Latest Blog Posts for Wood Alley

• Intarsia patterns going to hell
  on Aug 3, 2009 in Templates Intarsia Scrollsawing Patterns Woodworking
  As those that read my other blogs know, my father died on May 30th. I went down to southern Ca, where he lived and the same house I grew up in for his funeral. There are 3 other people in my family that by Dad's account were his children. Since my Mo...
• Titebonds response to shelf life
  on May 16, 2009 in Shelf life Wood Glue Titebond glue expiration dates
  A man that goes by the name Don2Laughs from Lumberjocks sent this letter to Titebond in reference about wood glue and it's shelf life. How can I determine the age of this product? There is a faint 7 digits stamped on the upper portion of the (16 oz)...
• Wood Glue's shelf life
  on May 13, 2009 in Shelf life Workbench Magazine Wood Glue
   I can't say I ever thought about this before. Wood Glue's shelf life. I am reading the 2009 issue of workbench magazine and inside on page 15 without an authors name is an article about wood glue and shelf life. Did you know wood glue's shelf...
• Sanding spindles and sleeves
  on May 7, 2009 in Drill bits Sanding spindles Sanding sleeves
  Like I wrote in my last post I have such a small shop every little bit of area is sooo important. What you see here is an old totally trashed night table someone was throwing away. I am sure you can see I never tried to clean it up. What I have don...
• My (can't do without) pull out table
  on May 3, 2009 in Intarsia Belt Sanders Scroll Saw Band saw
  This past week over at Handi's workshop he wrote a post entitled "Woodworking tip of the week- organizing drawers." A great tip on making drawers that will be easier to use and much more helpful to us woodworkers. You can find that here. In reading...
• I have a question for my readers
  on Apr 30, 2009 in Templates Scroll Saw Patterns Patterns Indian Chief Intarsia Tutorial Disrespect
  I have a question for my readers. Over at Lumberjock's I asked on one of their forums if anyone there would like to share /swap intarsia/scroll patterns. I had explained that I needed this to be done through the postal service as I only have a printe...
• Google Alerts and Wood Working
  on Apr 9, 2009 in Intarsia Fret Woodworking Lumberjocks
  I was e-mailing someone not long ago and I had mentioned Google Alerts. In doing so I realized this person did not know what I was talking about so I posted the following on Lumberjock's a woodworking community I belong too. I got such a wonderful re...
• Tips and Tricks, Sanding pads
  on Mar 15, 2009 in Dust Sanding pads Reno Nevada Washing machine Woodworking
  As I was getting ready today to start working, (sanding, glueing) on my Pelicans, (the previous post) I realized since it had been such a long time since I had REALLY been in my shop that my little sanding pads were really dirty. Not only from shop d...
• May I introduce Pelican #2
  on Mar 6, 2009 in Shaping Sanding Hardwoods Pelican
  Well I am close to being done with Pelican #2. I like him also. I am not done shaping him and he also has no feet. I am going to put feet on these two, I just don't want them to get antsy with me and walk away if I take too long getting them into the...
• Little Pelican will take center stage
  on Feb 24, 2009 in Wood Scroll Saw Woodworking Scroll Pelican
  It has been awhile since I have posted here. I have been up in my shop messing around, but its been mainly to work on my tools, get shit together ya know? That deal with the bandsaw really put me in my place and like getting back on a horse if you ge...

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