http://tenonandspline.com/blog My adventures in woodworking, remodeling, home automation, and technology Thu, 17 May 2012 11:56:58 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://tenonandspline.com/blog/archives/553 http://tenonandspline.com/blog/archives/553#comments Mon, 13 Feb 2012 03:18:48 +0000 Patrick http://tenonandspline.com/blog/?p=553 My lovely wife spent her weekend watching the kids and provided me with nearly two full days of shop time. In the intervening days I’d decided I wanted to build one of the guitars from cherry. I have a rather large stockpile and had read somewhere that Martin made/makes a “sustainable” series out of cherry, … Continue reading »

]]> http://tenonandspline.com/blog/archives/553/feed 0 http://tenonandspline.com/blog/archives/363 http://tenonandspline.com/blog/archives/363#comments Mon, 29 Nov 2010 04:33:37 +0000 Patrick http://tenonandspline.com/blog/?p=363 Birdseye Maple on Cherry The design for the top panel calls for birdseye maple. It seemed a shame to use my only piece of birdseye maple up on just one project. I decided to resaw the board. A few passes through my old Grizzly G1066 sander later and I had a beautiful 3/32″ sheet of … Continue reading »

]]> http://tenonandspline.com/blog/archives/363/feed 0 http://tenonandspline.com/blog/archives/128 http://tenonandspline.com/blog/archives/128#comments Mon, 08 Sep 2008 12:47:18 +0000 Patrick http://tenonandspline.com/blog/?p=128 I love my “new” drum sander. I purchased the used machine for the purpose of sanding shop-cut veneers and inlay woods. However, with a 23-1/2″ capacity, it is capable of so much more. I first cut my teeth with this thing on the side panels. Now it was time to glue up the top — … Continue reading »

]]> http://tenonandspline.com/blog/archives/128/feed 0 http://tenonandspline.com/blog/archives/110 http://tenonandspline.com/blog/archives/110#comments Mon, 25 Aug 2008 12:16:24 +0000 Patrick http://tenonandspline.com/blog/?p=110 OK, so I “cheated.” I typically assemble face frames with pocket screws. It’s simple, fast and strong enough. Since this face frame is composed of 1″ x 3/4″ members, pocket screws seemed a bit weak to me — I’d only be able to use a single screw in each member, which would allow it to … Continue reading »

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