Mouldings in Real Time

There is a lot of nutty, stupid boasting in our craft. Examples: I can build that highboy in a weekend. I can rip faster than a table saw. I can eat more pies than you. But one of the boasts …

Pulled In To Nazareth

Over the weekend, a link to this video appeared in my inbox, and I thought it worth sharing. It’s an inside look at the C.F. Martin Guitar factory from 1939. It fills me with shop envy more [...]

Steam-powered Sawmill

Last weekend I was lucky enough to wrangle an invitation to Miner’s Annual Saw Day. What’s a “Saw Day?” In this case it’s private backyard mini-festival hosted by [...]

Je m’excuse, Monsieur Auriou

This year’s Woodworking in America was a landmark event for me. After seriously considering getting a set of astronaut diapers last year, this year I got to go to the bathroom twice – twice! – [...]

And the Winner is…

Thanks for the many funny entries in the Caption the Photo contest I posted on Friday. Many captions made me chuckle – and I couldn’t decide which of the following two I liked more: [...]

Finally – A Use for My Iron

The day before I started at Popular Woodworking Magazine in August of 2005 was the last day I had occasion to iron a shirt. But today, I pulled my iron out from the deep recesses of a cabinet in [...]

Time to Grow Up

“Now,” said John, “we will put the work away for today.” “Why, I am not tired,” said Benny. “Neither am I,” said John; “but uncle Edward said, that, if we meant to make a good job of it, we must [...]

TEDDY BEAR CLOCK

MADE FROM OFF CUTS OF PLY AND CLOCK PIECE FROM A FLEA MARKET/CAR BOOT. COST 3 DOLLARS PLUS YOUR TIME TO MAKE IT. IDEAL XMAS GIFT.…

LEGO MAD

THE NUMBER 1 TOY  FOR THE LAST 5 YEARS. LEGO BRICKS.  BUT LEGO  IS NOT JUST FOR BUILDING OBJECTS.?? WITH IMAGINATION LEGO CAN DO ANYTHING YOU WANT IT TOO ???/ WITH CHRISTMAS COMING [...]

Black Walnuts, Revisited

This week in our newsletter, I wrote about going to a walnut festival and planting some of the fruits when I got home. It was my hope to see some seedlings in the spring. I asked readers if they [...]

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