My shop is an outbuilding constructed from cinder blocks. I suppose it has advantages, but a big disadvantage is that whenever you want to attach something to the wall it is difficult and time consuming. Over the last several weeks I have bought and built a significant amount of new clamps, and leaving them in …read in detail
Clamps
Holding it All Together
My Get Woodworking Week 2014 video garnered a lot of positive response. And it is looking to be one of my more popular posts to-date, garnering nearly 100 new YouTube subscribers in just 3 days! THANK YOU! It was aided by Tom Iovino’s link on his Tuesday post for Get Woodworking, as well as the …read in detail
(GWW 2014) Clamps, Clamps, and More Clamps!!!
Woodworking began when the first person figured out how to join two pieces of wood together – probably lashing it together with some vines. And woodworkers through the centuries have continued to use that and other methods to hold it all together. I actually learned to hammer with nails before I earned the knot-tying merit …read in detail
Get Woodworking Week Preview
I Decided to Participate in Get Woodworking Week 2014 This Year!!! February 2-8 One of the old benchmarks for being a craftsman is making your own tools. Yet, it is not as difficult as it is often made out to be. So … my project this year, and the video will be posted next week, …read in detail