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bdha @bdha.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

On the one hand this is a silly thing to have made. On the other hand, it’s a silly thing to have made.

A wooden coaster sitting a wooden desktop. The coaster is 4x4 walnut ,with a 1” maple stripe running through it near the “top”. The desk is maple with many blonde streaks running through it.

The coaster with an open can of Coke sitting on it.

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bdha @bdha.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Ok yeah, this is good. Happy with this. Got real lucky with this walnut, and I’m pleased with how it turned out.

A walnut desktop in closeup with sunlight hitting it. The brain is relatively straight with lots of blonde in it.

A further shot of the desk set up with monitor, chair, and laptop. A plant sits to the left of the desk. An art print hangs above the desk between two open windows.

A view of the desk from the upper right.

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bdha @bdha.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

This didn’t come out too bad. (I don’t like the legs. They were cheap, though. Will replace them if they annoy me too much.)

A walnut desk, 2’ by 4’. It sits on gross hairpin gold legs that wobble. The desk is pressed against a white concrete wall.

A view of the desk with an office chair in front of it. The desk is situated between two windows There is a Liz New art print above the desk of a young boy in front of a field of old truck cabs. A caption reads “evaporate and yield to a subdivision.”

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bdha @bdha.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

“Blade jammed” on lowering, yeah that’d frickin do it. (I lost CFM yesterday and didn’t notice which explains a bit of this , but I also clearly need to invest in a zero clearance insert here!)

A Festool table saw upside down with its bottom off. It’s full of dust and crap.

The bottom blade housing, and vacuum tube. It’s full of compacted saw dust.

The blade housing flipped open, lots of saw dust and thin strips of wood. It’s a mess.

5 pieces of wood shavings pulled out of the blade housing. Yeesh.

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bdha @bdha.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Really hoping to finish my first desk tomorrow. (I really need one for the Woofice.)

A walnut five panel glue up on a work table. It is 2’ by 4’. The walnut has many blond accents running up its grain. The right most panel has cloudy grain, instead of the blond stripes. It is clamped in four universal clamps. There is blue tape marking each section which shows which sides needed floating tenons.

A bunch of random woodshop stuff is in the background.

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bdha @bdha.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I got a new friend this week. 6” Delta jointer from 1953. Bought it from someone in his 70s who had it for 40y (and still had the original manual!) He added a door / cover for the pulley and his own dust collection port.

A Delta Rockwell 6” jointer from 1953 sits in a woodshop.

The jointer with a shop made cover for the pulley system that drives the blades.

The jointer with the cover off, exposing the pulley.

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bdha @bdha.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

“Whimsy shelf” for our entryway. Birthday activity. Designed by Mx15, but everyone helped and painted backgrounds. Mistakes mine. (I hate drywall.) Will be filled with whimsical things, I am assured!

A box embedded in a wall. Front door to the left. Light switch to the right. The box is framed with beveled walnut. There is a somewhat impressionistic landscape painting slotted into the back of the box. Four blue shelves are mounted into the box sides.

A further shot of the box. The full entry way, putting the box in context - front door, pictures, a bunch of shoes.

The box again, with the door open, sunlight on the box lighting it up.

The original design on a pad of paper, and the four paintings sit on a work table. A orange and green landscape with a path running through it, a beach with grass and sunlight breaking through clouds, a grid of tiny art I don’t know how to describe, and another blue and green landscape

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bdha @bdha.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Forever wondering where my big square is because it is now CAMOUFLAGED

A work table with a tool wall. The tool wall is painted dark red. There are various tools - spirit levels, winding sticks, pencils, chisels, marking gauges, a big panel gauge, etc, hung on French cleats. There is also, allegedly, a giant 2 foot red Woodpeckers square in the top left corner. Except if it were there it’d be almost the same color as the red paint.

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bdha @bdha.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Ok, well. It’s top heavy and all, but put some drawers of crap in there and lop off the slop and it should be fine. It’ll live parked against the wall 99% of its life. This plywood is uh, real busy (if trippy) and might get painted. Just need to finish this one and build two more…

A work table with a prototype type tool wall clamped to it. The table is 4x1.5(ish), just a frame with a plywood table top and frame. It sore on four orange casters. The “tool wall” is two 8’ 2x4s with two pieces of 2x4 plywood clamped vertically to them. This affords 4x of wall space.

The plywood that makes up the backing has some very striking grain patterns. It’s weird and sort of off putting.

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bdha @bdha.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Cut/sanded some handles because OSB (which I used under the 1/4” ply top) is splinter hell.

The work table end on, with a glue bottle and brush on top. Three clamps on each end hold on a piece of pine under the table top - creating a side handle.

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bdha @bdha.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Making it even with the work bench would have been the smart move. 🫠

A work table on casters, made out of 2x4, OSB, and plywood. It sits in a concrete wood shop. An Oliver bench top plane sits on a cart behind it, as well as random lumber.

