Larry | February 6, 2010
Anyone who has followed this blog knows that I’m a fan of hide glue. I like the fact that it is stickier than PVA glues and thus the pieces I’m gluing don’t slide around while I’m clamping. More important, though, is that it can be debonded with heat and moisture, making repairs easier. It’s easy [...]
Larry | November 16, 2009
Anyone who has been a woodworker for any length of time has stories like this. I was slothing around when the phone rang. It was a friend on the phone. He wanted to know where to buy a “good” straight edge because he needed to cut a bunch of 6″ squares in Fomecore using an [...]
Larry | October 30, 2009
My wife came to me a couple days ago and she was holding a small strainer that looked as though it has survived, barely, the Battle of Gettysburg. She said, “Could you buy a new one of these tommorrow?” I said, “Sure.”
This wouldn’t be worth mentioning except that the same day I read yet another [...]
Larry | September 9, 2009
It’s understood that woodworkers can never have too much wood. I’ve made this claim myself. It’s also a fact that one can’t have enough wood storage but most of us come up short in that category, or at least I do.
I have places for sheetwood and long boards. I even have a cabinet in which [...]
Larry | July 9, 2009
I’m a sucker for castles. I guess it’s the Harry Potter gene I lug around with me. I’m also an afficionado of card modeling, called papercraft by some. When the two come together I get giddy and ignore stuff like whether a paper castle has anything to do with woodworking. And so…
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Larry | June 26, 2009
I was discussing roomboxes with one of my miniatures buddies and I mentioned seed magnets as a useful way of holding things in place. Her response was “What be seed magnets” and since I don’t often see miniaturists using them I thought I’d mention them here.
Here you see six of them sticking to the [...]
Larry | June 14, 2009
Most commercial finishes are too thick for use on miniatures and need to be thinned before use. Often, we want to use dyes that must be mixed with an appropriate solvent. I’m a big fan of shellac in various dilutions and so typically have 3-4 bottles of the stuff in my finish cabinet. All of [...]
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 | April 4, 2009
I needed a small work tray on which to do my carvings. I didn’t want to spend a lot of time making one so I looked around the shop and found a piece of pine – a remnant from one of those glued-up pine sheets that the big box stores sell for shelving. My scrap [...]
Larry | March 27, 2009
I don’t know about you but I just love novel creation ideas, regardless of form or function. Here’s one I thought miniaturists might like. Go here to see what’s inside.
Cheers — Larry
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