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 [...]
Now Available: The Complete 'Mechanick Exercises'
“And tho’ the Mechanicks be, by some, accounted Ignoble and Scandalous yet it is very well known, that many Gentlemen in this Nation, of Good Rank and high Quality, are conversant in [...]
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 [...]