Young kids love to use tools. The banging, cutting, drilling – general hacking at wood with metal implements is all appealing. It’s great to spend time with kids, especially when you can teach them proper, safe techniques right from the start. Safety is obviously the most important factor when kids use real tools. Take the […]
You are reading this column slap dab in the middle of “Get Woodworking Week,” and if you don’t know what that is, it is a laudable project pioneered by Tom Iovino on his “Tom’s Workbench” blog. As we contemplate ways to get more people involved in the hobby, craft, and vocation of woodworking, your first questions […]
Ok, so lets talk about what you need to get started woodworking. Obviously, you need some sort of tools for woodworking, but it isn’t the quality of tool that truly dictates the end result. Preparation and skill are the two components that greatly overshadow any other component. So what exactly do I mean by preparation and skill? […]
Getting started Have you been on the sidelines, flipping through the Highland catalog and reading woodturning books and magazines? Have you been hesitant to commit to a new hobby? Well, that’s what “Get to Woodworking” week is all about — taking that first step. Unfortunately, for some, learning a new skill can be one of over analysis […]
I am always surprised at how many people have no concept of making something from scratch. Reminds me of a young man who came to my shop and saw something I had made and asked me “So you just take some wood from a tree in the forest and make something out of it?” Well, […]
The three leg pieces are finished with three coats of Waterlox and ready for assembly. The top and bottom pieces have the mortises while the center section has twin tenons. I did offset pegs for a drawbore joint but as I banged things home, I was not completely satisfied with how it drew together. Maybe […]
We featured Dilo Fernandino’s unusually small workshop in the woodshop column in the January 2009 issue of Wood News. He recently sent us an update to let us know what he’s been working on: I recently built this box from salvaged “braúna”, the blackest and hardest Brazilian wood (almost like marble), upon which I attached a low-relief of a Volkswagen beetle […]