The work table next to a jointers bench. A L-shaped ruler shows the table is a couple inches and change taller than the bench.

A long shot of the bench and table together. Lots of wood working junk is strewn about.

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bdha @bdha.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

New babies. Made my first ever table saw cut and I still have my fingies.

A Festool table saw sitting on its stand. In the background: some tables with a bunch of tools strewn around. A large print sits on a table: a young boy in black and white in front of a huge lot of colored cars with the caption “evaporate and yield to a subdivision.”

An Oliver 13” bench top planer sitting on a janky table. A bunch of pine, walnut, and white oak planks in the background.

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bdha @bdha.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Basically living the so much room for activities meme. Getting the workbench up those steps could have taught a Dalek a thing or two.

A large-ish empty room. There are two windows, high ceiling, and a mini split on the far side. A backpack is holding the door open.

A 6’ workbench top leaned up against a wall. Two steps lead to an open door. A backpack holds the door open.

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bdha @bdha.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Went to the Maine Woodworking Event this weekend. Rex Krueger gave the last talk on his new sawbench. Good time! One of his sawbenches was the second thing I ever made and as jank as it turned out it’s still solid a year later. Works great, use it all the time. Tempted to make this new version!

A picture of woodworker Rex Krueger in front of an audience in a tent. A saw bench he made is sitting on a very nice workbench. Rex is making an odd gesture, either demonstrating forces at play when using the bench or doing a karate move.

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bdha @bdha.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Yeah it can cascade uhhh pretty quickly if you aren’t careful.

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bdha @bdha.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Veritas seconds sale is wild. What was it that knocked $100 off this no7? These wee scratches are all I can find.

A Veritas bevel-up jointer plane sitting on a dining room table. The plane has a black casing, silver bottom, brown knob in front and handle in back, and gold adjustment knobs.

A closeup of one side of the inside of the plane. “CANADA” is stamped on the bottom. Two even 2” scratches are visible on the wall of the casing.

The opposite side of the previous image. Mirrored scratches are visible. “Veritas” is stamped into the casing.

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bdha @bdha.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

I hate resawing and clearly I got impatient here but all’s well that planes well.

A 3/4” thick 14” board being held in a Moxon vise on a workbench. A Temple Tools ryoba saw sits on the vise table. A Festool vacuum hose hangs on the bench in the background.

The board has been sawn down its length, not particularly cleanly, so we end up with 3/8th-ish thick boards.

The board split apart, both sides sitting next to each other on a bench. They are ragged on their faces. A couple chisels and a heavy hammer sit next to them, which is why they are ragged. Split rather than sawn all the way through.

The boards cleaned up and pressed together into a panel. They are somewhat book matched. Some light cutter marks from the planer are visible.

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bdha @bdha.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Mx15 asked for a shadow box to put into the wall by the front door so they could make “whimsical dioramas.” Milled and fit it tonight and brought it home from the shop to confer with the client. Goth baddie walking to South St gave my clamped up box a big ol’ side eye.

Side on shot of a white front door and the adjoining dark blue entry way wall. A light switch on the right. A square of drywall has been cut out next to it.

A hand holding up a 14” x 8” x 4” open face box again the wall next to the light switch. The box is covered in clamps and green tape. The carcass is walnut and the back is two pieces of nominally book matched cherry.

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bdha @bdha.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

First cutting board, first use, first scratches.

A cutting board made of walnut, with a maple stripe down the middle, being held out in the sun to show off the grain and finish.

The cutting board, diced garlic, and a knife.

The cutting board, sliced red peppers, the knife.

The cutting board with scratches on the walnut from the knife. (Everything stays, right where you left it…)

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bdha @bdha.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

This was so much sanding. 80, 180 on back, fir frame components. 80, 180, 220, pop grain, 320 for the white oak faces (arrows point the way.)

6 6ft white oak boards, labeled by number in green tape on the end, a jumble of Douglas fir with half laps cut into them. A Festool sander sits on top of them, its cord hanging off the workbench like a Facehugger’s tail.

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bdha @bdha.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Tonight’s project. First time cutting angles with the track saw. (Not a fan of how it doesn’t have any kind of tipping protection!)

An unfinished cutting board sitting on a blue rubber project mat. The cutting board is walnut with a thin stripe of maple running horizontally down the middle. The edges are cut at 45 degrees.

The cutting board with Bumblechutes finish on it. The wood is darker and the figure in the walnut is much more pronounced. The board sits on sole yellow painter triangles and there are used shop rags next to the board.

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bdha @bdha.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

…well, that was frickin easy. First try. Jeez.

A cordless Festool Domino sits on a work bench next to two stacked boards of white oak. The boards already have mortises drilled in them from the Domino.

