http://www.evenfallstudios.com/woodworks Woodworking Knowledge, Skill Development, Discussion Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:39:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en For the average user of a retractable tape, there can be some usages of a tape measure that unwittingly reduce its accuracy. Basically, many people are not even aware of these details. I did say usages, but there are also problems inherent with the way a tape measure is made, ... http://www.evenfallstudios.com/woodworks/2008/08/19/the-foibles-of-tape-measures/ Adapting the Thien Baffle to a 5-gallon bucket isn’t hard, and overall; it is going to reduce a lot of the suction clogging dust that gets to the filter of any shop vac. I feel it is a worthy addition to the shop vac portion of your dust collection system, ... http://www.evenfallstudios.com/woodworks/2008/06/27/building-the-5_gallon-thien-separator/ Like most of us in woodworking, the shop vac is generally a rather central figure, and pulls the short straw on helping keep dust and waste collected in the workspace. The shop vac’s primary design is based around vacuuming smallish sized particulates, usually dirt into a canister, with a motor ... http://www.evenfallstudios.com/woodworks/2008/05/17/improving-shop-vac-dust-collection/ During the evolution of a woodworkers development… A development which never ends by the way, a person observes design, considers various methods of joinery, acquires the tools that coincide with their preferences for the various methods of work, develops a style they enjoy as they continue to grow, and accumulates ... http://www.evenfallstudios.com/woodworks/2008/05/09/creativity-in-hardware-storage/ Yup. The Challenges to Squareness. You didn’t actually think this was going to be easy did you? Well, it isn’t always, but I think the endeavor of overcoming some of these challenges can make things better, especially if you like taking good to great. Knowing what some of the issues can ... http://www.evenfallstudios.com/woodworks/2008/05/03/the-challenges-to-squareness/ The prevalence of the right angle in engineered structure is probably second only to the straight line in order of importance. Engineered structures in wood are often using plane geometry to help describe and document what they are and how to build them. Much of the way we think about ... http://www.evenfallstudios.com/woodworks/2008/04/29/the-constructs-of-squareness/ …Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Honing. When it comes to sharpening, abrasives are abrasives the world around. All paths are means that will lead to a similar end. Waterstones, oilstones, sandpaper, etc. The steel does not care; the abrasives don't care either, as long as the ... http://www.evenfallstudios.com/woodworks/2008/04/22/sharpness-flatness-godness-agnes/ Lets face it, sharpening can be a big undertaking. Many edge tools we bring in our shops will benefit from having a flattened back and the optimum bevel angle for the task it is meant to do. Streamlining the process is possible, and most of that comes from organizing the ... http://www.evenfallstudios.com/woodworks/2008/04/13/a-portable-sharpening-station/ Precision refers to the amount of dimensional accuracy or incremental refinement used when something is made, and can be attributed to the quality of the layout, workmanship, or machine set up. Accuracy refers to the confirmation of dimensional tolerances. Dimensional tolerances differ with the various types of projects a woodworker will ... http://www.evenfallstudios.com/woodworks/2008/04/06/the-utility-of-the-straightedge/ Hey all! Thanks for stopping by! It is nice to see so many people dropping by and looking around. The Woodworks here is a work in progress and will grow over time. I thought I would take a few moments to show you around, so that while you are here ... http://www.evenfallstudios.com/woodworks/2008/04/04/a-tour-of-the-woodworks/ Amongst the many dilemmas facing the woodworker, just a few are what to build and how to build it, but even as those questions seem like early ones in the process, the earlier ones considered are even more elementary. The nature and ways of wood, joinery, adhesives, and style are all ... http://www.evenfallstudios.com/woodworks/2008/04/02/the-woodworks-library/ I want to have that little talk with you about, Fractions. Yeah. But the plan is, if all goes well, that it won’t hurt – as much as it did last time. Working in sub inch territory usually involves the use of little buggers. The problem many people have when ... http://www.evenfallstudios.com/woodworks/2008/03/31/understanding-fractional-accuracy/ The way measurement is handled in the United States, and to some degree the UK and Canada, depending on the person’s age, is the foot. The foot has an interesting history, and there are a couple different accounts you can go with, but it has its beginnings in the Roman ... http://www.evenfallstudios.com/woodworks/2008/03/24/john-barleycorn-must-die-4/ The big thing about using steel cross dowels for knock down construction is that your layout must be absolutely meticulous. I have, and continue to use these a lot in jig construction, but there are a lot of other great applications. While a lot can be done with these, a ... http://www.evenfallstudios.com/woodworks/2008/03/23/using-cross-dowels/ Metrology is defined as the science of measurement. More particularly for the woodworker or the home shop machinist/toolmaker, one of the divisions of metrology, which is of particular interest, is applied or industrial metrology. This is about the application of measurement, the suitability of measuring instruments, their calibration, and the ... http://www.evenfallstudios.com/woodworks/2008/03/18/metrology/ Layout work is a tedious and exacting part of woodworking. We select boards for size and grain orientation. We hope this is in part, the “art” of our work that separates our project from that which is good, to that of greatness. We sharpen our tools and skills, we buy ... http://www.evenfallstudios.com/woodworks/2008/03/15/chalk-is-cheap/ Back in early February 2008, an interesting thread was started on Woodnet.net. Bob Feeser, rfeeser to those who may look for his writings, was asked by a friend to ”provide a list of what tools a well-equipped small, machine-free shop might have”. So he consulted some texts he ... http://www.evenfallstudios.com/woodworks/2008/03/10/tooling-up/ After giving much thought to many woodworking questions over the years, it occurred to me that there are many, many questions. Now that would seem an obvious duh, but wait, it’s fine! Because people are all over the map at the various stages of the learning curves they are on, ... http://www.evenfallstudios.com/woodworks/2008/03/10/pulling-the-trigger/