DECK OF CARDS

THIS WEEK I HAVE OFF AND AS I STARTED SORTING THROUGH THE STUFF THAT I GOT FROM SKIP LAST WEEK I WILL EVENTUALLY GET MY WORKSHOP SORTED.INBETWEEN DOING THAT I HAVE DONE ANOTHER BOTTLE TRICK WITH [...]

Twin Kitchen Hutches #8

    To cut my 8’-long boards for the face frame I use my crosscut jig because it would be dangerous to proceed at the tablesaw. The portable circular saw is held against the guide bar [...]

I Couldn’t Possibly Do That…

If you want to sell something to a woodworker, the easy way is to start by selling him on the idea that he can’t possibly do it himself. If you can accomplish that, then you have someone [...]

Interview with Ron Hock

Ron is the owner of Hock Tools, a 25-year-old cottage industry that makes acknowledged superior blades for planes and other woodworking tools. His interest and expertise regarding sharp edges [...]

A Wealth of Hide Glue Information

Drawing on his almost four decades of experiential knowledge as well as historic evidence dating back thousands of years, in “Hide Glue: Historical & Practical Applications” [...]

M.Power Sharpening System

Editor Christopher Schwarz is out of town , so we’ve commandeered his blog for a few days. Don’t worry , the socks on squirrels and monkey references will soon return. When The [...]

Good-Looking Panels

        Nothing makes a cabinet look worse than door panels with unattractive grain that runs at weird angles. It pays to be picky about grain direction, even if it means [...]

Shaker Sideboard

Shaker Sideboard Traditional looks, but an updated construction By Randy Johnson The essence of Shaker design is simplicity. Although I didn’t use traditional construction techniques in this [...]

Tip tools and Mill cutters

I use tips and milling cutters plus tool steel blade to make my own turning tools Here are few tips i use, Plus milling  cutters for  router.I use 1/2 steel rod to braze tips to [...]

My Adventures With Metafiction

I’m just about ready to assemble a drawer, so my daughter Katy lays down her saw and heads to the pickle bucket below the drill press. She dumps the cool water down the drain outside the [...]

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