What in the tar-nations is going on around here? Two blogs in one week, not to mention their updates. If I weren’t the one running this show, I would probably have unsubscribed already. Now that we have cleared out the riffraff, they know who they are, I just wanted to let everyone know that I …read in detail
Do You #WIA15?
So I’m off to Woodworking in America this year! Thank you Popular Woodworking for setting up shop in Kansas City, MO! This vlog gives some of the details of when and where I will be during the weekend (or at least Saturday … spoiler warning). I hope to see everybody there and I look forward …read in detail
Save Your Local Hardware Store from Boring Drawers
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.
You Sure Don’t Look a Day Over 21
I do not think that many people know this, but MonkWerks is not my only responsibility – it’s true, we saw him berating a three year old for eating meat on a Friday in Lent – I am also working on my doctorate in Medieval Slavic Christianity – still not sure if he is trying …read in detail
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
I Wore a Beard Before Beards Were a Thing
So … I learned a new word this week: lumber-sexual – what part of the seedy underbelly of the Internet did he fall into without us?. According to Urban Dictionary, he (not being a misogynist, it is gender specific) is defined as “a metro-sexual who has the need to hold on to some outdoor based …read in detail
So You’ve Heard of a Lazy Sunday, How About a Lazy Week?
In this week’s blog, I thought it might be interesting to take you on a journey through my week in woodworking. The only problem with doing that is that it was a completely unproductive week – we think it has to do with the fact that we were talking unionizing and the ‘Man‘ just cut …read in detail
Happy Paper Anniversary! Paper, Really?!?
On the first day of the month of November, in the year of Our Lord, two thousand and thirteen at 1:01pm, central daylight savings time, the first ever MonkWerks video was uploaded to YouTube – and he is still as melodramatic as ever. So Happy Anniversary! If you will indulge me for a minute – …read in detail
Woodworkers WITH a Cause
It has been a little while since I last posted on the blog – we tried to convince him that it was for the best but he insists on subjecting his thoughts on the world – because I have been spending a little time with my extended family (monks actually get some vacation time) and …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