What to do with an extra board?
When i made that Floating top table, I had an extra 1x8x6' pine board. Needed a small project for this board. I came up with a "chair' of sorts, called a [...]
CHRISTMAS TREE TIME AGAIN
MADE FROM ODDS AND ENDS OF PINE OFFCUTS 3X2 PLUS TREE LIGHTS FROM THE POUND SHOP OR IN YOUR CASE THE DOLLAR OR 99 CENT SHOP. COST IN TOTAL 3 DOLLARS .OR £3 .HEIGHT AND WIDTH [...]
Reindeer parts
To make that Reindeer: Basically, just four different kinds of parts, you'll need to make two of the front and back legs a body from that 1×6 Antlers, note the grain [...]
That time of year?
For a Sleigh and a reindeer? out of 1/2" thick pallet slats for a sleigh? just some nails, glue, and an 1/8" dowel or maybe a scrap piece of 1×6 pine for a Reindeer? add a red, [...]
Quick Update on the Stanley Chisels
Stanley’s Sweetheart socket chisels should be for sale in the United States in about six to eight weeks, according to a company product manager. The chisels are in the final testing stages [...]
Weird Wooden Nail? It's the Bit
Peter Follansbee and Mike Siemsen have cleared up the mystery of the pinwheel-shaped wooden nails. The pinwheel shape of the nails is caused by the shell or gimlet bit used to make the hole. The [...]
An Unusual Shape for Wooden Nails
The pegs that hold the joinery of old furniture together are always interesting. I’ve seen pegs with their heads shaped square and octagonal, which are obviously the product of either [...]
Tool Test: $90 HVLP Sprayer
Timing is everything. The press release that came into my mailbox stated, “Finish Woodworking Projects Like the Pros with New CommandMax® HVLP Sprayer” and the suggested price is $90. [...]
On the Level: What I Learned at Woodworking in America
By Christopher Schwarz During my three days at Woodworking in America I talked until my voice was hoarse, answering questions about router planes, workbenches, saws, chisels and scrapers. But [...]
Letters: Sagging Face Vise Screw Concerns
Our editors provide answers to reader questions including the topics of sagging face vise concerns, problems planing hard maple, moving beyond "I Can Do That", a website to research Disston saws, [...]
Tool Test: Bickford Moulding Planes
This issue we test the M.S. Bickford Moulding Planes, Buck Bros Bench Chisels, and Colt Five Star Brad-point Wood Drill Bits.
Jig Journal: Moxon’s Ingenious Bench Vise
By Christopher Schwarz This bench vise might not have originally been intended for cutting dovetails, but boy is it great for it. It raises your work, then stows away when you don’t need it. A [...]