On Symmetry and Screwing Up
In the world of design, you read a lot about the acceptance or rejection of symmetry. Wait, wait. Don’t go away. This blog entry, by the way, has to do with Audrey Hepburn’s gorgeous face. You [...]
WIA, PWM & More: A Video Chat With Al Navas
Al Navas, the owner of Sandal Woods Fine Woodworking (that’s his jewelry box with inlaid dovetails you see at left), invited the editors and publisher of Popular Woodworking Magazine to a [...]
Blue Tape Fixes Twisty Boards
While teaching a recent class, I nicked my thumb on something sharp, and the shop’s first aid kit was locked up for some reason. No matter – I closed up the wound with cyanoacrylate (Super Glue) [...]
‘Shaker Carry Box’ SketchUp Model
This is a model of the I Can Do That “Shaker Carry Box” from the October 2012 issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine. View the SketchUp Model for version one (above), and version two [...]
Tapping Threads Without Tapping Out
Threading and tapping wood by hand can be frustrating, even when you know what you are doing. Today, 11 students and I at the Center for Furniture Craftsmanship built Moxon-style vises to prepare [...]
Congratulations to the Workshop Makeover Giveaway Winner!
A hearty congratulations goes out to Bill Ketler of Silver Spring, Md., winner of our Workshop Makeover Giveaway, sponsored by JET Tools and Bessey Tools. He will be adding $6,000 worth of tools [...]
SOBA 3-in-1 Shoulder Plane tune-up and review
A few months ago I blogged about the advent of India-made premium planes. I said that I will try to get a hold of a shoulder plane, a clone of the Record No.311, and run a [...]
CARDBOARD TUBES
THESE ARE THROWN AWAY EVERY DAY . SO WHY THROW ? WHY NOT RECYCLE WASTE CARDBOARD TUBES??? NO USE TO ANYONE ? BUT TO ME IDEAS/ DESIGNS ??? BASIC TOOLS AND GLUE REQUIRED…THE ROUND SEAT?? [...]
More Experiments with Chipbreakers
This week I’ve been surfacing a lot of wood by hand, from pedestrian sugar pine to funky metals that have wood-like properties (e.g. purpleheart). And all the while I have been testing, testing, [...]
ShopWood: Greene & Greene techniques to learn and use
If you're a fan of Greene & Greene or heard some, and are intrigued, this book is a great place to enjoy an exenstive view of this approach to woodworking.
A Visit to Peter Follansbee’s Shop
I spent the afternoon with Peter Follansbee at his shop at Plimoth Plantation in Massachusetts – watching him work for a profile I’m writing about him for Popular Woodworking Magazine. “The Peter [...]