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 […]
This month in Wood News we featured Randy Cordle’s ‘very minimalist’ woodworking shop. Randy says that he prefers working with tool that can be found in the average home shop, and he gets quite a lot done in his shop with a perfectly reasonable inventory of woodworking tools! Take a look at the pictures of his […]
The Tormek T-8 water cooled sharpener will let you sharpen practically everything in your shop and home. The T-8 uses a unique wet grinding stone that lets you restore your woodworking tool’s edges quickly and precisely, without any risk of destroying the temper of the steel and then uses a leather wheel strop for honing […]
Are you forgetful? Google “forgetful” some time if you want to see a different photo of me than my profile picture. Yes, I personify forgetfulness! And it didn’t start when I applied for Medicare, either. As a child, we lived in the boonies. Five miles from the nearest paved road. When we made a trip into town, we […]