The roots of the turn-of-the-20th-century Arts & Crafts movement can be traced back to the industrial revolution and the counter-culture that questioned whether this advance was having a [...]
The hardest part of ripping (besides the exertion) is making a square cut through the thickness of the work. It’s fairly easy to follow your line when ripping, but it’s also easy to [...]
PEOPLE SAY DO I ALWAYS USE PALLET TIMBER TO MAKE FURNITURE. !!?? AND WHY DONT I USE REAL WOOD?????? WHAT IS REAL WOOD??????. THIS IS ROUGH PINE TIMBER CHEAPEST TIMBER YOU CAN BUY? I [...]
THE 09 1/2 BLOCK PLANE BY STANLEY .THIS WAS A BARGAIN ON EBAY. £1.04 OR $1.53 AND IT WAS LAST MINUTE BID AS IT WAS BID AT 99p I GOT IT AT £1.04 .AS I SAID THERE ARE BARGAINS TO [...]
SOLID OAK BOARD FOR A CHURCH TO DISPLAY THEIR HYMN NUMBERS ON. THE BOARD WAS LIGHT ENGLISH DRIED OAK. THERE ARE 5 SLOTS FOR RUNNERS ,WHICH HAVE BEEN SPINDLED EACH SIDE 3MM DEEP.SO THE NUMBERS [...]
THE STANLEY PLANE I BOUGHT ON EBAY FOR £4.60–$6.67 .THIS IS PHOTO AFTER I GAVE IT SOME TLC.!! AND A PHOTO B4 I GAVE IT SOME TLC. AS I ALWAYS SAY YOU LOOK AFTER YOUR TOOLS [...]
After a couple of weeks of working with the legs for this new workbench, I am certain the material is not pine. Yes, I know. Shocker. The good people at Home Depot were mistaken. What is it? Heck [...]
One of the goals of this latest bench is to build a piece with enough visual interest that you could put it in a dining room (think sideboard) or a living room (think table behind a couch). [...]