ENGRAVING.
This is a basic engraver with diamond tips and extras. The glass bowl is a one off bowl I found in a charity shop .At a later date you will see this covered in all sorts of engravings done free [...]
Q & A: Which Glue for Bent Lamination?
Q & A: Which Glue for Bent Lamination? Q: A chair design I’m working on requires bent laminations for the back spindles. I’m using maple and am having a hard time keeping the glue [...]
A Stent-style Workbench in the Wild
It’s fairly uncommon to find old workbenches in the wild that don’t have stretchers below the benchtop. After all, it’s quite handy to have a shelf down there for planes, other tools and [...]
Too Many Vintage Tools; Not Enough Space; Too Much Guilt
It’s the Sunday before Thanksgiving, and I have a messy house…with guests arriving on Thursday. I should be cleaning. But I started that chore in the study/shop with the intent of at [...]
Wood-turning process leftover becomes high art
My Art piece is the first to be bid on at the breakthrough "Cores" show & auction by the Center for Art in Wood, Philadelphia. Fifty renowned artists were invited to make a piece [...]
On Wide Wood and Where to Get it
Sometimes I wonder what I would do if I lived in a place where I didn’t have easy access to clear, wide wood. Then I realize the answer: I would move. Today I picked up about 300 board feet of …
Make Your Own Hand tools
I’ve turned hollow mortise chisels into square punches, refashioned chisels and their handles, made a number of scratch stocks, ground steel bar stock into embossing punches and a made a [...]
Enter “Tricks of the Trade” Contest
Like money, good woodworking tips and tricks don’t grow on trees. But if you have a trick or two, send them along and you might convert them to cash. If you submit one of the top three [...]
Grizzly Celebrates 30 Years in Business
Happy 30th anniversary (a month or so in advance) to Grizzly Industrial. The company was founded in 1983 by Shiraz Balolia – who has a fascinating and award-winning hobby of Olympic proportions [...]
Q & A: Cock-Beading on Drawer Fronts
Q & A: Cock-Beading on Drawer Fronts Q: I have plans for a Queen Anne highboy in which the drawer beads are applied as separate strips to the edges of the drawer front. How is this done [...]
Back Bevels on Block Planes
When I was taught to sharpen in 1992, the flat back of the iron was holy ground. We were taught to flatten it completely and polish it like a mirror. Never mind that none of the old tools we were [...]
More Wooden Vise Options: Evans Wood Screw Co.
I try to stay abreast of the world of workbenches and workholding. But sometimes a place like Evans Wood Screw Co. escapes my eye. For six years, this Franklin, Ind., enterprise has been cranking [...]