Making a Bench Mallet

Making a Bench Mallet

It’s hard to imagine being a wood worker and not having a good quality wooden mallet. In fact, the wooden mallet is essential for joinery, furniture making, for chopping mortises and ‘persuading’ joints together and apart. Wooden mallets have been around for thousands of years. Over the years I have accumulated a selection – some purchased and some home made. Read more…

Mystery Wood Update

Mystery Wood Update

My initial guess would be some sort of Swartzia species, such as Wamara or Katalox.

Roubo Bench Revisited

Roubo Bench Revisited

Those of you that have been following Sawdust & Woodchips for a while will recall the Roubo bench I made. You can follow the whole build here.

Recently I was asked if I was happy with it?

Mystery Wood

I have just finished a project that used Maple and some unknown wood – at first I thought it was walnut – it had that walnut smell when cut, but comparing it to a known piece of walnut revealed different characteristics.

Part 7 – Sliding lid box

I have been fascinated with boxes for as long as I can remember and have amassed quite a collection, ranging from simple rectangular boxes to more complex sculpted puzzle boxes that I have long since forgotten how to open. In this article I am going to take you through the steps of creating a simple sliding lid box using some new techniques. Read more…

Mortise & Tenon – New Publication

There’s a new publication out there that looks from the video teaser to be a great addition to the woodwork library.           Mortise & Tenon Magazine from Joshua Klein on Vimeo.