The Chisel-Hatchet and Scalpel In One
Here’s my theory: if you get good using one tool, learning the next tool you pick up will be easier. Good woodworkers connect a piece of wood on the bench...
HOLE IN ONE YEW BURR
THIS GOLF BALL IS IN A TIMBER WHICH IS YEW BURR.THE BURR IS ABOUT 25 YEARS OLD SO ITS WELL MATURED. THE HOLE IN BURR IS 32 MM DIAMETER USING...
THE COKE COLA BOTTLE
GENUINE COKE BOTTLE..NOW ITS MADE BIGGER BY HEAT!!.WILL IT HOLD MORE COLA?? THESE ARE EASY TO DO BUT TAKES ALOT OF TIME AND PAITENCE.YOU MAY NEED A FEW BOTTLES IF...
A Peek at Sindelar's Traveling Tool Museum
Tool collector John Sindelar sent us some photos of the traveling tool museum he’s bringing to Woodworking in America. If you signed up for the classes at WIA, then admission...
New Features in Google SketchUp 8
Time to Go Pro? Every week, one million people around the world use Google SketchUp. Last week, I was one of 250 SketchUp users invited to Boulder, Colorado for 3D...
Coming Soon – For the Time-challenged Woodworker
About 12 years ago we conducted a survey asking woodworkers what their “wish lists” included, and in what order their replies ranked. There were the expected answers: free wood, a...
Coming this Month: Chisels with a Replaceable Tip
This is, as far as I know, a first. This month M. Power Tools will introduce new chisels that have a replaceable high-speed-steel tip. According to the company’s literature, you...
Lie Nielsen’s Open House and the making of a table top part 4: Edge joining strategies
The most common and easy way to glue two boards together (in order to make a wider board) is to joint the edges, apply adhesive and clamp them under pressure...
Vote for your Favorite WIA T-shirt Slogan
We’ve narrowed down the entries for our contest to pick a T-shirt slogan for our Woodworking in America event. The front side of the shirt will say: Woodworking in America...
Vote for your Favorite WIA T-shirt Slogan
We’ve narrowed down the entries for our contest to pick a T-shirt slogan for our Woodworking in America event. The front side of the shirt will say: “Woodworking in America...
What I Think About Sawplate Thickness
Now that there are so many sawmakers out there, it’s no surprise that they are all trying to offer something a little different than the rock-solid Independence dovetail saw that...
The Six-board, $100 Workbench
At long last, Megan Fitzpatrick (shown actual size in the photo above) and I began work on a new workbench for Woodworking in America. We’re building this one from Eastern...
