In today’s Weekly Wood News, I wrote that I was finally taking home my pine “petite Roubo” (which is basically the same bench featured on Christopher Schwarz’s DVD “Build an 18th-century Workbench“). I thought, because it’s white pine, and only 6′ long, 28″ high and 18″ deep, that it wouldn’t be too much trouble to … Read more
I have always waited for and dreaded the day when someone made a commercial workbench that I would consider buying. That day might (almost) be here. This week I am in Warren, Maine, to shoot a video for Lie-Nielsen Toolworks on building the Shaker side table from the second issue of Woodworking Magazine. I’ve shot … Read more
The first time I taught at Roy Underhill’s school in Pittsboro, N.C., Roy made sure that I met Peter Ross, a blacksmith who worked at Colonial Williamsburg for 25 years. We all ate dinner at gas station in Saxapawhaw – probably the best gas station food ever made on this planet. Seriously. Check this out. … Read more
An ingenious way to combine routers, a band saw and hand tools for big dovetails.
By Jameel Abraham
Pages: 48-53
I know what you’re thinking: “Another opinion on how to cut dovetails.” I hear you. But this one’s different. I promise. No back and forth over pins or tails first. No Rob Cosman vs. Frank Klausz. Well, actually a little Klausz.
SLIDESHOW: See a slideshow of this process with additional steps.
ARTICLE: Read a review of the Benchcrafted vise hardware.
WEB SITE: Visit Jameel’s web site for ouds and workbenches.
TO BUY: “Dovetail Mastery” with Charles Bender.
IN OUR STORE: “The Workbench Design Book” by Christopher Schwarz. Read more
One of the questions that every student asked during my bench-building class last week at Kelly Mehler’s School of Woodworking was: Where should I put my holes? It sounds like a deeply personal question (one you should discuss with your doctor). And it is indeed a personal question. Here’s how I feel about my holes. … Read more
Installing vises in workbenches is always a finicky process – unless you go for a super-simple setup like the one I prefer: A quick-release vise for the end vise and a simple leg vise for the face vise. We have 10 benches being built in this class at Kelly Mehler’s School of Woodworking, and no … Read more
This is a model of a Nicholson Workbench feature in an article in the June 2007 issue of Popular Woodworking magazine. Read more
