If you’re looking to do a fine woodworking piece then this is not the project for you. Because it is just that a project. Add a bit of flair to a cabinet or drawer with some simple materials and a little bit of time. Facebook Twitter Google+ LinkedIn
Shop Build
Do You Get Woodworking?
It’s Get Woodworking Week 2015! This is a great event put on by woodworkers every year to share our passion with others. One of the impediments that many people complain about is the cost of tools. In reality that does not need to be the case, nor does that mean that you need to have …read in detail
IKEA and the Workshop (Should Those Words Ever Be in the Same Sentence?)
– If you answered “yes” or “maybe” to the above question, please click this link. I returned home to my monastery last week, and boy was I in for quite a shock – the monastery moved without telling you?; changed all the locks?; turned out the lights and pretended no one was home? I only …read in detail
Who Me? You Want Me to Build What?!?
I decided to take last week off; Holy Week was a busy one and I needed a little rest – he didn’t go to Cozumel, no really he didn’t. But I am back this week talking obliquely about a project I started in my shop. Its a little hush-hush because I am participating in a …read in detail
Problem + Woodworker = French Cleat Clamp Rack
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
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
Shop Stool Build-Off #2
I made some alterations, became disgusted with it, and am returning back to the design. The first picture is the current incarnation. I have the foot rest off right now because I am leaning towards something different. I’m also considering redoing the top, making it adjustable and possibly more circular in design. A bigger change …read in detail
Shop Stool Build-Off
I saw on Chris Wong’s website, Flair Woodworks, an announcement for the Shop Stool Build Off. And since I don’t currently have a shop stool, I am contemplating doing the build on January 25. I thought if I do this, I want to set an additional rule for myself: I will not buy any wood …read in detail