When last we spoke, I had selected the material for drawer fronts, and was preparing to cut the drawer joinery. I had a handful of visitors to my Ustream Channel live stream when I was cutting the dovetails. I’m still working … Continue reading
A quick update on progress on the Wine Sideboard I presented a few days ago. In the last 4 days, the rough lumber was milled, dried overnight, and then re-milled to near-final dimensions. The parts were laid out and panels … Continue reading
Chris Schwarz re-popularized the Moxon twin-screw vise late last year in his blogging and in Popular Woodworking. I built one around May of this year, having cut all of the dovetails in the 11 drawers of my tool chest using … Continue reading
Another long overdue reflection: My workbench. When I started it, it was a couple of months before Chris Schwarz started (talking about) his Roubo 2010 When I finished, it was a couple of months AFTER he had finished the … Continue reading
Recently, the ‘log-osphere (that’s blogosphere, for woodworkers…, yeah, I know…) has been abuzz with talk of tool storage, with Christopher (um, er.., that’s Chris) Schwarz’s examination of the legendary Studley tool chest or his great tool purge and tool chest … Continue reading
Just to update the progress and completion of the cherry wine cabinet, the assembly was completed, and an important lesson was learned: finish the small dividers BEFORE glue-up, because rubbing wax into a 4″x4″ cubby yields bloody knuckles and is … Continue reading