Popular Woodworking Magazine » Boring http://www.popularwoodworking.com Woodworking advice, woodworking plans, woodworking projects and woodworking blogs Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:31:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Tune up a Hand Drill in 30 Minuteshttp://www.popularwoodworking.com/woodworking-blogs/chris-schwarz-blog/tune-up-a-hand-drill-in-30-minutes http://www.popularwoodworking.com/woodworking-blogs/chris-schwarz-blog/tune-up-a-hand-drill-in-30-minutes#comments Tue, 17 Apr 2012 17:10:10 +0000 Christopher Schwarz http://www.popularwoodworking.com/?p=158351
Tune up a Hand Drill in 30 Minutes

Vintage hand drills – sometimes called “eggbeater drills” – are common, useful and easy to fix up using stuff you already own. You can buy hand drills all day long on eBay and never deplete the world’s supply because they were in every homeowner’s toolbox. When I buy a hand drill, I don’t pay much … Read more »

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Video: Pegging for Destruction

When I build a reproduction, I try to remain as faithful as I can to the construction of the original – even if my modern brain says it’s not ideal. The original builder of this early 18th-century table used several techniques that wouldn’t fly in a modern shop. For one: The bottom of the drawer is … Read more »

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]]> http://www.popularwoodworking.com/woodworking-blogs/chris-schwarz-blog/video-pegging-for-destruction/feed 14 How to ‘Time’ or ‘Clock’ Your Screw Headshttp://www.popularwoodworking.com/woodworking-blogs/chris-schwarz-blog/how-to-%e2%80%98time%e2%80%99-or-%e2%80%98clock-your-screw-heads http://www.popularwoodworking.com/woodworking-blogs/chris-schwarz-blog/how-to-%e2%80%98time%e2%80%99-or-%e2%80%98clock-your-screw-heads#comments Tue, 20 Sep 2011 13:57:23 +0000 Christopher Schwarz http://www.popularwoodworking.com/?p=109378
How to ‘Time’ or ‘Clock' Your Screw Heads

First a warning: Don’t read this blog entry if you already obsess too much over the details of your furniture. This entry could only make things worse. Years ago, a high-end finish carpenter infected me with a disease for which there is no cure: clocking your screw heads. What is “clocking” – sometimes called “timing?” … Read more »

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]]> http://www.popularwoodworking.com/woodworking-blogs/chris-schwarz-blog/how-to-%e2%80%98time%e2%80%99-or-%e2%80%98clock-your-screw-heads/feed 57 Don’t Forget About Sindelar’s Event This Weekendhttp://www.popularwoodworking.com/woodworking-blogs/chris-schwarz-blog/don%e2%80%99t-forget-about-sindelar%e2%80%99s-event-this-weekend http://www.popularwoodworking.com/woodworking-blogs/chris-schwarz-blog/don%e2%80%99t-forget-about-sindelar%e2%80%99s-event-this-weekend#comments Tue, 31 May 2011 18:13:27 +0000 Christopher Schwarz http://www.popularwoodworking.com/?p=105554
Don’t Forget About Sindelar’s Event This Weekend

Quick reminder: I’ll be in southwest Michigan this Saturday (June 4) giving demonstrations and generally mopping up the drool in my vicinity at the open house of tool collector John Sindelar. Sindelar is going to open crates of tools that haven’t seen the light of day in decades. And his tool museum is outrageous. Words … Read more »

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A Chip-resistant Drill Press Fence

File this one under: Tricks that everyone knows but me. Whenever I work against a fence on my drill press, I constantly huff and sweep the table clear of shavings. Why? If even one errant shaving gets between the fence and your work, you can spoil your hole. I’ve had enough spoiled holes in my … Read more »

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3/4" Up-cut Spiral Router Bit

In my blog earlier this week on drilling holes for bench dogs and holdfasts I mentioned a 3/4”-diameter up-cut spiral bit we use in a plunge router to make perfect holes. Several readers have asked where to get this magic router bit. The bit is made by Onsrud, has a 1/2” shank and can be … Read more »

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Extra No. 47 Bit Gauge -- Sold!

Update: Thanks very much to those of you who placed a bid (and especially to rwyoung, who has the winning bid) and to those of you who posted entertaining comments. To those of you we offended, my apologies — and I should point out that it was my idea, not my boss’s. Also, it turns … Read more »

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Weird Wooden Nail? It's the Bit

Peter Follansbee and Mike Siemsen have cleared up the mystery of the pinwheel-shaped wooden nails. The pinwheel shape of the nails is caused by the shell or gimlet bit used to make the hole. The long edges of the bit bite into the grain, tearing it. When the peg is driven into the hole, it … Read more »

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The North Bros. 1530 (and I'm Running Out of Superlatives)

Wiktor Kuc and I have an unusual relationship. I’ve never met the man, but I send him articles about tools for his web site, WKFineTools.com. And occasionally, out of the blue, he’ll send me a vintage eggbeater drill he has restored. I think I have the better half of this arrangement, but I’m not going … Read more »

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41 Things from 1839

I’m packing up all the tools I’ll need in North Carolina for the coming week, and I was a bit shocked this morning as I went through my checklist. One of the “Woodwright’s Shop” television programs Roy Underhill and I are shooting this weekend will deal with the typical toolkit of a joiner circa 1839. … Read more »

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