In this month’s Wood News we featured 14-year old Ty Crum’s garage workshop. Ty’s biggest inspiration was his 7th-8th grade shop teacher, and he says he also learned a great deal from his grandfather, who was also a woodworker. Ty has even taken the step of starting his own woodworking YouTube channel, which you can view here. […]
Since the beginning of recorded time, or so it seems to me, my table saw fence has been the repository of assorted things. Pencils, chalk, Allen wrenches and other paraphernalia have collected there along with wood chips and dust that could not be swept away for fear of losing some small thing that might have […]
Well, that settles it! I’m getting one of those amusement park ride signs saying “you have to be this tall” before you can come in my shop. Let me tell you why. Like the rest of you, I am proud of my shop and jump at any opportunity to show if off. Twice in the last several […]
I work at least sixty hours each week. I sleep about fifty hours each week. I walk about seven hours each week. I commute about six hours each week. The other forty five hours are spent getting ready for work, getting ready for bed, eating and yardwork and taking the garbage out, cleaning litterboxes, taking […]
No Southern-fried Southern boy wants to be called a Yankee, but we share the characteristics of shrewdness and thrift. Thus, each month I share a money-saving tip. It’s OK if you call me “cheap.” If you have any pride, you might want to stop reading right here. If your desire for a bargain can overcome your […]
Welcome to “Tips From Sticks-In-The-Mud Woodshop.” I am a hobbyist, not a professional, someone who loves woodworking, just like you do. I have found some better ways to accomplish tasks in the workshop and look forward to sharing those with you each month, as well as hearing your problem-solving ideas. The first time I ever […]
There are woodworking apps that will calculate your board feet, calculate your square feet, maybe even calculate your smelly feet. My favorite woodworking app? That’s easy! The TiVo app on my iPhone allows me to watch building shows, woodworking shows, the news, whatever is recorded on any one of our three TiVos while I’m doing […]