DN Handcrafted

I’m a web developer by day with a passion for making things in the physical world. I also tweet at @dougneiner

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A few years ago my brother @neinercreative shared a YouTube video with me about using wedges to clamp picture frames. I made a bunch of them out of oak, and after using them once or twice they sat mostly unused for a long time. Then when I was working on… https://t.co/UnihmQTGvJ

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I recently was able to take part in something very special... I made this 3x5 card box, dividers, card stand, and pen to be part of a thank you gift our church was giving to a sweet couple for years of service. Families in the church wrote verses to be i… https://t.co/ciwvNOXWtA

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At the same time I made the candy cane pen out of Padauk and Maple, I also made a Purpleheart and Maple version. Ended up giving this to my other daughter who loves purple. Was fun to see them both using their pens! https://t.co/shjeMGkQrd

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I picked up a bowl gouge yesterday and got it shaped and sharpened tonight. Then I made a bowl! I seriously need to add some weight to the Shopsmith if I want to make more bowls. I still have a ton to learn, but the bowl gouge worked way better than the … https://t.co/H069ZY7UrC

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I saw penguins like these on Pinterest and thought it was a great idea, so I made a set for my wife. It’s a super easy and fun project. Just walnut and maple glued together and turned at an angle. I used dowels chucked into the drill chuck on my Shopsmit… https://t.co/sPg8XERDBw

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Yesterday I was able to give my daughter the candy cane inspired pen she asked for. The number of mistakes I made on this project helped me learn a lot of pen making tips very rapidly 😂 I’m thrilled that it turned out and actually resembles the red a… https://t.co/53iNvOVFlQ

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Merry Christmas! Hope you all have a wonderful day! I spent a lot of time leading up to Christmas on my 1956 Shopsmith that I temporarily moved into our basement (So I could have warmth!) • Super glad I came across @scottsminiwoodshop awesome overvie… https://t.co/lsH7N6Gb5Q

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So despite a number of issues so far, I think this next step is going to prove the most challenging... finishing the pen without the Padauk massively staining the maple. If you have any advice, please let me know! From my research so far, I’m planning on… https://t.co/FYG3B71A9u

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Making repeating patterns in wood turns out to be a lot of fun! This is the near finished pen blank for the candy cane pen... here’s hoping I don’t mess up drilling the hole for the pen tubes 🙈 https://t.co/7q3ReW73cV

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First glue up was a success! This is the piece after I cut a 40° angle on the blank. The stripes will be angled on the pen to simulate a candy cane appearance, so chunks of this will be glued up to form the final pen blank. https://t.co/7a5NP2IdpN

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One of my daughters really wants me to make her a candy cane pen... so I cut a bunch of strips of Padauk and Maple (thin ones are around 1/32”). I plan to glue these up, then cut them at an angle and glue them up again. The stripes won’t spiral like a re… https://t.co/xuXDsbR3Wg

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Down the rabbit hole... Back on my birthday in November, many of my gifts were pen turning supplies and tools. This was the first pen blank I made from Bocote I had in the shop. I had no idea how fun pen turning would be! I still need to take some nice p… https://t.co/f2emdce1tK

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The glue up for the walnut #nightstand tops went better than I could have hoped for! I was able to practice using and sharpening a card scraper to clean up the seams. Still have a lot to learn, but very happy with the surface finish. https://t.co/N18oLH2mfX

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I don’t think I’ve used this much traditional joinery in a furniture project before. Love how I was able to do a complete dry fit/assembly before glue up ... without clamps! https://t.co/zHrDw23g0v

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The #nightstand table legs look like giant clothespins from this angle 😄 I cut the tapers as well as the notches for the lower support yesterday. I cut most of them slightly undersized. This allows me to sneak up on the fit with a few passes of a han… https://t.co/dpSGu2Fuvy

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I love seeing sets of parts together - something about the consistency is very satisfying. If you are curious about the process on these: I cut the shoulders of the tenons on my table saw using a sled and a stop block, then used a router jig to form the … https://t.co/o7oamDFc43

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Ended the day Saturday feeling somewhat frustrated with a mistake I made on this project and a jig that didn’t work as well as I’d hoped. But feeling much better tonight as I finished cutting the tenons on the aprons for the set of nightstands. The tenon… https://t.co/w1t30dlU47

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I need to get into the habit of using a #featherboard more often. It works really well when you have a batch of similarly sized pieces to cut. I could have stacked the set I have and made this batch of cuts even a… https://t.co/xgX15z1luX

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Started working this morning on a pair of bedside tables. Planning on using painted poplar and natural walnut... though it might be worth picking up a 2x4 piece of walnut plywood for the tops. This is a render from Fusion after tweaking the setback on th… https://t.co/eEZoiB0Zwj

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We planned a “fancy” dinner for my wife’s birthday today and I needed candlesticks. So I spent several hours in the shop last night turning and making these #blackwalnut and #corian candlesticks. Part of that build was a cameo on @webuiltathing pre-podca… https://t.co/t2ZpknTNW6