Archives

WITH OFF CUTS OF PLY FROM A SKIP AND A FEW STEEL RODS.THESE WERE LEFT OVER FROM STEEL WORKERS ON A SITE IN A SKIP…MADE A MOULD/SHUTTERING  FROM PLY THEN PAINTED ON MOULD RELEASE.. [...]

If you’re looking for a tool manufacturer, chances are they are in Las Vegas this week for the bi-annual woodworking show known as AWFS. We have Publisher/Editor Steve Shanesy reporting from the [...]

I’ve been working, albeit slowly, on a small desk from the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts (MESDA) – I wrote about full-blind dovetails found on the desk in an early post (read it [...]

I’ve had a number of questions come in regarding a post I had a couple of weeks ago. I had mentioned that gluing together rigid pink insulation was an inexpensive way of making many [...]

Yesterday, Linda Watts (our designer extraordinaire) and I approved the printer’s proofs for the October 2011 issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine. That means, because of the wacky way [...]

JUST FOR FUN. 2X2 OFF CUT OF PINE..AN HOUR OF FUN MAKING IT. HUNDREDS OF HOURS SOLVING IT.!!!!!!!!!! A POCKET PUZZLE.…

The 2011 AWFS Fair is underway in Las Vegas (the big show ends Saturday, July 23) and I’ve picked through the aisles looking for innovative new products. I’ve found several, so [...]

When I teach a class on sawing and making a sawbench, it is usually a one- or two-day event. One of the nice things about teaching at The Woodwright’s School in Pittsboro, N.C., is that it’s a [...]

Winners in the seventh annual Veneer Tech Craftsman’s Challenge have been announced. This is the second time around for me to serve as a judge in this contest, and it was a challenge for me [...]

Amanda is one of my summer program veteran students. During her first year at Belmont Hill she built a great looking clock. On her second year she made a beautiful shooting star wall clock. She [...]

Early this morning, I dove into my tool chest to pull the stuff I’ll need next week at The Woodwright’s School for a 17th-century joint stool class with Peter Follansbee. And I [...]

I SEE SOME PEOPLE ARE THINKING MY WAY.THIS IS MADE BY A PERSON WHO SAW MY WORK.. AND HE IS ONLY A  WEEKEND HANDY MAN…. AS I SAY THESE PIECES ARE NOT ROCKET SCIENCE…JUST LOOK AND [...]