Archives

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL STAFF AT THE AMERICANWOODWORKER AND TO ALL WHO SEE AND ENJOY MY WORK. AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL. THIS TREE IS MADE ALL FROM RECYCLED MATERIALS . …

There is great debate among the Saw Nerds (I’m a card-carrying member) about when the backsaw came into this world, kicking and screaming and whipping its lamb’s tongue to and fro. [...]

We’re having some blog problems right now. Posts and comments are disappearing. This is technical, not a conspiracy (at least not one that I’m in on). I apologize for the problem and [...]

I have been called a tool dweeb (and that’s by people who like me), but I take issue with that assessment. In truth, I have far more books than tools (unless you count every drill bit and [...]

The tabletop on our for the I Can Do That project in our February 2010 issue, appeared a bit blasé. So to pep up the look, I thought inlay. Knowing I didn’t have the time to create, or the [...]

Imagine a high school physics class full of enthusiastic kids, eagerly working on their assignments and having fun in the process. Imagine these kids taking their projects home, getting their [...]

After we posted the entry about the new Bosch Router Combo (click here to read that entry), a reader asked about the vibration of the tool. Because we had the router in the shop, we decided to [...]

Well Ive been a New Yorker for 5 months now and am officially moving into a place of my own.  I'm renting a 10x16x 20 work space/studio in Greenpoint Brooklyn.  I recently drove 24 [...]

THESE FILES HAVE BEEN GROUND TO THE PATTERNS I WANT,AS I USE THESE FOR TURNING TIMBER, I CAN GRIND THEM TO A PATTERN I NEED.THESE WERE USED TO MAKE THESE CHESNUT CANDLE STICKS. ALL TURNED BY [...]

If you build furniture, chances are you assemble pieces as soon as possible to get a better look at the piece. I don’t think I’ve built a chest of drawers where I haven’t set [...]

My sister-in-law killed her college landlord with a voodoo doll, so don’t try tell me that curses don’t exist. The curse du jour is an innocent flat-panel door I’m building for [...]

It takes guts to completely redesign a woodworking tool, especially if you throw out most of what everyone has come to know and use. But that’s exactly what the design team at Bosch has [...]