Router Table Upgrade

This will be the forth Router table upgrade – the first was simply the router held in the vice – not the safest of methods. Following that I added a table into the extension wing of my old Craftsman table saw – which had served me well over the years. and then last year I bought a new table saw and the router table was propped up somewhere in the shop and when needed clamped to the bench. Read more…

Table Saw Realignment

I knew I had a problem when cherry and maple started go through the table saw and get scotched. There are several reasons this can happen:

Dull Blade, Dirty Blade, Feed rate too slow, Warped blade, Misaligned fence, Riving Knife misaligned or Warped Wood.

New Table Saw Blade

My table saw was beginning to bog down.  It had been 7 months since I bought the new table saw and I was still using the blade that came with it. I was cleaning out the woodshop and came across a slew of used and new table saw blades wrapped in newspaper dated 2007,...

Logging of the Redwoods 1940s

Redwood Saga is an educational film from 1946 showing the cutting, loading, transportation, milling and finishing operations of the Northern California’s old growth Redwood forest lumber industry. It is fascinating to speculate what impression the great trees of...

12 in 1 Tool

This must have been quite a machine. I just love the fact that you can order extra fitments…  

Turned Kokeshi Doll

In the mesmerizing video, master wood turner,Yasuo Okazaki, turns  Kokeshi dolls            These exquisite Kokeshi dolls are turned and painted using just a few tools.