Exercise in Layout and Marking

If you’ve taken the bait and are willing to make a Gottshall block, I suggest you ask yourself two questions before you start. What kind of woodworker do you want to be, and how will you [...]

THE LOG APPLE

  THE LOG APPLE,AS ITS THE WEEKEND NEARLY I WILL BE USING UP ALL OFF CUTS I HAVE.AS I NEED MORE SPACE IN MY WORKSHOP.THE TOP OF THIS LOG I USED TO MAKE A APPLE BOX.I USED A COMBINATION OF …

Coming Soon: Roubo's Plate 11 Poster

Today we finalized the design for a nice poster that features the famous plate 11 from Andre Roubo’s woodworking masterwork. The poster (redheads not included) will be ready for sale (on [...]

Video: 2 Ways to Fold a Band Saw Blade

This morning we were messing around with the band saw blades and got into a discussion of how to fold and unfold them properly. I was taught to use my foot to fold it. Robert Lang uses just his [...]

One Old Exercise for Growing Skills

Yesterday’s post on developing basic skills generated a lot of response. In addition to the comments, I received several e-mails. One that got my attention came from saw-maker [...]

What Makes the Good Woodworkers Good

As complicated as we sometimes try to make it, woodworking isn’t that difficult. Or is it? Great woodworkers don’t possess magic powers or some great gift; they have mastered some [...]

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