AW Extra – Compact Humidor
Compact Humidor A pull-apart box with a silky-smooth fit. By Suwat Phruksawan I've had a lot of fun over the years building boxes of all shapes and sizes.This one was made as a travel humidor [...]
GATE WAY TO THE SECRET GARDEN
ALL YOU NEED IS A MIRROR AND SOME RECLAIMED TIMBER SLATS A BIT OF DOOR FURNITURE … PLUS A BIT OF MATHAMATICS. ALSO A BIT OF DESIGN AND FLARE. AND YOU TOO CAN HAVE A DOORWAY TO YOUR SECRET [...]
The Lie-Nielsen No. 51 in Use
A dedicated shooting plane is a luxury item, much like a European table saw with a beautiful sliding table or a full keg of beer by your bedside. For many years, I’ve used my jointer plane to [...]
Take a Look at My Drawers
The drawers in the coffee table I built for the August issue (which starts mailing later this week to print and digital subscribers) are a just a bit different than my usual approach, as I had a [...]
PALLET MIRROR FRAME
SUNDAY AGAIN JUST MESSING ABOUT WITH IDEAS ,!! ,GLASS MIRROR- MEET PALLET SLATS.!! CUT TO SIZE REBATE THE BACK TO FIT MIRROR HARDBOARDED BACK. ROUGHED UP FRAME FOR OLDE LOOK.TREATED WITH MIXTURE [...]
Cedar Chest
Out of Aromatic Red Cedar. I started with several rough sawn 8/4 by 6" wide boards. milled down into something my small shop could work with. "Plan" [...]
A face lift for an old filing cabinet part 4: Six feet under… or how to dig a grave for a butterfly?
I started by drilling holes with forstner bits, trying to match the correct drill diameter to the right location on the designated mortise. Next I used bench chisels of different widths to clean [...]
A face lift for an old filing cabinet part 3: The Key ingridient
In this sketch you can notice a bow-tie or a butterfly shaped object that is placed in the middle of the top's crack. This object acts as a locking or securing agent, preventing the crack [...]
A face lift for an old filing cabinet part 2: planing the top
The first tool that I used was a scrub plane. This is a Western style plane and it is intended to be pushed, however, I sometimes plane by pulling it towards me, much like a Japanese plane. [...]
Things I Cannot Teach About Woodworking
The best things about the craft of woodworking – the things that bring pleasure in the work – are beyond my skills as a writer, teacher or friend to explain. Example: Powered jointers are – in my [...]
MIRROR BOX ON WALL
THIS HAS NOW BEEN STAINED AND OILED READY WITH COMPOST FOR A PLANT. WITH SUMMER COMING IT WILL LOOK NICE WITH A MIXTURE OF DIFFERENT COLOUR PLANTS.DOES NOT LOOK MUCH WHEN ITS IN THE [...]