A message from chat room regular, MuddlerMike:
What started out as typical stupid banter among the day chat room crew has turned into a long standing inside joke. One afternoon back in April, we experienced a pleasant chat room visit from a friendly Bosnian woodworker. In an effort to boost Marc’s ego and help him appreciate his world wide appeal, a few of us twisted sorts conspired to log in to the following Wednesday Chat Night as imposter international viewers. Being the upstanding citizens we are, we never went through with the joke, but it did give rise to my alter ego – “Chechu, the woodworking Sherpa from Nepal”.
For those who don’t know Chechu, he is a proud owner of a fine Nepalese woodworking yak. Woodworking yaks are special compared to typical yaks. They are the “shopsmith” of yaks, serving many purposes in any Nepalese wood shop. Here’s a top 10 list of Chechu’s yak uses in his own words:
Yak transport stationary tool easily
Yak make methane to po...
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Episode 40 - End Table (Pt. 4)From: feeds.feedburner.com
Post Date: 2008-02-08 14:55:31
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Time for the fun stuff! The legs are routed and then shaped by hand with a cabinet-maker’s rasp. I then show you how you can use card scrapers and sandpaper to achieve the smoothest finish possible. And finally we will glue all the legs to the center pieces. I finish up by requesting suggestions for a top to the table. What would you do? And here is the link for the rasp I used in the show. It’s the 10” ...
more February Fescool GiveawayFrom: feeds.feedburner.com
Post Date: 2008-02-07 17:45:23
Here we go tool lovers! It’s time for the Fescool Giveaway. For February, we are giving away another ETS125 5″ Random Orbit Sander , which is probably one of the most-used tools in my entire Festool arsenal. Well, except for a CT Dust Extractor. But I digress.
So all you need to do to enter the drawing is answer the Monthly Challenge Question and fill out the short form on the Fescool Giveaway Page . Good luck everyone!
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more An Overdue Recommendation - Charles NeilFrom: feeds.feedburner.com
Post Date: 2008-02-06 10:04:44
As most of you know, I try to keep you updated on other popular blogs, websites and podcasters. But I think I dropped the ball on this one. You can’t type “woodworking” into YouTube without seeing this guy. I’m talking about the one and only, Charles Neil . Many of you have emailed me over the past few months telling me to check him out, and I did more than just watch his videos. I have had numerous conversations with Charles and his wife Sherri, and they are rea...
more Wood Talk Online - Episode 28From: feeds.feedburner.com
Post Date: 2008-02-05 16:46:08
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Marc and Matt start off discussing the latest season of New Yankee Workshop .
Other points of discussion: new podcasts Modernwoodshop , Teenage Woodworking , and Gord Graff new European plunge cut saws , Chris Schwarz being the Oprah of the woodworking world, and upgrading tools vs buying new.
Skee called in with concerns about temperature fluctuations in his shop. Dan called in and asked about Leigh Isoloc templates , air bubbles in his polyurethane, pow...
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