Simple Cutting board – This is a piece of scrap Walnut from a coffee table project. The tile is 6″x6″. The tile recess was routed out and corners squared off. The tile is held in place with silicone caulking/mastic and finished both sides with...
Partly out of the frustration of having to clean the rust off tools after one too many humid summers, and partly because I was tired of looking for a tool that I had put down, in an obscure location, while looking for another tool… It was time to get organized...
To work effectively and safely cutting wood, most cutting tools require a razor sharp edge. Grinding will produce a sharp edge, but honing will produce a REALY sharp edge. There are basically three stones to hone a blade: oil stones, water stones and diamond...
Take one old solid, well made, wood draw from a desk.  This was purchased in an antique shop and was all that remained of the desk. Add some wooden battens at the bottom of each ‘slat’ to stop magazines falling through and voilà . This could easily be wall...
I have recently been working with Locus (I think it’s Black Locus Robinia pseudoacacia), it is hard and I mean really hard – in fact it is 1700 on the Janka hardness scale. Teak is a mere 1070 and White Oak 1350. It can grow to 100′ and has a...
