A Day at The Woodwright’s School
This is my third time teaching at Roy Underhill’s school in Pittsboro, N.C. And I can definitely feel the rhythm of the school, the community and the man sinking into my bones with every passing [...]
Nesting Components in SketchUp, It Works Both Ways
One of the secrets of working effectively in SketchUp is keeping control of all the bits and pieces in your model. The more they look (and act) like individual hunks of wood, the closer modeling [...]
A Handplane from Orlando?
Nope! Disney hasn’t entered the world of toolmaking. This isn’t about an amusement ride, either. The Mouseplane is a new woodworking tool introduce by Power Adhesives, a United [...]
SCAFFOLD PLANK/PALLET BENCH
MADE USING SCAFFOLD BOARDS AND PALLETS.WITH A FEW NUTS AND BOLTS.,LIGHTLY STAINED OAK WITH LINSEED OIL FOR PROTECTION IN ALL WEATHERS… AS YOU CAN SEE RUBBISH PALLETS/SCAFFOLD [...]
And at Age 11, I Hosted my Own Woodworking Show
Roy Underhill looks over the rim of his beer at the City Tap – the bar behind his woodworking school – and asks me the following left-field-what-are-you-doing-inside-my-skull question. “You built [...]
I Can Do That: Limbert Outdoor Cafe Chair
A great chair to make in pairs (or more), this outdoor version of a classic Charles Limbert Arts & Crafts cafe chair is simple to make using basic home center lumber and only a few common [...]
An Embarrassing Rust Problem
I believe I’ve mentioned previously my problems with parsimony. Now, my penny-pinching ways have led to an embarrassing predicament. (And that’s quite enough alliteration for one [...]
Cosmic Joinery Karma?
After my gruesome dovetails of the day before (no, I don’t have any photos), I hoped I was done with disasters for the week in the class at the Marc Adams School of Woodworking. Then my wife [...]
Free-Form Wall Shelf
Free-Form Wall Shelves By John Nesset Here are versatile shelves that allow for creative, one-of-a-kind edge treatments. Hung on the wall without any visible means of support, these shelves are [...]
A Giant Shop Cabinet
Giant Shop Cabinet Organize tons and tons of woodworking supplies with room to spare. By Tim Johnson If your workshop seems cluttered and your workbench is always covered with stuff, you need [...]
My Trashiest Dovetails in 10 Years
Today my worst nightmare as a teacher came true during a dovetail demonstration. As I knocked together the components of the joint under the watchful eyes of 18 students and two video cameras at [...]
COMPUTER TABLE OFF CUTS
PEOPLE STILL SEE ME AS MAD…. SOME CAN NOT SEE FURTHER THAN THEIR OWN NOSE….WAS TOLD ITS ONLY GOOD FOR FIRE WOOD??? MAYBE IN THEIR EYES…BUT THROUGH MINE I SEE A [...]