The 2014 Would-be Sybarite’s Gift Guide: Day 4
Today’s pick is one I actually have. Books are my first love, and from a very young age. (In fact, years ago I camethisclose to pursuing a graduate degree in...
When Your Tool Chest Needs to Be a Tank (or a Boat)
When tool chests suffer damage, it’s usually in three places: the top rim of the lid, the lower skirt around the carcase and the bottom boards, which are rotted. The...
Alf Sharp – Cartouche Winner & ‘Words with Friends’ Dynamo
Alf Sharp has an almost unparalleled woodworking resume. Like many of us, his first woodworking involved home repairs and remodeling, and he soon began doing more trim work and carpentry...
The 2014 Anarchist’s Gift Guide: Day 5
It is not always the screw’s fault. Yes, home-center wood screws are too soft. Some off-shore screw manufacturers use substandard materials and manufacturing processes. But sometimes it’s your [...]
The 2014 Would-be Sybarite’s Gift Guide: Day 3
One tool I use on every build and every project in my house is a combination square. So it’s important to me to have good ones. That is,...
Beyond the Vise: Miter Shooting Board
Many shop-made workholding devices for hand tools can be fairly crude, made quickly from scraps. Shooting boards aren’t like that. They’re precision instruments, and need to be made [...]
How Low Can You Go?
With the Christmas season soon upon us there are currently two lists running on the Popular Woodworking web site to tantalize your woodworking taste buds. The “sensible” [...]
The 2014 Would-be Sybarite’s Gift Guide: Day 2
I have several matched hollows & rounds…but I don’t have a full set. Or a half set. Poor me. (That said, I do have the two sets I knew I...
The 2014 Would-be Sybarite’s Gift Guide: Day 1
Over on his blog, Christopher Schwarz has been writing the 2014 Anarchist’s Gift Guide since Dec, 1. I’m starting a little late with my 2014 Sybarite’s Gift Guide…because [...]
The 2014 Anarchist’s Gift Guide: Day 4
Woe is the poor glue scraper. There are no toolmakers crafting these tools with rosewood handles and German silver accents. No annoying forum threads that debate the merits of the...
Customizable Bevel-down Planes from Veritas
Web site: Lee Valley We don’t typically include tools in this column that we’ve not actually tested, but we’re making an exception for these five new bevel-down planes from Veritas...
Q & A: Sanding Scratches Revealed
Q: What can I do to see sanding scratches before I apply stain? I always miss some of them until it’s too late. A: Doesn’t that drive you crazy? Just...
