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		<title>Link of the week</title>
		<description><![CDATA[WikiHow&#8217;s Guide to Playing the Saw
A talented woodworker can make a saw sing as it slices through wood.  And, then there are people who can just make the saw sing.

Yes, there are people who actually play their hand saws as instruments.  By holding the handle, bending the blade and using a violin bow or your [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tomsworkbench.com/2010/03/12/link-of-the-week-107/</link>
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		<title>It’s a responsibility</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Make a list of the things that a woodworker needs to do his or her craft.  What would you put on it?
Tools would be up there. A place to work would be nice. A way to support and secure your work wouldn’t be bad.  Maybe a few measuring devices…
Oh, and you need wood. Depending on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tomsworkbench.com/2010/03/10/it%e2%80%99s-a-responsibility/</link>
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		<title>Time to tune</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Music is cool. I keep my iPod strapped to my arm most every day, listening as I go about my business.  If I&#8217;m writing at work, it&#8217;s classical. On the bike?  Something with a driving tempo to help me keep my pace. And then there is my favorite.. anything with a kickin&#8217; bass groove.
Regardless of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tomsworkbench.com/2010/03/08/time-to-tune/</link>
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		<title>Quick Poll</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What part of the newspaper do you read first?  Sports? Business? Local news?

Many woodworkers &#8211; and others looking for a deal on products and servicees &#8211; will often pull the classified ads out of their local paper and go through them first.  There, people who are looking to get rid of their old stuff list [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tomsworkbench.com/2010/03/07/quick-poll-112/</link>
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		<title>Link of the week</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Pinewood Derby
Called one of the celebrated rites of spring by Reader&#8217;s Digest, the Pinewood Derby has been an annual tradition for the Boy Scouts of America since 1953.

With just a block of pine and four plastic wheels, scouts are encouraged to let their imaginations run wild. Carving, cutting and shaping the plain wooden block, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tomsworkbench.com/2010/03/05/link-of-the-week-106/</link>
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		<title>Stuff I&#8217;ve Built: The Trestle Table Base</title>
		<description><![CDATA[July 2005
Before our neighbors had their daughter and son, they had a very cool all-glass dining room table. A glass top and two pedestals each made of 12&#8243; wide glass strips joined at a 90 degree angle with two screwed together brackets.  It was stylish. It was striking.
And, after they had kids, and those kids [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tomsworkbench.com/2010/03/03/stuff-ive-built-the-trestle-table-base/</link>
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		<title>An Olympic moment</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Thank you, Canada.
What a great 16 days of Winter Olympic games in Vancouver.  From the snow boarder jumping through the Olympic rings to kick off the opening ceremonies to the very classy selection of Neil Young singing Long May You Run as the flame was extinguished, it was one whale of a show.
My family would [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tomsworkbench.com/2010/03/01/an-olympic-moment/</link>
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		<title>Quick Poll</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Woodworkers can find lots of knowledge about the craft by reading books, watching videos and browsing woodworking magazines.

However, when the goal is gaining wisdom, we often turn to other woodworkers for advice.  Believe me, I have asked question after question to anyone who with woodworking experience who would listen&#8230;
Later on, I noticed that woodworkers started [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tomsworkbench.com/2010/02/28/quick-poll-111/</link>
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		<title>Link of the week</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Woodshop Demos
Earlier this week, I reported on the passing of woodworking jig genius Niki Avrahami. Since then, I have heard of the passing of another woodworking great &#8211; John Lucas.

John was an internet woodworking pioneer who established Woodshop Demos, a site rich with woodworking how-tos, tool reviews and wisdom.  John&#8217;s site stretches to nearly 4,000 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tomsworkbench.com/2010/02/26/link-of-the-week-105/</link>
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		<title>I snapped a cap</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I love my old hand planes.  One of the first I ever bought was an old Stanley Bailey No. 5 jack plane. It was one of the best purchases I had ever made.

The handle is solid and the sole is corrugated. I know those little parallel grooves probably do nothing, but man, they are cool.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tomsworkbench.com/2010/02/24/i-snapped-a-cap/</link>
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