John P. McCormack

Furniture Designer, Maker & Teacher

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John Kassay
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Building Nadine's bench
Darryl Skrabak
Worthington Mansion
- Library Window - After
An Extended Note On Saw Tune-Up
Shop Setup & Dust Collection
The Karl and Jean
- New wood scarfed wood into stem, new keel
- Bilge planks and most of support structure out
- New Keel, old wood and Stem repair with rabbet created.
- Filler at aft stem for breasthook.
- Aft breasthook at sternpost is fit. Made of Garry Oak.
- Aft breashook fastened through sternpost, filler etc.
- Ribs, inwale and breasthooks installed. Old thwarts.
- Risers, rubrails, oarlocks and thwarts in, near launch.
- We decided to leave it bright.
- Rudder and tiller installed.
- The night before the launch.
- Stern, with old planks repaired and refastened, all bright.
- On the ramp at launch.
- Karl and Jean Kortum's granddaughter.
- Launched. Oars by Ray Speck.
Work that inspires me
On Education
Boats and Boatbuilding
Teaching Design and Making in High School
- Art, Craft & Hand-Mind Hand Coordination: Teaching in High School
Belt Sanders
The Ultimate Crosscut Sled
- Ultimate Crosscut Sled .pdf
A few critiques….

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Belt Sanders

This is a bit I called into Talkback, on As It Happens, a CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) daily news show. It is my favorite radio program. I have been a listener for more than 30 years.

Broadcast May 12, 1998

http://www.cbc.ca/asithappens/

Belt Sanders

Porter Cable belt sander 504

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