Resources & shop for woodworkers and DIY
Resources & shop for woodworkers and DIY
. . . by their cover. My wood stacks come from long planks that needed straightening for joints before joints could be made. The joints rely on straight edges to two adjacent faces trued first by hand planes and opposite faces sawn parallel by saw and planed smooth too. This has been my way for […]
The following is excerpted from “The Anarchist’s Design Book,” by Christopher Schwarz, an exploration of furniture forms that have persisted outside of the high styles that dominate every museum exhibit, scholarly text and woodworking magazine of the last 200 years. There are historic furniture forms out there that have been around for almost 1,000 years […]
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As a woodworker, having a functional and efficient sanding station is crucial. But my current setup was a mess – sanders stacked haphazardly on an old failed project with terrible dust collection. I set out to build a custom flip-top cart that would organize my tools and make sanding easier. There are A LOT of […]
Adding paste wax over a shellac finish as described in Part 1 of this series makes for my favorite finish of all – when used in the right circumstances, of course. Wax also is a nice addition after satin wipe-on poly or satin water based finishes. Wax produces a beautiful luster and smooth feel. It […]
There is a product for sale I am thinking about that seems rather expensive for what it is. However, I cannot knock the design or quality (although I do wish for one modification!) It is simple in design, and neither tight tolerances nor a high degree of precision are required. The basic process of making […]
sam came back from a jobsite yesterday with some pictures of two coffee tables we made last year, but never photographed on site because the house wasn’t finished when we delivered them, two big ones! this one is claro walnut, about 4 and a half feet wide and 6′ long … in the background there […]
I started hunting for Windsor chairs about a year ago and it took a few months to find a used set of birdcage Windsors I was happy with on craigslist. I did a bunch of experimenting with milk-paint and then refinished them. After refinishing them I think they worked well for this project. I think I’ll […]
The fine folks at Horizon Wood Products in Western Pennsylvania are making available Beech blanks for making bench planes. This quarter sawn 16/4 material is European Beech (Fagus Sylvatica), not the American Beech (Fagus Grandifolia) I wrote about earlier. For those of you excited about the English Woodworker and his upcoming lessons on making a […]
But I had taught before. I had taught a few one-on-one sessions in my shop, for hire. Those classes were exhilarating and rewarding, for myself and the student(s). And last spring, building the Morris chair was actually a tandem build with my friend Brett. I was sharing my shop with Brett that year, and he had […]
How To Whittle, The Taunton Press, $19.95, 144pp, March, 2018 Full disclosure: I was given a copy of this book by the publisher for review. This is a gorgeous book. It features 25 projects that are a mix of functional and decorative items, carrying on a centuries-old tradition. Josh Nava is a hand carver in […]
October 23, 2023 Roughly this time last year we had a set of solar panels installed along with a battery for storage. So I thought I’d look at the numbers and see how well it had performed this year. The system is a GrowWatt SPH3600 inventor with a 6.5kWh battery and 12 x 410w HiKu6 […]