If there’s one thing that can frustrate the beginner woodworker and prevent them from achieving the goal of producing the finest work, it is, without doubt, the sharpness of your tools. In this post I will look at how, with minimum time and equipment, you can...
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...
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...
Next to woodworking, mathematics is my favorite subject. Growing up and attending a technical school in the UK, where woodworking and engineering were required, I learned a great deal about techniques of both woodworking and engineering. Today I think I have found the...
The Cabinet 1932 I came across this delightful video when I was restoring an old card table. As the video says loosely translated ,”Sponsored by the Association of learning for the furniture industry, this silent film presents the profession of cabinet maker....
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