ebay: a great source for inexpensive, yet fantastic tools part 1
Most of my woodworking tools were bought on ebay. Over the years I learned how to identify the good tools from the mediocre or even the bad ones. I gained experience in [...]
Q & A: Bandsaw Tire True-Up
Bandsaw Tire True-Up Q: How can I fix a bandsaw tire with irregularities that bump the blade? I’m getting a lot of side-to-side movement with the blade. A: Truing the hard rubber tire that [...]
Lie-Nielsen Visitors: How to Find Us
Preparations are under way for the Lie-Nielsen event here at our shop tomorrow and Saturday. If you’re familiar with these events, you won’t want to miss it, and if you’ve never [...]
Congratulations to the End Grain Contest Winners
First, thank you for the many fine articles you sent in for our End Grain contest – I had the pleasure of reading more than 250 funny, poignant and/or philosophical tales of woodworking. And [...]
A mallet project part 3
In this posting I will describe how my students shaped the mallet's head. If you recall my last blog post, I described how we clamped the head's [...]
Final Days of ShopClass Sale – Lock in the Savings Now
Our 1/2 Price For Life sale at ShopClass, is ending on Saturday, March 31 – that’s just three more days to lock in lifetime savings. Act now before it’s too late! For the uninitiated, [...]
New Glue Tool/Brush from Rockler
Over the years I have developed my index finger as a highly skilled glue-spreading appendage. Combine it with a proper bead of glue on the edge of a board and I can spread it evenly in nearly one [...]
Milled-Tooth Plane-Maker’s Floats Review
Lee Valley recently added Japanese milled-tooth plane-maker’s floats to their product line-up, and I’ve been using them the last few days to tweak some through-mortises. These are [...]
That’s Not a Holdfast
Christopher Schwarz and Lucy May are pleased to announce the newest addition to their family. Length: 18”. Weight: 9 lbs., 4 oz. Birth date: Feb. 15, 2012. Delivered by: Peter Ross, blacksmith [...]
Are Prototypes Worth the Work?
In cleaning up the shop this past weekend, I came across the prototype for the Krenovian wall cabinet I built for the April issue and was reminded of how helpful it was in working out and [...]
A mallet project part 2
In my first blog entry I showed the revised plans for the oak mallet that my students are building. Here, I will show the process of cutting and gluing the parts together. Once the [...]
JUST PALLET TIMBER
PALLET TIMBER 1 PALLET TO MAKE THIS .SIMPLE IDEAS ARE THE BEST // THESE SELL FOR …