http://shootingboard.net My little contribution to the world wide web of woodworking Fri, 12 Dec 2008 10:32:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This is a great tool for spreading wood glue quickly and evenly over wood surfaces. It's a soft rubber roller called a "brayer", made by Speedball. This can be found in the ink stamping section of your local craft store. I found the 4" roller for about $10, and ... http://shootingboard.net/2008/04/13/spreading-wood-glue/ I recently started working on some basic gymnastics skills, and I decided to use my woodworking skills to make some home-made rings. See my gymnastics rings page for details on how they're made. http://shootingboard.net/2008/03/27/gymnastics-rings/ I made a pair of bedside tables out of cherry, in the Shaker style, with hand-cut dovetailed drawers and tapered legs. Go to my Bedside Table Project page for more details. http://shootingboard.net/2007/11/06/bedside-table-project/ My Maloof-Style Rocker Project is by far my biggest project to date, but alas it is still unfinished (as of November 2007). I fully intend to finish this - all that's left is the final joinery and shaping. Of course, that's still an awful lot of work... but I know ... http://shootingboard.net/2007/11/03/maloof-rocker/ My shop workbench was by far my most ambitious shop project. It is a real beauty of a bench, and incredibly useful - I don't know how I ever managed without it! Take a look at my Workbench page for details about the bench and how I built ... http://shootingboard.net/2007/11/03/my-workbench/ Shootingboard.net has a new look!  I'm using new software to publish the site, so hopefully updates will be easier for me to accomplish in the future.... it's still a work in progress, though.  This website is intended to provide some information about my experience with woodworking, woodturning, and my workshop & ... http://shootingboard.net/2007/09/23/new-look/ I picked up this 8" jointer as part of a group purchase deal.  It replaced my 6" Jet - a big improvement.  See the Shop Fox 8" Jointer page for more details.  http://shootingboard.net/2006/07/30/shop-fox-jointer/ I made this hand plane out of purpleheart, with help from Woodguy1975.  This design is based on David Marks' European Hand Plane episode.  See the Krenov-style hand plane page for more details. http://shootingboard.net/2006/04/03/krenov-plane/ I made this flip-top cabinet to hold three of my heaviest "benchtop" tools.  I basically wanted my two benchtop sanders stored out of the way but easily accessible.  See the Flip-Top Cabinet page for more details. http://shootingboard.net/2006/04/01/flip-top/ I used a draw-boring technique to make some trestle bases for Woodguy's class workbenches, and also for my own workbench project.  For a little "tutorial" about the draw-boring technique, check out this page. http://shootingboard.net/2006/03/16/draw-bore/