Scroll Saw

      A scroll saw is a small electric, or pedal operated saw that is made to make very complicated curves. A scroll saw is similar to a band saw, but uses a reciprocating blade instead of a continuous blade. The scroll saw can start inside a drilled hole, while a band saw cannot.


Scroll Saw

Butterfly Joint

     A butterfly joint is a type of joint used to hold two or more wooden boards together, or two keep two boards together that are starting top split from splitting more. Sometimes butterfly joints are used to stabilize loose knots. A butterfly joint is two dovetails on each end, that connect to a thin center. Butterfly joints are used most commonly in walnut.


Some butterfly joints

Radial Arm Saw

    The radial arm saw is a machine consisting of a circular saw mounted on a sliding horizontal arm. The radial arm saw was invented by Ramon DeWalt in 1922. The radial arm saw was the main tool for cutting long pieces of stock, until 1970 when the power miter saw came out. A dado blade can be put on the radial arm saw to make dados, rabbets, or half lap joints.


Radial Arm Saw

Taylor Guitars

     Taylor Guitars is a company that specializes in making acoustic guitars, semi-hollow body guitars, and solid body guitars. Taylor guitars was founded in 1974 in El Cajon, California, by Bob Taylor, and Kurt Listug. In 1972 Bob Taylor worked at American Dream, a guitar shop owned by Sam Radding. Kurt Listug was already an employee at the company. Sam Radding decided to sell the buisness in 1974, Bob Taylor, Kurt Listug, and Schemmer bought the company, and renamed it Westland Music Company. The company named was changed to Taylor, so the name could fit on the headstock, and it sounded the most American of the three. In 1981, Taylor Guitars took out a loan because of financial difficulties. As of today Taylor Guitars has 550 employees, and has another company in Tecate, Mexico.


Taylor Guitars logo


Taylor acoustic, and semi-hollow guitars

Band Saw

      A band saw is a type of power tool, which uses a blade consisting of continuous blade of metal with teeth. Band saws are used for woodworking, metal working, cutting a variety of materials, cutting curve shapes, and making strait cuts. The minimal radius of a curved cut depends of the width of the blade, and the kerf.


Band saw

Lathe

      A lathe is a machine tool that rotates its workpiece on an axis, to do cutting, sanding, knurling, drilling, or deformation. Lathes are used in wood turning, metalworking, metal spinning, parts/reclamation, glass working, and thermal spraying. Lathes are first were most common for making pottery.


Lathe

Shaper

     A shaper is a machine that uses linear relative motion in between the workpiece, and cuts with a single-point cutting tool to machine out a linear toolpath. A shaper cuts similar to lathe, but the shaper cuts linear, while a lathe cuts helical. The shaper is also similar to a planer, but is smaller and has the cutter run on a ram, while in a planer the workpiece runs underneath the teeth. The ram on the shaper is usually moved back and forth by a crank inside the column.


Shaper

     A nail gun is a power tool made to put nails into wood or other materials. A nail gun is usually powered by electromagnetism, compressed air, highly flammable gases like butane, propane, or sometimes small explosives. the nail gun which was made in 1950, was made to speed up installing floor-sheathing, and sub-floors. Nail guns can nail 40-60 nails a second, with a capacity of 400-600 nails.


Nail Gun

Hide glue

     Hide glue is used mostly in woodworking. The glue comes in granules, flakes, or flat sheets. This glue can have a infinitive shelf live if it is kept dry. The glue is dissolved in water, and then slowly heated up to 140 degrees farenheit. If the the glue gets to hot it will start to make the glue lose its strength.


Hide glue at room temperature.

Schecter Guitars

      Schecter is a U.S. guitar, bass, and steel string acoustic guitars guitars, founded in 1976 by David Schecter in Van Nuys, California. At first the company was a small repair shop, that repair, bodies, necks, pickups, bridges, pickguards, knobs, tuners, potentiometers, and other miscellaneous guitar items. In 1979, Schecter made their first electric guitar, their guitars were similar to Fender guitars, and were all custom shop. Pete Townsend of the Who, was the first guitarist to use Schecter guitars.


Schecter Omem 7 guitar


Schecter Hellraiser 1 guitar


Schecter Avenger guitar


Schecter Tempest Custom guitar


Schecter Banshee guitar


Schecter Synster Gates Custom guitar


Schecter Blackjack AX-V1 guitar


Schecter Ultra Bass


Schecter Damien 5 bass

How to cut Hardie Board

     There are five different ways to cut hardie board, with hardie shears, a circular saw, a jig saw, a utility knife, and a 4in angle grinder with a diamond blade. Hardie shears cut easily, and make a dustless cut, will the edges if you get to close, but are very expensive. Secondly, you can use a circular saw, but it will create a lot of dust, but if you get the blade the is specifically for cutting Hardie Board you will not have as much dust. Third, you can use a jig saw, the jig saw is good if you need to make circular cuts, but the Hardie Board will tear up the blade fairly easy. A utility knife is the cheapest method to cut Hardie Board, but your cuts will need to be straight for the cut to be effective.The 4in angle grinder with a diamond blade is best for cutting around doors, windows, or cutting trim.



Hardie Board siding


Circular Saw Blade for cutting Hardie Board

Jig Saw

     A jig saw is a modern day power tool made up with a reciprocating blade, that is made to make abritrary curves, stenciled designs, or custom shapes into wood or metal. The original jig saw were just hand saws, with a handle attached to a thin blade. The first jig saw ever made was in 1946, by a Swiss engineer Albert Kaufmann to replace the sewing needle on his wife sowing machine. Older types of jig saws used screws to hold in the blade, while modern day jig saws use slots to hold in the blade. The biggest problem with all jig saws is trying to control the saw itself.


