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  0 Thread: She's Still Standing
Post: RE: She's Still Standing

No problems, thanks for the info. I'm going to share your writeup and photos with my wife so she has a heads up for what to expect. Matt
mpm3 Woodworking 15 7,112 05-30-2019, 12:11 PM
  0 Thread: She's Still Standing
Post: RE: She's Still Standing

I'll be there in a week with my family (first international trip for my kids). How close did they allow you to get (if at all) to ND? My wife and I went there in 2010 and walked through and was heart-...
mpm3 Woodworking 15 7,112 05-28-2019, 01:33 PM
  0 Thread: Night Stand
Post: RE: Night Stand

Beautiful. Can you give some details about the drawer construction? Are those veneered as well? How is the bead applied?
mpm3 Woodworking 29 12,167 03-05-2019, 02:34 AM
  0 Thread: Cherry bedside tables
Post: RE: Cherry bedside tables

jteneyck Wrote: (02-22-2019, 05:03 PM) -- Very nice indeed.   I think I would have raised the shelf a little higher and adding an open arched stretcher under it to play off what you did with the...
mpm3 Woodworking 9 3,560 02-22-2019, 11:43 PM
  0 Thread: Cherry bedside tables
Post: Cherry bedside tables

I had previously posted a bed that I finished and had planned a set of bedside tables to match here (https://forums.woodnet.net/showthread.php?tid=7344945&pid=7697115#pid7697115). Got these done a few...
mpm3 Woodworking 9 3,560 02-22-2019, 02:59 AM
  0 Thread: Cherry and White Oak Bed
Post: RE: Cherry and White Oak Bed

Bob Potter Wrote: (12-10-2018, 09:19 PM) -- Beautiful work Matt -- Mr Eddie Wrote: (12-11-2018, 09:39 PM) -- Very, very nice!  That white oak really adds texture.  What fasteners did you use for t...
mpm3 Woodworking 19 7,746 12-12-2018, 07:55 AM
  0 Thread: Cherry and White Oak Bed
Post: RE: Cherry and White Oak Bed

stav Wrote: (12-11-2018, 08:30 AM) -- Very nice. I really like the design. How did you make the arches? -- I build an arch form out of MDF covered in packing tape. Built up, it was about 3/4" wider...
mpm3 Woodworking 19 7,746 12-11-2018, 01:23 PM
  0 Thread: Cherry and White Oak Bed
Post: RE: Cherry and White Oak Bed

KingwoodFan1989 Wrote: (12-10-2018, 10:01 PM) -- Great looking bed, Matt! As others have said, definitely not a common combination of woods, but it certainly works with the finish you used! What y...
mpm3 Woodworking 19 7,746 12-11-2018, 01:19 PM
  0 Thread: Cherry and White Oak Bed
Post: Cherry and White Oak Bed

So, my wife decided that 18 years on our old mattress was enough. I took it as an opportunity to try something new and convinced her to let me build a new bed. I'd never built a bed before so there wa...
mpm3 Woodworking 19 7,746 12-10-2018, 01:16 PM
  0 Thread: Cherry Sideboard
Post: Cherry Sideboard

Edited to change from Google Photos to Flikr - does this help with the photos? After many years of putting it off, I finally gave in to my wife's demands for a sideboard for our dining room. We hav...
mpm3 Woodworking 20 7,558 01-09-2018, 10:01 PM
  0 Thread: Connecticut Lowboy
Post: RE: Connecticut Lowboy

Mr. Ten Eyck - The edge beading was done in two ways. For most of them, I took a template from the apron profile, cut them out on the bandsaw and fine-tuned the fit with an oscillating spindle sander....
mpm3 Woodworking 23 9,541 05-01-2017, 08:23 AM
  0 Thread: Connecticut Lowboy
Post: Connecticut Lowboy

Our local woodworker's guild decided on Glen Huey's Connecticut Lowboy from a 2014 Poplar Woodworking article for a group build in January. I decided on walnut (basically because I had the 12/4 necess...
mpm3 Woodworking 23 9,541 04-30-2017, 04:24 PM
  0 Thread: Lie Nielsen No. 1 and No. 6 for sale
Post: Lie Nielsen No. 1 and No. 6 for sale

Next up is a Lie Nielsen No. 1 (bronze). Some minor wear on the plane but in great shape. I'm amazed at how small this thing is as you really have to hold it like a block plane. Any way, asking $180 p...
mpm3 Tool Swap N' Sell 1 1,708 03-21-2017, 09:12 PM
  0 Thread: Bridge City Commemorative Tool No. 7 Low Angle Plane
Post: Bridge City Commemorative Tool No. 7 Low Angle Pla...

For the LN No. 2 see here (https://forums.woodnet.net/showthread.php?tid=7328796&pid=7447397#pid7447397). Next in line is a Bridge City Commemorative Tool No. 7, a low angle block plane. Tool shows ve...
mpm3 Tool Swap N' Sell 0 1,599 03-20-2017, 09:07 PM
  0 Thread: Lie Nielson No. 2
Post: RE: Lie Nielson No. 2

Sorry for the hassle everyone. How about these from Flikr? Again, the photos show up in my preview post. If these don't work, I'm giving up... https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3935/33501586846_c63de...
mpm3 Tool Swap N' Sell 16 9,389 03-19-2017, 10:05 PM
  Photo Thread: Lie Nielson No. 2
Post: RE: Lie Nielson No. 2

Here some pictures of one the bridge city tool works planes. Low angle block plane, commemorative tool #7. Comes with the box. $550. Plane doesn't appear to be used but the box has some dings on it.  ...
mpm3 Tool Swap N' Sell 16 9,389 03-19-2017, 04:11 PM
  0 Thread: Lie Nielson No. 2
Post: RE: Lie Nielson No. 2

That's the process I used (clicking the image button and pasting the URL from Google photos). Maybe it's Google photos for some reason? Why can I see the pictures on Woodnet but not others? why is thi...
mpm3 Tool Swap N' Sell 16 9,389 03-19-2017, 01:58 PM
  0 Thread: Lie Nielson No. 2
Post: RE: Lie Nielson No. 2

No sure what you mean by image tag. I go into Google photos, click the image which opens the image full screen. Then I right click, select "copy image address". Then click the "Insert an image" button...
mpm3 Tool Swap N' Sell 16 9,389 03-19-2017, 08:53 AM
  0 Thread: Lie Nielson No. 2
Post: RE: Lie Nielson No. 2

I'm not sure how to do the pictures differently. I inserted the link from Google photos into the post. Any suggestions?
mpm3 Tool Swap N' Sell 16 9,389 03-19-2017, 07:51 AM
  Photo Thread: Lie Nielson No. 2
Post: Lie Nielson No. 2

As part of our local woodworker's guild, I was put in touch with a widow whose recently deceased husband was a tool collector. She's asked me to help her sell his tools. I've never bought or sold anyt...
mpm3 Tool Swap N' Sell 16 9,389 03-18-2017, 12:20 PM

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