Resources & shop for woodworkers and DIY
Resources & shop for woodworkers and DIY
Our brass Warrington-pattern hammer. We have three new items in stock here in Covington that are ready to ship. First up is a brass Warrington-pattern hammer. This tool was at the request of readers and the machinists at Machine Time (which makes our hammer heads). The brass is hard enough for the light duty of […]
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In his latest video adventure, Bob takes on a project to recreate and improve the popular Billy cabinet from IKEA. He’s determined to make it bigger, better, and cheaper. In this blog post, we’ll follow Bob’s journey as he transforms a basic IKEA design into a custom masterpiece. Better, Bigger, Cheaper A Cost-Conscious Approach Building […]
More on the Ruler Trick, part 2 • Tuesday, March 28th, 2023 Can the Ruler Trick be used for chisels? Yes. Should it be used for chisels? Depends. Yes, the RT affords an advantage similar as with plane blades in honing the flat side of the blade. The tiny 1/2° bevel created by the lift […]
I have a carefully-chosen group of manual hand tools that lives in a MFT Systainer toolbox that covers my particular needs for the majority of general tasks. It is always with me whether I’m working in the shop, on site, or around the house. Every once in a while, I vacuum out all the wood […]
long story coming here … I made the drawing below in 2010. Somewhere I have a picture of the two crows I photographed in the snow in Burlington, VT. I had recently stumbled over the drawing a few days before I got an email from a long time client who was looking for a ‘bar […]
Home > Woodworking > Hock Tools 5″ Chef’s Knife Kit Hock Tools 5″ Chef’s Knife Kit At Woodworking In America last year. Ron Hock’s wife Linda convinced me I NEEDED to get their new knife kit. There is no shortage of knifes in my kitchen and I kind of have a minor obsession with chef’s […]
Richard Grell knows drawknives. He’s been building Windsor chairs for a living more than forty years. That’s a forest of trees sculpted into an armada of chairs. Along the way he’s tweaked and refined his own user tools to a high level. Now the best part. Richard is now making his own version of […]
Applying paste wax to furniture is part of most furniture maker’s process. For closed pore woods, such as cherry or maple, clear paste wax is usually used. But when finishing furniture made from open pored woods (oak, mahogany, walnut), it is a common practice to apply a colored paste wax as a final step. Usually a […]
52 Boxes In 52 Weeks, The Taunton Press, $24.95, 224pp, May, 2018 Full disclosure: I was given a copy of this book by the publisher for review. This is a wonderful design book by Fine Woodworking senior editor Matt Kenney. It’s the result of a challenge he set for himself to practice his design skills: […]
Sponsored Guest Post by Mike Escott August 25, 2023 There’s something truly special about creating, repairing, and crafting with our own two hands, isn’t there? Over the past few years, I’ve noticed a delightful trend: more and more individuals are diving into the world of DIY welding projects. Whether it’s crafting a unique piece of […]
From raw wood to a completed frame The process of going from a raw piece of wood, in this case a 6/4 piece of Basswood; to create a picture frame is a challenge that always excites me. The picture on the left shows the beginnings, hand planing the edge to create a smooth and square […]