I am happy to share my latest I Can Do That! build with all of you! In this episode, I built a router bit storage case with removable shelves. There are couple unique features as well, the door is polycarbonate with a clever hinge mechanism and the pulls on the shelves are made from a…

Milling your own lumber gives you total control (beyond what nature provides, of course) over the wood that you’ll use to build your future projects. Thickness, grain presentation, length, width … all those things that make you pause at the lumber yard, “if only it were 1″ wider…” I’m not saying it solves all problems,…

Most lubricants are associated with oil, wax and grease, substances that are hard to remove from wooden surfaces. When drilling wide or long holes in wood, especially when you later need to glue a dowel into this hole, you wouldn’t want to have any residues of grease or wax to jeopardize the adhesion. But there…

The instructions for applying oil and wiping-varnish finishes are usually to wipe or brush on a wet coat, wait a bit, then wipe off the excess and let what remains dry. So I got this question from a reader who wanted to know what is the optimum number of coats to apply. You may have…

This summer I spent a couple of weeks driving  around the East Coast delivering furniture, giving talks related to English Arts & Crafts Furniture and Making Things Work, and photographing kitchens for the book I’m writing for Lost Art Press. (There was also an event at Tools for Working Wood featuring a Hello Kitty pinata stuffed…

Finding a paying job as a woodworker is one of those tricky negotiations. Working in a woodworking business or owning your own business sound attractive, but we all know there are risks and it’s still work. Woodworking as a hobby makes things more friendly, but you still end up needing to pay the bills. How…