differences. I thought I was – until [...]
Larry | May 24, 2009
Everybody needs shelves. 1/12 scale people need them too and I thought I’d show one way of creating a small shelf unit, quickly, accurately, and show how to use dados to facilitate assembly.
Choose a piece of wood that is a bit more than twice the depth of the shelf sides. In this case I was [...]
Larry | May 23, 2009
Most miniaturists own a Dremel tool. I own four of them and never give them much thought. But that’s an error on my part as they do allow we miniaturists do to a lot of things that are hard or impossible to do with hand tools. A couple of people have asked me about my [...]
Larry | May 18, 2009
I was asked how to cut several parts at once with a scroll saw. Stack-cutting is a time-honored tradition and there are a number of ways in which people hold a stack of wood together while cutting several pieces simultaneously. For miniatures, however, I’ve settled on this approach as it suits the small size of [...]
Larry | May 16, 2009
Due to some health problems my shop time has been limited t very short intervals so I did this project that took me very little time and yet was fun and it produced something. And it amused me which is why I do any of this stuff.
I made a couple sets of earrings from a [...]
Larry | May 14, 2009
Scrollsaws are handy tools for miniature woodworkers. Unfortunately, no matter how much you spend, or how little, they all suffer from the fact that they’re designed for people who generally work larger pieces of wood than we do when making miniatures. This is reflected in the size of the hole through which the blade protrudes [...]
Larry | May 12, 2009
I came across this and thought some might find it interesting. You can now buy 1/12 scale copies of Ian Fleming’s James Bond books. These are ‘full print’ books, with dust jackets and while they aren’t the original cover art, they look pretty nice to me. You can get more details on the MI-6 website.
Cheers [...]
Larry | May 10, 2009
I really like my mother-in-law. She’s been my “French mother” since I married my better half, who happens to be French-Canadian. And while I struggle to speak with her, my mother-in-law is an important part of my life.
Lately, though, she’s been having some health problems and I thought it might be nice to do a [...]
Larry | May 9, 2009
I’m not sure why, but it seems significant that this is my 100th blog post. When I started Wood’n Bits Workshop five months ago I certainly didn’t expect to post as much as I have. But I’ve been motivated to do so, mostly because of all the great feedback I’ve gotten from people via email [...]
Larry | May 7, 2009
One place where miniaturists have to deal with a safety issue is when cutting short pieces of stock on a table saw. Most woodworkers cringe at the notion of rip-cutting short pieces and yet we miniaturists want to do this regularly.
Why is this a problem? Ripping short stock is dangerous due to potential for kickback. [...]
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