A Big Rut for the New Wagon Vise
This weekend I’m installing the Benchcrafted.com wagon vise hardware on my Roubo-style workbench. But before I could pull my old prototype wagon vise hardware off the bench, I had one more [...]
Top-quality Vise Hardware On Sale. It's Time
Barring some tryptophan- or ale-induced trypanosomiasis, I’m going to start modifying my Roubo workbench this weekend to add some new vise hardware. I’m replacing the metal leg-vise [...]
Woodworking in America: The Official Slideshow
Truth is, I barely remember our Woodworking in America conference in Berea, Ky. The whole thing is a blur. And that has nothing , nothing , to do with all the beverages that people thoughtfully [...]
A Close Look at the Veritas Premium Block Plane
The unveiling of two new Veritas block planes this week has thrilled some customers with their sleek design, and confused others. Is Veritas , a company historically focused on function more than [...]
A Few of My Favorite Books
As Turkey Day hits and the retail market gears up for crowds, it’s time for us to add one more cliche to the pile by making our suggestions of shopping options for the woodworking book [...]
F+W Warehouse Book Sale is Back!
If a decade ago you lived in the Cincinnati area, you likely attended the F+W Warehouse sale. At the time, we had a book warehouse on our Evanston property (the old Coca Cola bottling plant), and [...]
A Close Look at the Veritas Premium Block Plane
The unveiling of two new Veritas block planes this week has thrilled some customers with their sleek design, and confused others. Is Veritas – a company historically focused on function [...]
Veritas Dovetail Saw in Ebony
If you are among those who are put off by the modern look of the new Veritas dovetail saw, take a look at the photo above. Using the power of Photoshop, Art Director Linda Watts made the bubinga [...]
Roy Underhill Contemplates The Ax
One of the highlights of the Woodworking in America conference in November 2008 was Roy Underhill’s keynote address. Underhill, the hero to many hand-tool woodworkers, touched on a lot of [...]
Going Back to My Old School
When you hear about high school wood shop programs these days, the news is generally sad. Many schools have given up entirely, selling off the equipment and sending the message that there [...]
A Return to Power (And it's not Politics)
Having recently returned from our “Woodworking in America” conference, I immediately went to my shop and turned on a couple power tools. Whew! I needed to do that. The weekend was [...]
Veritas Rethinks the Dovetail Saw
This weekend I spent some time working with the new Veritas dovetail saw, which I first picked up at our Woodworking in America conference. The saw has a radical love-it-or-leave-it look that is [...]