Author Archives: leo

Marking knife

Posted on February 9, 2012 by leo

A marking knife  ( scriber, striking  knife ) is the most accurate way to ‘scribe’ lay out lines for any fine, hand cut joinery. Knowing that, after watching some videos on YouTube, especially “Make A Striking Knife” by jpheisz, I decided … Continue reading →

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DIY Grinder

Posted on February 5, 2012 by leo

Why I made my DIY Grinder. Well, after finishing my  homemade woodturning lathe, I bought some tools and started to learn how to turn the wood. Very soon I had to sharpen my tools. So, again, I started to surf … Continue reading →

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Commodes for Trogir

Posted on October 4, 2011 by leo

Here is something about Leo Basic woodworking… In the past couple of months I made four commodes for customer in Trogir,beautiful old town on Croatian coast, under UNESCO protection. I really enjoyed making the commodes, and hope that I made … Continue reading →

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Olive wood fountain pen

Posted on July 26, 2011 by leo

  Today I made beautiful olive wood fountain pen. I purchased a fountain pen kit “Orion” from  WoodTurningz, and in the description was a note that this kit is their special offer and that is so nice that deserve our … Continue reading →

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Olive Wood Pens

Posted on June 25, 2011 by leo

Here are some examples of my work – Olive Wood Pens. I’m so in love with olive wood, so I’m not objective. Instead of writing anything, I upload this little video. Enjoy

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Thank you YouTube

Posted on June 24, 2011 by leo

Thank you YouTube, thanks a lot. Why ? Because among huge number of videos which people upload every minute, there are so many instructional videos which can help you in so many areas of life and work. Of course, I … Continue reading →

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Homemade woodturning lathe-part2

Posted on June 19, 2011 by leo

First take a look on my homemade woodturning lathe video: I also made another video to show you construction of headstock, tailstock and mounting the motor, which is 1.1 kW 220 V motor from old water pump. Hope you will … Continue reading →

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Homemade woodturning lathe

Posted on May 19, 2011 by leo

{EAV_BLOG_VER:3059be21f42d4f3d}   Surfing trough YouTube woodworking videos, I found a couple interesting stories about  homemade woodturning lathe. So, as I had some rest wood from my previous projects, I decided to build one for myself, cos I was always building … Continue reading →

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