The other day I was looking at all the turning tools I have. Over the years, I have tried a lot of turning tools and I don’t care for most of them. Look at the picture and you will see around 22 tools and I had to wipe a lot of dust off some of […]
We are excited to announce the release of episode 6 of our new Woodworking TV Show, The Highland Woodworker! Click the play button to watch it below! You can also read a little more about the subject of this episode’s ‘Moment with a Master’ segment, Jeff Miller, in Charles Brock’s blog post. Here’s a quick […]
In our monthly newsletter, Wood News, we have several columns that feature different woodworker’s Workshop Setups, Wood Carvings, and Woodworking Projects. In April’s newsletter, we featured Ramon Gibbs in our Show Us Your Stuff column. We wanted to share a little more information about Ramon and his projects, specifically his methods for creating his amazing scaled furniture. From his website, […]
With all of the new forms of social media coming out these days, it seems like there is always a new ‘next big thing’. Well in this case, we really do believe that Pinterest will be the ‘Next Big Thing’ for the woodworking community, as it does a great job highlighting the often amazingly detailed […]
All the details are cut and it’s time for the final sanding before applying finish. This is a really large surface to sand, so I pop on my earmuffs and get started because it’s just over an hour per grit! My tools of choice are a new Festool 6″ ETS 150/3 hooked up my Festool […]
Going back to New Hampshire next month to make another Windsor chair with Mike Dunbar. I enjoyed the trip a couple of years ago and I really like the chair I made while I was there. And since my son moved to Connecticut last fall, I can drive about two hours to his house for […]
Lie-Nielsen makes some really sweet products, and of course I covet them. Their Router Planes are no exception: extremely high quality and well thought out. Router planes are in a class called “joinery planes” that help create and define joints in your woodworking projects. The router plane excels at making perfect flat-bottom grooves, dados, mortises, […]