A shot of the two boards facing each other, Domino tenons on the left boards aligned with mortises.

The jointed boards. Seamless join. Layout marks and a carpenters triangle are drawn in pencil on the two boards.

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bdha @bdha.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Spent a big chunk of yesterday reorganizing the shop. No longer feel like I’m going to die from crap falling on me, or tripping on things. Made one hopefully nice quality of life change, getting the clamps closer to the work.

My lunch on a woodworking bench. A chicken sammie, fries and a drink from Checkers. A ice cooler in the background, with various nerd stickers on it.

A shot of the right side of a wood working bench. A clamp holder has been mounted under the lip of the bench top and is full of quick clamps. A drill, small level, and a small tray of screws sit on top

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bdha @bdha.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Left it on the children's bathroom counter for a couple days after trimming some cabinet doors. Just forgetfulness. ლ(ಠ益ಠლ)

A Veritas DX90 block plane sitting on its side on a wooden desk. It is laying on its side. The visible side is covered in rust.

Not pictured: the owner, very angry at himself.

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bdha @bdha.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Penny regally says happy borkday.

A brown medium sized dog sitting on a teal couch. She is leaning against a throw pillow with one paw up on it. She wear a blue collar. She is a goof and a very good girl.

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bdha @bdha.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

I call it the Mullet Workbench. Business up front, party in the back. It’s not done. And has some Problems. I need to flush it up and install the leg and tail vises, and a cabinet. But after three months of work this feels like a milestone. It’s level and square-enough. And weighs 190lbs. Whew.

A hand made joinery workbench, modeled on the Anarchist Workbench, amongst others. It *looks* sturdy. It is mostly Douglas fir except for a chunk of walnut on the bench top in the near side, and a single board on the far side.

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bdha @bdha.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

A story in four parts.

A 6x2 foot workbench top on another table. It is on two components but is clamped up. A 26” red Woodpecker square sits on the near end, giving a reference straight edge. The ends of the bench top are uneven and a mess.

A Festool track saw and track now sit on the end of the bench top, width-wise.

A Western style hand saw sits in the 2” kerf left by the track saw. A Temple Tools ryoba sits on the bench to the side.

The blade of the ryoba is too thin for the track saw kerf and had too much slop, so I switched to my Spear & Jackson saw, which fit much more single in the cut, making it more likely I would get a clean piece at the end

The off cuts of the bench top end sit on the bench top. The end of the bench is now smooth, even, and square. The S&J saw sits on the bench next to the off cuts.

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bdha @bdha.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Or maybe it would look dumb, walnut and gross Doug fir. But then I realized I could call it the Mullet Workbench, all business in front, party in the back.

A Douglas fir workbench top in progress, sitting on a table. Several boards of maple (some going blonde) are clamped to it.

A HNT Gordon tail vise sitting on the maple boards, showing off a nice contrast between the brown walnut and silver vise.

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bdha @bdha.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Mx15 and I saw Bloodywood again tonight. Great show as always. And so wholesome!

A crowded concert space full of metal heads throwing horns. An Indian metal band is on the stage, playing the last song of the night.

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bdha @bdha.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Because of this mess (2” drift, look at middle top) in this 106 lbs bench top, I got a track saw because I won’t fix this by hand and stay sane. Never used a track saw. Ripped the 8 boards for the remaining two legs in an hour as a test. Festool makes some nice stuff, as advertised.

A 6.5’ laminated bench top leaning up against a pillar. There is a very noticeable gap in the middle, causing a two inch drift from bottom to top. Not pictured: the makers deep unhappiness.

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bdha @bdha.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

So much cleanup before I finish laminating this. Jack and a block plane for scale - along with all the bananas. Green tape at 6 and 7 feet. Still not sure what the right length is. Probably 21-23” wide after flattening those bananas.

Above view of a bunch of Douglas fir boards. Lots of glue all over. Green tape marks the subconponents, and two strips of tape on the right side mark 6 and 7 ft long. A jack and a block plane nose at the 6 foot mark.

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bdha @bdha.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

It looks like a glue person was murdered in here. Lessons were learned. Hopefully.

Six 7’ boards glued and clamped up on a workshop floor. Glue splatter is everywhere. Literally everywhere.

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bdha @bdha.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

If I’m not careful this could turn into a workbench.

A bunch of 8’ foot boards clamped together into a 26” dry lamination. A mockup of a workbench top. A plane stop sits in the near left corner. A wheel (for a vise) beyond that. In the distance, a HNT Gordon tail vise.

A shot of the bench top from the front, focused on the leg. A maple chop sits in front of the leg, below the vise wheel. Eventually this will be an actual leg vise.

The left back side of the bench, where the tail vise sits. Parallel clamps cold the boards together.

