I’m at the “The Woodwright’s Shop” set listening to Peter Follansbee and Roy Underhill rehearse for tomorrow’s shoot for an episode on carving Swedish spoons. [...]
TAKES A GOOD DAY TO SORT OUT THESE BOARDS ,THEN MACHINE THEM TO SIZE YOU WANT.THERE ARE MILLIONS OF DAMAGED BOARDS WORLD WIDE LEFT TO ROT OR TO BURN.BUT WITH TIME IF YOU GET ANY FREE.YOU TOO CAN [...]
I’ve been getting a bunch of nice images for the JPEG Wars that will be held as an extra, free event at Woodworking in America 2011. This piece is by James Raines. He built this bookcase [...]
The shop smelled good this morning as I milled up some old pine floor boards. They were salvaged out of my house in Rhode Island. I pulled them up years ago in order to sister the floor joists. I [...]
Like Amanda, Thomas is a veteran student. Last year he built an outdoor table. This year it was a two-drawer unit. He built all of the parts by himself. To cut the wood he used a Japanese rip [...]
DeWALT’s 24 Inch Tote with Power Tool Case The two-in-one storage solution allows contractors to easily store power tools, hand tools and accessories—like drill bits, nails and screws—in [...]
In addition to designing the Morris Mini, Alec Issigonis is credited with coining the phrase “A camel looks like a horse that was planned by a committee”. I can’t think of a [...]
Fiendish Knot Puzzle By John Cauley Here’s a puzzle that’s devilishly difficult to solve but quite easy to make. You only need some 3/4" hardwood dowel rods, a 3/4" Forstner [...]
There are woodworking projects and then there are amazing woodworking projects. A couple weeks back a friend pointed me to a video and basically said “Just watch it. You won’t be [...]