Editor’s Note: The following blog series, ‘Chips from the Chisel’ is John Gainey’s experience as a carpenter and joiner apprentice on the Cardiff Docks in South Wales from 1955-1960. John’s garden woodworking shop was featured in the November 2013 issue of Wood News Online. I stood at the top of the stairs and looked down […]
No Southern-fried Southern boy wants to be called a Yankee, but we share the characteristics of shrewdness and thrift. Thus, each month we include a money-saving tip. It’s OK if you call me “cheap.” To make the most of the light fixtures installed, almost everything in my shop is white, or very light-colored. I purchased […]
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. As you might imagine, I’m […]
Welcome to our 2016 Woodworking Resolutions blogger series. Every year we invite our bloggers to share their resolutions specific to their woodworking goals for the new year. Click each link below to read our bloggers’ resolutions! Temple Blackwood Terry Chapman Curtis Turner Anne Briggs Lee Laird Steve Johnson Marty Lindsay Well, it’s that time of […]
Welcome to our 2016 Woodworking Resolutions blogger series. Every year we invite our bloggers to share their resolutions specific to their woodworking goals for the new year. Click each link below to read our bloggers’ resolutions! Temple Blackwood Terry Chapman Curtis Turner Anne Briggs Lee Laird Steve Johnson Norm Reid This year marks a line […]
Welcome to our 2016 Woodworking Resolutions blogger series. Every year we invite our bloggers to share their resolutions specific to their woodworking goals for the new year. Click each link below to read our bloggers’ resolutions! Temple Blackwood Terry Chapman Curtis Turner Anne Briggs Lee Laird Marty Lindsay Norm Reid A humbling first step before […]
Welcome to our 2016 Woodworking Resolutions blogger series. Every year we invite our bloggers to share their resolutions specific to their woodworking goals for the new year. Click each link below to read our bloggers’ resolutions! Temple Blackwood Terry Chapman Curtis Turner Anne Briggs Steve Johnson Marty Lindsay Norm Reid Wow, this year we must […]