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Early Modern Drama majors are enablers. They have fancy library cards and access to stuff that makes you pasty white and boring at parties. I used to have friends. People used to say they liked [...]

First, many thanks to the many of you who submitted entries for our “End Grain” contest. I had the pleasure of reading more than 70 fun, funny, poignant, pointed and otherwise [...]

Yesterday I presented an exercise to increase skills in SketchUp. Our blog lists newer posts before older ones, so you might want to click here to get caught up. Here are the techniques I used, [...]

I’ve been purging my shop and tool chests of excess tools this week. But now I’m afraid some of my tools are “taking the hint” and leaving on their own. This morning I set [...]

Last month we showed you a preview of Len Hovarter’s interesting twin-screw vise (check out that entry here and see a video). Today Hovarter’s web site went live and is offering a $25 [...]

Batteries in drill-drivers have traveled up then down the entire voltage spectrum. I began using 9-volt drill , maybe it was 9. something, I don’t remember exactly. What I do remember is my [...]

WHILE I WAS WAITING FOR THESE TO DRY AFTER FIRST COAT OF STAIN/OIL .I THOUGHT I WOULD USE MY OFF CUTS OF VARIOUS TIMBERS TO MAKE A MONEY BOX. SO OUT CAME THE BANDSAW,AND I DID SOME BANDSAW MAGIC. [...]

HAD A FEW OFFCUTS OVER FROM BENCHES SO I MADE A KIDS BENCH AND A FOLDING TABLE.THE KIDS BENCH AND TABLE  I CUT 4X2 IN HALF SO I HAD SO I HAD EXTRA LENGHTS AT 4 X 7/8 THESE PIECES …

When I first started using SketchUp, I made a fundamental error. I tried to draw, applying what I knew about hand drafting and CAD to a program designed for 3D modeling. It was slow and tedious [...]

BENCHES READY FOR STAINING.THE STAIN WAS MIXED HALF AND HALF WITH LINSEED OIL.THESE IF THE BREWERY LOOK AFTER THEM WILL LAST MAYBE 10 YEARS PLUS!! WITH EVERY DAY USE.!!.ALSO HAVE MY DOG [...]

I suspect anyone even tangentially involved in this industry has been through this issue before. My feeling is that this is a complicated issue, which has some fairly significant consequences and [...]

AS THESE SLEEPERS ARE ONLY  £5 EACH  THESE CAN BE MADE.JUST ANOTHER WEEKEND PROJECT.TO PASS THE TIME AWAY.I MADE A ONE OFF.  AND NOW HAVE 5 MORE TO MAKE FOR CUSTOMER WHO TOOK [...]