Resources & shop for woodworkers and DIY
Resources & shop for woodworkers and DIY
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Quick and easy weekend project to create adjustable cubbies for storage. I use mine for shoes but you can use it for whatever you want! build video measured drawings and cut lists for 8 and 12 cubby versions build article Http://www.justsquareenough.com/Projects/CubbyStorage Source link
I spend a lot of time in the shop. A LOT of time. I get asked pretty often which products I recommend, whether it’s for beginner woodworkers looking to outfit a new shop or experienced makers who are looking for new tools. I’d like to go through of my favorite shop items that I’ve used […]
My favorite finishes, part 5 – clear water-based • Tuesday, December 27th, 2022 When I am considering no finish at all but just want to add some sheen, silkiness, and decent protection, I use a clear water based finish that produces no (or trace) color change and stays that way. The best example is pearwood […]
I’ve written many interesting articles for Canadian Woodworking & Home Improvement Magazine over the past 12 years, but this idea presented to me by editor Rob Brown was one of the most intriguing and challenging. The premise was simple: you’re interested in doing woodwork, but lack tools beyond the absolute basics like hammer, screwdriver, tape […]
we have made a few different styles using this concept. above it is upside down with the runner guides shown and with the leaves stored under the top all in, ready to go …right side up with the leaves in the cad drawing in the shop with the leaves opened there is another way […]
As woodworkers we many times get very snooty about furniture. “Ikea? I’d never put that crap in my house” “MDF? That cardboard crap is only useful for making Jigs”. I am just as guilty of this as the next wood snob. While I love the path of heirloom quality furniture that my transformation into a woodworker has lead me down, […]
Here’s a sweet video about an amazing place to learn hand tool woodworking. Hope you enjoy and consider what PTSW has to offer. George R. Walker About walkerg Woodworker and writer This entry was posted in Uncategorized. Bookmark the permalink. Source link
I’m not an architect, but as I’ve grown as a furniture maker, the connections between furniture and architecture is strong and undeniable. Gustav Stickley, a furniture maker, designed homes, and published other’s plans for craftsman homes, in his The Craftsman magazine. Frank Lloyd Wright not only designed homes, but often the furniture that went in them […]
The class covers the use of tools like these: handsaws, handplanes, and chisels. Updated December 19, 2020: Thank you to the people who have participated in this and who have helped spread the word on it. The pandemic of course means that I can’t offer this currently, but I had decided to stop before that, […]
December 18, 2023 I need to move the milling machine to a new location but given that it is over 60kg it is not an easy task. When it arrived it was full assembled and came on a large pallet but that made it very difficult to move. So I decided that it would be […]
My wife and I were visiting an artist friend of hers and she showed us an antique picture frame she had. It had a lot of patina (another word for beat up) where gesso had broken off, paint was worn off down to the wood, etc. Well, Diane said she really liked that look and; […]