Workbench Lighting – Recessed Lights with High CRI
My wife makes fun of me because no matter what I go to Home Depot for, I end making a slow pass through the lighting section to take inventory of any new lighting products that have come out [...]
Aliphatic Hydrocarbons: Are they different from mineral spirits and paint thinner?
You may have seen some of my complaints directed at Minwax and General Finishes for listing “aliphatic hydrocarbons” as an ingredient on some of their products rather than the more common [...]
Tool News: Box Joint & Beehive Jig
Leigh — known for accurate and clever joinery jigs — has a new box-joint jig for routers (for handheld use or on router tables). It’s designed to create 1⁄2"- and 3⁄4"-wide box joints and looks [...]
Design Influences Throughout the Years – Part 2
Kitchen designer Johnny Grey is one of those whose work has been so widely influential that the link between design and designer has in many cases been broken.
Hill House Drawing Room Table
Follow the River Clyde northwest out of Glasgow about 30 miles, and you come to the suburban town of Helensburgh. Accessible from the city by rail at the turn of the 20th century, it provided a [...]
Tool News: Makita Cordless Router Kit
Tool: 18V LXT Brushless Cordless Compact Router Kit Manufacturer: Makita Price: $350, buy it here Trim routers are quickly becoming a standard item in cordless lineups. It’s hard to beat the [...]
Rustication Heightens Both Organic and Crafted Elements of Design
One of my favorite places is a neighborhood Italian market called DeVitis. Every time I step through the door, I stop and let the smells of a great kitchen waft over me. Italian sausages and [...]
When Facets and Diagonals Meets a Live Edge – Part 1
Last July I returned to Peters Valley School of Crafts to teach a six day-long class in live edge furniture making. Live edge, aka Natural Edge, is one of my most beloved wood mediums.
Follow Friday: Bonsai, Spoons, Green Woodworking, Chairs and more!
It’s Friday, and that means I get to share more great woodworkers with you. Check ’em out! First up is Austin Heitzman. You may recognize his work from the November 2018 issue of [...]
Building Confidence & Success for New Woodworkers
Being new to woodworking is a scary thing. There are all sorts of societal expectations and in many cases way too much information. I don’t want to dwell on gender here, (because I know [...]
The Second-to-last Insult
If you post content on the internet or consume a lot of it, you will encounter wankers of the first order. You already know this. But how should you respond to their insults? You shouldn’t. I [...]
Insulating and Preparing the Shop for Winter
How have you insulated and prepared your shop for winter? I just added r-30 fiberglass to the ceiling of my shop. I am looking for more suggestions!