Resources & shop for woodworkers and DIY
Resources & shop for woodworkers and DIY
Having leveled the edges top and bottom and then too the outside we can focus on fitting the bottom and the lift-up lid. Fitting the bottom first allows us to take care of minor discrepancies in squareness before fitting the lid. Making the first corner square and then working parallel will push the box into […]
Hickory bark seat and back on a chair by Sherman Wooton. The following is excerpted from Andrew D. Glenn’s “Backwoods Chairmakers: In Search of the Appalachian Ladderback Chairmaker.” For more than 200 years, chairmakers in Appalachia built ladderbacks to sell to neighbors and the occasional tourist. It was a tradition that was handed down through […]
A first in what I hope is a series of videos about my experiences as a beginner electronics hobbyist. Today we are talking about the tron club advanced kit 1 and my solution to their “challenge” problem at the end of the first kit. Http://www.justsquareenough.com/Electronics/LabUpdate1 Source link
I’ve been playing with LEGO for a long time. I’ve made several videos about them, from props, to organization tables, to sorters. I really liked the last LEGO sorter I made, but I recently decided to build a new Lego sorter that would be able to handle a larger number of bricks while still fitting […]
You can go a little crazy trying to sort out “oil” finishes, mostly because there is rampant misleading and uninformative labeling among manufacturers who often try to create a mystique surrounding their products. There are a few key points to help keep things straight: 1. Varnish, including wiping varnish such as Waterlox Original, should not […]
I spend a good deal of time organizing things and processes to facilitate efficiency. This may come in the form of organizing tools in a drawer where I can find them, building or modifying a tool, or designing and speed testing a process. Sometimes, the amount of time that I invest in creating this organization […]
so, 2024 is here! time to reflect a little. except for a few health issues like a burst appendix for Sam, who was out for 9 weeks, and a broken collar bone for Luke, it was a pretty good year ! my carpentry job ended december 31st 1979, and as of today, i […]
Home > Woodworking > Asian and Greene and Greene Inspired Hall Table Asian and Greene and Greene Inspired Hall Table I’ve been fairly active in the online woodworking community for a while but have never really produced anything I would classify as furniture. I began working on this table about 7 months ago but got […]
Three on a hill by Barb Walker My lovely wife Barb is a painter and when the weather turns mild you can find her outside with her easel and paints. She’s helped me to see the world through a painter’s eyes and it’s helped me dig deeper into this design language of the artisans. Here’s […]
(This is a continuation of the “Drawing Table” series, click here for part 1 ) The top of the table is a classic breadboard top. And as it’s the most visible part of the whole piece, I wanted to find boards with some nice figure. I found a gorgeous nine foot wide cherry board, that, […]
I like to give credit where credit is due. These are the acknowledgements and references for the information in my book, Hand Tool Basics. I’m a self-taught woodworker. That really means I had many teachers, the many live demonstrators and authors of books, videos, and magazine, online forum, mailing list, and website articles who have provided […]
The title of this 18″x24″ oil on stretched canvas is The Parisian, painted by Diane Eugster. Since posting this frame and painting I’ve received a number of comments about how the frame was made and how long it took. It’s interesting to me how often people ask how long a project takes to complete so this was […]