So I’m mortising this benchtop this morning when I hit a patch of epoxy and bam! My chisel’s helve split like a Twix bar. Dang, this epoxy is tough stuff. – Christopher Schwarz [...]
To modern eyes, old-school workbenches look like they are going to self-destruct. The legs are tenoned into the benchtop (which moves with the seasons). And stretchers (that don’t move) are [...]
FOUND THIS PHOTO OF THE ORIGINAL HENRY DISSTON FACTORY IN PHILDELPHIA. THE WORLDS MOST FAMOUS SAW MAKERS. IN ITS TIME. AND NOW EACH SAW IS A COLLECTORS PIECE. ALSO THE DISSTON PIT SAW .…
After a little tweaking of the mortise, the first leg went in. You can see a gap at the shoulder (it’s about 1/16″ now). That’s actually what’s left of the rough underside [...]
I started cutting the mortises and the dovetail sockets in the benchtop today and I can tell you a few things: 1. The dovetail socket takes about half the time and effort to make compared to the [...]
THE FAMOUS DISSTON SAW .1928-1940 NOT SURE THE YEAR BUT BETWEEN THOSE DATES!! BUT WILL KEEP IT IN A CASE AS A SHOW PIECE AS THESE YOU RARLEY EVER SEE. AND I NOW HAVE ONE AFTER YEARS OF [...]
The Carlos Osorio vs. One World Technologies Inc. et. al. lawsuit centers on whether the table saw being used when Osorio’s accident occurred was defective. Osorio’s team claims the [...]
My drivers education teacher in high school made a big deal about the difference between accidents and collisions. His point was that most of what we call accidents, events that occur [...]
Last week we released the first of two SketchUp “Shop Classes” in the BookShop. In the first class, “SketchUp for Woodworkers Part 1: Getting Started,” Robert W. Lang [...]
Things I hate: Gouging my own eyes out with a spoon, and being pulled away from a project for more than a couple days. It’s been a week since I’ve been able to devote any time to the [...]
Last week’s table saw safety survey generated a lot of interest and numerous responses. Around 6,000 participated and shared their experiences. Before we look at the results of the survey, [...]