Spring Clean
With so much activity in the shop it is hard to find the time to clean the tools… But it’s important to once in a while clean the table saw.
Woodworker the Charles H. Hayward Years
Several Months ago I posted an article about one of my all-time favorite authors Charles H. Hayward – his book The Complete Book of woodworking is a great book if you are just starting out in woodworking – indeed when I first started working wood in the early 70s this was the book I used.
Office Bookcase
For many years we have been saying that we want a well built Office Book Case – for years we have been using one made of particle board. Just not right for a woodworker… Coming back from vacation to a flooded office gave us the excuse to start afresh…
Mystery Wood Update
My initial guess would be some sort of Swartzia species, such as Wamara or Katalox.
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.
Mark Your Work
Wood marking
Once upon a time there was a gifted craftsman who made the most incredible products anyone had ever seen or used. Word increased about how amazing his products worked, yet sales did not increase. People looked, but simply could not find or identify his products. Why? Because his products were not marked! The moral of this story is;
“If it is worth making, it is worth marking”