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The last day of the tool chest class at Dictum workshops was supposed to be all about the lid. One lid in one day. Easy. Well as it turned out, the last day of the tool chest class was about …

JUST ANOTHER IDEA.GET A 3 LITRE COKE BOTTLE. CAREFULLY TAKE LABEL OFF. FILL IT WITH EPOXY RESIN.MAKE SURE RESIN IS COLOURED TO MATCH COLA COLOUR…. LEAVE TO DRY SOLID.. NOW USING A HOME MADE [...]

THE CRICKET BAT?UNIQUE AND IDEAL AS A GIFT FOR THE UP AND COMING CRICKET PLAYER.A CD RACK.THIS IS ONLY PART DONE TO SHOW YOU WHATS POSSIBLE TO DO WITH A OLD CRICKET BAT??!! THIS CAN BE HUNG ON A [...]

One of my students in my tool chest class has no business being there. He’s been a woodworking instructor in Denmark for 40 years and can teach me a few things. But his son Jonas asked him to [...]

Yesterday, I was finishing up the milling of my workbench legs. The stock was originally 8″in diameter by 8′ long. I had salvaged four posts from an old mill in New Bedford, Mass. Two [...]

BANDSAW MAGIC ,WHAT DID YOU DO WITH YOUR 4X4 INCH PINE CUBES. ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE IF YOU PUT YOUR MIND TO IT..??? REMEMBER THE TRADE??  PLUMBERS /PLASTERERS/DRY LINERS/ELECTRICIANS [...]

It’s time to reveal a dirty little secret of teaching woodworking classes. Are you ready? I don’t care. Here we go. You have to whip the students mercilessly in the beginning days or the class [...]

It’s been years (actually more like two decades) since I last used a vacuum press during my days in a commercial shop. My recollection is that it was a cumbersome and noisy task. Are you [...]

I’ve told this story to many woodworkers, but I have yet to post it in a blog. One day before Dad passed, he called me to complain that he was having to fit every tenon to it’s mortise by [...]

Cherry Pie Safe This versatile classic goes together fast with biscuits. By Dave Munkittrick and Bruce Kieffer Pie safes like this one were once commonplace. The pierced-tin panels kept insects [...]

Aged Cherry Finish Wipe on years of age in a few easy steps. By Tim Johnson If you want to make a woodworker gnash his teeth, ask him to make new cherry look like cherry that has aged naturally [...]

Sometimes a piece of paper or computer won’t do when it comes to fleshing out a design idea. I was revisiting a design sketch from years ago and I was having a tough time getting all the [...]