Watch this beautiful preview of the new DVD from Lie-Nielsen Toolworks on Peter Follansbee’s “17th Century New England Carving,” which will be available in early fall 2010. [...]
Soon I will sell my Makita LS1013 miter saw. Not because it’s junk , far from it. It’s still the best miter saw I’ve ever used. But I don’t need it anymore. During the [...]
When I say Ferrari, your mind immediately thinks about a sleek, well-designed, powerful and possibly overbuilt sports car. After you read about the screwdrivers produced by Elkhead Tools, the [...]
I invite readers to post comments to my blog. There are couple things that I want you to know. 1) There is no free speech on the internet. But I allow criticism on my little corner of the [...]
This year we are going to sell T-shirts at Woodworking in America. I swear this on a stack of Joseph Moxons. But we need your help. You see, we’d like to have a humorous slogan on the [...]
William’s first woodworking project was a New England trawler boat. The kind of boat you see in the quaint harbors of shore towns and villages along the North East coast. He started [...]
The October issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine is on its way to subscribers and to news stands. If you have SketchUp installed on your computer (it’s a free download available here) [...]
If you’ve ever wanted to go to Germany and take a hand woodworking course from a guy who is mostly German (me), but doesn’t speak a word of German (me again) but likes German beer, [...]
Why is it that the simple ideas are the ideas most often overlooked? Whenever we see a product that solves a problem and appears so simple, we slap our forehead and do our best impression of [...]
THESE ARE SOME BENCHES I MADE FOR A COUNTRY PUB.THESE WERE MADE SO THE SEATS CAN GO UNDER BENCH WHEN IT RAINS.AS THE PLASTIC COVERS FOR THESE THE PUB OWNERS MADE SPECIAL SO IN THE WINTER IT CAN [...]
WELL MY TIMBER ARRIVED THIS MORNING ALL 30 LENGHTS X 16 FOOT.AS YOU SEE MY WORKSHOP IS ONLY SMALL SO THIS TIMBER WILL HAVE TO BE MOVED TO THE BACK GARDEN/YARD BEFORE I CAN START CUTTING THIS TO [...]
JUST PASSING AWAY THE TIME,THIS WAS TURNED USING ENGINEERING FILES WHICH I GROUND AS I HAD BOUGHT A BOX FULL AT A CAR BOOT/FLEA MARKET FOR £5 OR YOUR CURRENCY 7 DOLLARS. THE BOX [...]