Alright, I know I am a little late to this party. The Anarchist’s Tool Chest has already been out for more than a year, but I am just now reaping the benefit of its lessons this week. I finally snagged a copy of Chris Schwarz’s ode to the individual craftsman and I can honestly say that after […]
I invited Steve Branam from Close Grain to try out a couple of new Gent’s Saws from Veritas. He put them through the paces for a few weeks in his shop and then stopped by to give me his thoughts. We had a lot of fun chatting about the saws and I got some good […]
A while back I wrote about finally finding a great bandsaw blade, the Wood Slicer from Highland Woodworking. I talked about it doing a wonderful job ripping wood, and how it cut through the wood as if it was butter. One thing I didn’t include in my article was the physical properties of the cut directly from the […]
There is a contest out there somewhere for the best six word novel. Sounds crazy, but it springs from Hemingway’s most famous one which has stuck with me for years. “For sale, baby shoes. Never used.” Tell me that ain’t a whole novel in six words. Here’s mine, but since this is my first, I […]
Well it has been almost two weeks since the midwest edition of WIA2012 and we are still missing the market place and all of those great and informative classes, and can’t wait until next year. During times like these when we wish we were back in Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky right now, it helps to […]
As woodworkers it can be pretty easy to shop for us, since there is always another new tool we would like to have in the shop. The holidays coming up are providing many opportunities to increase the number and/or quality of those tools in our shops, and now is a perfect time to write up […]
The template can take awhile to perfect, but then making the actual mortise is a very fast and foolproof operation. I use the template to first pencil in the area to be mortised. A handheld drill (use a corded one for this operation!) and a forstner bit removes most of the waste. The template has […]