Filling in the free time around sick kids, travelling wife, and other such mundane, but necessary parts of life, as well as using some time getting wood from the source, colonial style, means small projects around the house. A couple … Continue reading
I have Peter Follansbee to thank for getting me started in following woodworking blogs, and later, starting one of my own. In fact, I think it was this post that I found when researching how to deal with green wood from some … Continue reading
Ok folks, here’s round two of the free stuff giveaway. I have two grinders, only one of which I really need. Rather than store the second, here’s a chance for you to get started with hollow grinding your tool bevels. … Continue reading
If you read Steve Branam’s post earlier this week at Close Grain, you heard about the seminar given by Paul Sellers, and a shooting board he made in a matter of minutes to make a mitered corner on a picture … Continue reading
For folks who like a neat and tidy ending to a story, you may not want to read this one (wait ’til pt. 2). In December, my first vise screw broke. It was made from a 3″ thick chunk of … Continue reading
Finishing up my annual shop cleanup and purge, and I’m inspired by Chris Wong to just give away superfluous items. One item I’ll never use again, given that I have another jig, and rarely use it at that, opting to … Continue reading
I’ve been putting this off for years, and forgetting that I put it off, until I’m in the midst of a project where a shooting board is called for. Rather than take time out of the project at hand to … Continue reading
Late last fall, I was building a pair of twin beds, same simple design, but in different species. If you didn’t read about it then, here is the last post on it. Today I went over to assemble the ash … Continue reading
I was flipping through a first edition on the a shelf in a private library full of extraordinary first editions and stumbled on this, excerpted from “The farmer’s and mechanic’s practical architect; and guide in rural economy” (Hammond, James H., … Continue reading