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A Great Glue Bottle Tip I like the narrow tip on refillable glue bottles. What I don’t like is the tiny little cap, which is very easy to lose. The other day I was pawing through shavings [...]

For his first curvilinear project, self-taught woodworker Brad Ferguson decided to go with something simple , a Sam Maloof-style rocking chair. Ferguson (a field clinical engineer by day) has [...]

We need more workbenches for Woodworking in America. The event, Oct. 1-3 here in the Cincinnati area, is by far bigger than the last three events we’ve held. And me, I’m going a [...]

My visit to Atlantic Veneer began outside the mill in the log yard, and the first impression is that this is a serious operation that processes an amazing amount of material. Several trucks a day [...]

No matter how many times I’ve complained in the last five years, I have been unable to get our technical people to change the search function on this blog, which stinks. So I’m taking [...]

Shellac is my finish of choice for furniture. I like the quick dry time, the easy build and the warm color that shellac adds to my work. However, along with these attributes, shellac has the [...]

Woodcarving by Jeffery Disko     Learn More About Sliding Miter Saws – Choosing a Sliding Compound Miter Saw – Tool Test: 12″ Sliding Compound Miter Saws – Tips [...]

General International just announced the model 75-260 M1 17" extended stroke drill press. This new model is designed for precision drilling applications in either wood or metal. This unit [...]

THIS TIMBER WAS GIVEN TO ME 5 MONTHS AGO.AND I DIDNT KNOW WHAT I WANTED TO MAKE WITH IT.TILL NOW,AS I HAD A FEW HOURS TO SPARE I MADE THIS.WILL ASK A LOCAL SHOP TO SEE IF THEY WOULD SELL …

THESE I HAVE USED MY PYOGRAPHY MACHINE ,THEN I USED RUSTINS PLASTI-COAT,AS IT IS HARD WEARING AND ITS PROTECTIVE IN ALL WEATHERS.EASY TO DO COST PENNIES. UNIQUE AND DIFFERENT.LOG MAGIC FROM A [...]

LOGS COME IN ALL SHAPES AND SIZES .THIS LOG IS ROUGHLY 14 INCHES DIAMETER. AND IT IS ABOUT 18 INCHES HIGH.THESE I CUT BY HAND WITH A HARD POINT SAW BY SANDVIK INTO 2 1/2 INCHES SLICES.I [...]

I’ve always resisted adding wheels or a mobile base to my workbenches. They can be complex, in the way of your feet and take some fiddling to engage and disengage. So we’ve always put [...]