My son thinks I’m a little bit strange sometimes. He calls me often (partially to see if I’m still living), but when he called today, I told him I was in the shop testing my new wood clamps on the old bath scale. He says, right, sure you are. I bought a new bath scale […]
Have you ever tried traditional woodworking? If yes, you may think the process was way too long and boring, and asked yourself why you did that when you could have use power tools. Well I’m going to tell you 6 reasons I prefer it and why I think everyone that enjoys woodworking should try it out and discover […]
When cutting out the parts for a project, I usually start by planning my cut list to cut around the defect, or have the ugliest side of the board face towards the back. I have also filled many knotholes with epoxy, which creates a nice affect. However, before modern day epoxies it was standard practice to inlay a […]
Funny how when I go to a class at Highland, I feel like I’m going home. I like the old workbench signed by the instructors who have taught in the classroom. I like the shaving horses hung up in the ceiling trusses. I like the pictures on the walls. I like the glass front cabinets around the […]
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.” Useful are even the smallest pieces of PVC pipe you begged from the plumbers at the construction site up the street. […]
Do you, like me, find it annoying when woodworkers find fault with this or that style clamp? One of my favorite online woodworkers/podcasters recently said, “When I first started woodworking I bought a ton of C-clamps, mostly because they were cheap. Now I wish I had that money back. I never use them anymore.” […]
It’s a PVC kind of month. And, because PVC has three letters in it, we’re having three tips this month instead of the usual two. The French call it “lagniappe.” Did you know that the University of Southern Mississippi has one of the world’s leading programs in Polymer Science and Engineering? Just up the road […]