Power Jig Saw


Jig Saw T-Shank blades

Sonor Drums

     Sonor is a German drum manufacturer founded in 1875. Sonor is known for more heavy duty types of drums. Sonor had thick shells with 13mm shells. This drum company is used by many different drummers in hard rock bands. After the 1980's Sonor started to slim down their shells.


Sonor Drum Set

Breton

     The Breton's are half-elves, that are more human than elf. The Breton descends from the province High Rock. In Daggerfall, the second Elder Scrolls it takes place in the Breton's homeland land High Rock. Breton's are good mages, with good magic resistance.


Male and Female presets in Skyrim

Jackson Guitars

     Jackson Guitars is a renowned guitar brand of electric guitars, founded by Grover Jackson. Grover Jackson first started out by doing repairs of Charvel guitars. In 1978, Wayne Charvel gave his business to Grover Jackson. Jackson guitars got into business when Randy Rhoads approached Charvel for a custom guitar. Throughout the 1980's Jackson was a popular guitar brand in heavy metal.


Jackson Guitars logo


Jackson King V


Jackson Randy Rhoads Flying V


Jackson Kelly


Jackson Dinky


Jackson Soloist


Jackson Mark Morton Signature Dominion

Battleaxe

     The Battleaxe is a weapon that is for two-handed purpose, and is a enlarged axe. Battleaxes were made to pierce through legs and arms. In Roman times the battleaxe had a wooden shaft with a wrought iron, or carbon steel head. Some later later battleaxes had metal shafts. Battleaxes were most popular with vikings.


Battleaxe

Mace

      The mace is a type of blunt weapon, that is similar to a club, and a virge. The heavy end of the mace mace is used to make powerful blows. The mace usually has a wood, or metal shaft, with a head made of steel, iron, bronze, copper, or stone. A mace head is usually shaped with knobs, or flanges, to penetrate armor. Maces are usually two to three feet long. And some maces are even for two-handed use.


Flanged Mace


Knobbed Mace

Panel Saw

     The panel saw was invented by Wilhelm Altendorf in 1906. The panel saw is made to cut large sheets of plywood. The panel saw makes it so you do not have to manually feed to wood. Cabinet shops  use panel saws to cut plywood, and melamine into cabinet components. Panel saws are also used by sign shops to cut sheets of wood, plastic, and aluminum.


Vertical Panel Saw


Horizontal Panel Saw

Longsword

     The longsword is a type of weapon that was created in Europe. The longsword has a cruciform hilt, and a grip for two-handed purposes. The longsword was used during late medieval time, and early renaissance time. The longsword was made by a Johannes Lichtenauer, a 14th century fencing master.



Picture of a longsword

EMG pickups

     EMG is a company based in Santa Rosa, California, which manufactures EMG pickups. Series of EMG pickups that EMG sells are the active series which are, EMG60, EMG81, EMG85, EMG89, and the passive series are the EMG-HZ series. The X-series is made to be more traditional and passive. EMG pickups are most popular hard rock, and metal bands.


ESP LTD EC-500 guitar with EMG pickups

Hand-Held Circular Saw

The circular saw is a machine that uses a toothed metal cutting disc or blade. Circular saws are made to cut wood, and even sometimes masonry, metals, or plastics. The more teeth the saw has, the finer the cut.


Hand-Held Circular Saw

Tomahawk

    A tomahawk is also known as the hawk, is native to North America, and resembles a hatchet with a strait shaft. The name tomahawk came to the English language in the 17th century as a transliteration for Powhatan a Virginian Algonquain word. Tomahawks were general purpose tools for Native Americans, and European colonials for hand-to-hand combat, or a throwing weapon. The Royal navy used metal tomahawk heads to trade with the Indians. The tomahawk's shaft is usually about about two feet long, and is usually made of hickory, ash, or maple. The head of the tomahawk is usually 9 to 20 ounces, and the cutting part of the head is usually about four inches long.


Pipe tomahawk made by RMJ Forge

USS Massachusetts

The USS Massachusetts (BB-59), is nicknamed "Big Mamie" to her crew crew members during the second world war. The USS Massachusetts was a ship in the second South Dakota-Class. The USS Maine did missions in the Pacific, and Atlantic Sea. The ship now rests in Freetown, MA, in Battleship Cove.


The USS Massachusetts of the coast of Point Wilson, Washington


The USS Massachusetts at Battleship cove in 2012

Altmer / High Elf

The High Elf is known as the Altmer, descend from Summerset Isle. the Altmer are a taller race with yellow skin, and consider themselves the most civilized race. The Altmer have appeared in all of the Elder Scrolls. In Skyrim the Altmer get an extra 50 magicka, an illusion spell fury, and a one a day ability Highborn ( which speeds up magicka regeneration ).


The Altmer in Skyrim


Altmer in Oblivion


Altmer in Morrowind

 
Altmer in Morrowind


Altmer in Arena

Router

The purpose of the router is to hollow out a part of your workpiece. The main purpose of router,s is they are mainly used in cabinetry. Routers were commonly used by pattern makers, and staircase makers at first. Electric routers took over hand routers in the 1960's. The first electric router was built after WW1. There are two different kinds of hand routers fixed-base, and plunge routers. While there is also the router table(similar to a table saw but has a router bit), and the CNC router, which is a machined router.


DeWalt DW618B3 D-Handle Fixed Base Router.


Makita RP 1101 Plunge Router


Craftsman Router Table


CNC Router