Comments on: The Woodcrafter’s Itch http://toolmonger.com/2008/11/25/the-woodcrafters-itch/ All tools. All the time. Your source for news, information, and reviews of hand tools, power tools, and tools of all kinds. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:01:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: beano_t http://toolmonger.com/2008/11/25/the-woodcrafters-itch/#comment-680392 beano_t Wed, 26 Nov 2008 21:06:28 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/?p=16068#comment-680392 That nice trim work is in my shop. the only room get to decorate! That nice trim work is in my shop. the only room get to decorate!

]]> By: KevinB http://toolmonger.com/2008/11/25/the-woodcrafters-itch/#comment-680243 KevinB Wed, 26 Nov 2008 16:55:41 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/?p=16068#comment-680243 cool holder, my only question is with the placement. Looks like some nice trim work there, I surprised he was allowed to hang the flashlight there and not someplace more inconspicuous. This is guy decorating at it's best where the MagLite is the focal point. I would frame it with some picture moulding, maybe add some puck lighting, to really make it pop. cool holder, my only question is with the placement. Looks like some nice trim work there, I surprised he was allowed to hang the flashlight there and not someplace more inconspicuous. This is guy decorating at it’s best where the MagLite is the focal point. I would frame it with some picture moulding, maybe add some puck lighting, to really make it pop.

]]> By: ShopMonger http://toolmonger.com/2008/11/25/the-woodcrafters-itch/#comment-680033 ShopMonger Wed, 26 Nov 2008 12:08:23 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/?p=16068#comment-680033 HAAHAAA HAAA SOOOOOOO true ..... the itch will get you...... I get is weekly. I ahve to get in the shop to build some stupid little project each week so that I won't go crazy. I use these also for "prototype" work. I feel bad for my wife because she had all of my major screw ups and other gets my final totally finished work. HAAHAAA HAAA

SOOOOOOO true ….. the itch will get you……
I get is weekly.
I ahve to get in the shop to build some stupid little project each week so that I won’t go crazy. I use these also for “prototype” work.
I feel bad for my wife because she had all of my major screw ups and other gets my final totally finished work.

]]> By: ShopMonger http://toolmonger.com/2008/11/25/the-woodcrafters-itch/#comment-680032 ShopMonger Wed, 26 Nov 2008 12:06:38 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/?p=16068#comment-680032 SOOOOOOO true ..... the itch will get you...... I get is weekly. I ahve to get in the shop to build some stupid little project each week so that I won't go crazy. I use these also for "prototype" work. I feel bad for my wife because she had all of my major screw ups and other gets my final totally finished work. SOOOOOOO true ….. the itch will get you……
I get is weekly.
I ahve to get in the shop to build some stupid little project each week so that I won’t go crazy. I use these also for “prototype” work.
I feel bad for my wife because she had all of my major screw ups and other gets my final totally finished work.

]]> By: beano_t http://toolmonger.com/2008/11/25/the-woodcrafters-itch/#comment-679350 beano_t Tue, 25 Nov 2008 23:16:55 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/?p=16068#comment-679350 Ha… Woodcrafters Itch… so true. I was looking for a quick shop project that left me with some instant build gratification. True about the grain orientation... but as the article implied I made this from the scrap pile I had in the shop. I had a scrap piece of wood with a 3/4 inch dado in it and a scrap piece of pine and a vague idea of what I wanted. But Gary is right, if I ran the grain the other way it would have been much stronger. Pine is not the strongest wood to begin with. Honestly I was more worried about the joint failure and was glad to find a dado’ed piece of wood I had left over from another project and glued and screwed it from behind to make an ultra tight and sturdy fit. I did not even have to change out the old table saw blade. I guess if it breaks its easy enough to re-create. So I hope it gives others some ideas, and then they can take it and run with it. Ha… Woodcrafters Itch… so true. I was looking for a quick shop project that left me with some instant build gratification.

True about the grain orientation… but as the article implied I made this from the scrap pile I had in the shop. I had a scrap piece of wood with a 3/4 inch dado in it and a scrap piece of pine and a vague idea of what I wanted.

But Gary is right, if I ran the grain the other way it would have been much stronger. Pine is not the strongest wood to begin with. Honestly I was more worried about the joint failure and was glad to find a dado’ed piece of wood I had left over from another project and glued and screwed it from behind to make an ultra tight and sturdy fit. I did not even have to change out the old table saw blade. I guess if it breaks its easy enough to re-create. So I hope it gives others some ideas, and then they can take it and run with it.

]]> By: Garry http://toolmonger.com/2008/11/25/the-woodcrafters-itch/#comment-679122 Garry Tue, 25 Nov 2008 20:00:54 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/?p=16068#comment-679122 The grain orientation is....bad; very high likelihood of the holder splitting in a sort amount of time. Better would be 90 degree rotation of the grain; best would be a laminate-say, three pieces, each with the grain rotated 45 degrees; make it with two lams of maple and a center lam of a darker wood-walnut would be nice-and it would also be very attractive. If you don't consider grain orientation with your materials, you may end up tossing out a good idea-because the material will fail, leading to dissatisfaction with the design-when the real source of trouble is the material, rather than the design. The grain orientation is….bad; very high likelihood of the holder splitting in a sort amount of time.

Better would be 90 degree rotation of the grain; best would be a laminate-say, three pieces, each with the grain rotated 45 degrees; make it with two lams of maple and a center lam of a darker wood-walnut would be nice-and it would also be very attractive.

If you don’t consider grain orientation with your materials, you may end up tossing out a good idea-because the material will fail, leading to dissatisfaction with the design-when the real source of trouble is the material, rather than the design.

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