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bdha @bdha.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Measured the left leg mortise against the wrong face and now I’m 10mm off. ლ(ಠ益ಠლ)

A left side view of the front part of a work bench base. The long stretcher connecting the two legs is not flush on the left side - so it looks like crap.

A view from the right side, where the stretcher was measured correctly and is flush to face of the leg. So it looks like crap in different ways but at least it’s square.

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bdha @bdha.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Shocked, not gonna lie.

A 2.5” deep mortise cut into a 5x4” Douglas fir leg.

A 3’ stretcher sitting on bench hooks on a bench. A small saw, some squares, a knife sit on the bench as well. The stretcher had a built-up tenon that has been cut to size to fit the mortise in the leg component.

The stretcher set into the leg component, sitting on a messy bench. A woodshop is in the background.

A close up of the stretcher in the leg. A square sits next them. It’s flush and square.

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bdha @bdha.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Look, the first pancake is never any good. But I’m not throwing this leg out so we’ll just .. sort it out. Weighs 19.5 lbs, no joke. (That board had a bunch of bad live edge on it and that’s what was usable. The patch doesn’t go all the way up because past 34” is getting cut off anyway.)

A big chonky lamination of four 2x4 ish boards, the nearest has an unfortunate downward slope so it’s shorter than the other three.

The lamination on its side, with a small 1/2” board glued to the sloped part. Clamps galore hold it in place.

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bdha @bdha.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

One leg glued up and in clamps. Four more boards hewed down. If I can get a leg a day I will be shocked / very happy. My noodle arm will be big mad though. Went a little wild with the glue here, and forgot to tape the top clamps, which I will regret later.

Four 4 foot ish boards glued together and in manu clamps. Glue leaks like a river in the seams.

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bdha @bdha.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Some axe-ction happening. Hewed about an inch off three boards, took about 10m per board. Got decently close to that line. Whole different set of muscles I’m 90% sure I’ve never used before. Ow. Also look at that jerk knot.

A Douglas fir board stood half in a wagon vise on a workbench. A hatchet sits on the bench. The side of the board has axe marks.

A board sits on a workbench. A penciled in marking knife line segments the board into 1” and roughly 4 1/4” parts. A hatchet sits on the bench along with work gloves and safety glasses. The board is labeled “axe #3”, as it was the third attempt.

The same scene as previous except it’s 10m later and the board had been hewed down pretty close to the knife line.

A low view of the board with a giant bloody knot poking out. This is a branch that wants to be free, and it got knocked loose by the axe hits. It was removed and given a new life in the Offworld Colonies.

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bdha @bdha.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Ice cream cone caddy in action analog.mirrorshades.net/ice-cream-co...

A kitchen countertop covered in pints of ice cream. A set of hands is scooping chocolate ice cream into a cone, which is sitting inside a custom made cone caddy.

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bdha @bdha.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

I can’t feel my lips. Mira is ಠ_ಠ in me.

A packet of Shin Ramyun noodles with KPop Demon Hunters character Mira on the packaging. She looks disdainful.

A tagline on the package says “Spicy Happiness in Noodles.”

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bdha @bdha.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

One leg part completely dressed. The rest (15) all have a reference edge now. Moving to a pipeline so I’m not constantly moving the Moxon vise, shooting board, etc.

Two stacks of Doug fir boards. One of one - completely processed and square. The other 15 have one edge squared, with a “V” mark on it denoting it has been planed and can be used for a reference. (Not an F, I know, but it’s not a face?)

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bdha @bdha.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Boring little red oak tray. First actual box-sized box-like. All the other box-like things are Bigger (the tills, shoe box.) Labeling the miters was very smart. Pre-finishing the interior also made cleaning up glue squeeze out trivial. It’s a dumb little guy but it’ll hold things.

Five pieces of road oak - four walls with mitered edges, and a base. Sit on a blue rubber Rockler mat. A jar of Bumblechutes finish and a screw driver sit next to them.

The box sides, with green tape over the miters and and rabbet (where the base slots into.) The inside of the pieces has had an oil finish applied.

The assembled, finished tray the next day, being held up in the sun. It is a boring little tray, but it will likely hold things someone put in it. A jumble of woodshop mess (benches, work pieces, etc) in the background.

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bdha @bdha.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Put together and tested a Veritas donkey ear last night. Very pleased with it. analog.mirrorshades.net/veritas-donk...

On a workbench: A Veritas left-handed shooting board, donkey ear attachment, and left-handed hand plane on the shooting board. A small piece of red oak sits on the donkey ear having a miter cut into it.

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bdha @bdha.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Nicker works good boss. Kind of wish this 78 had the blade depth adjuster but I’ll survive! (I hate red oak. Splintery BS.)

A Stanley no78 rabbet plane sits on a workbench. Splinters from cutting end grain litter the bench. A piece of red oak sits on top of a scrap piece of maple. A rabbet (a groove) has been cut into the end of the oak.

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