Archives

Many woodworkers think that the ability to design a beautiful piece of furniture from scratch is a God-given talent. Either you have the knack or you should just make knock-offs....

Many woodworkers think that the ability to design a beautiful piece of furniture from scratch is a God-given talent. Either you have the knack or you should just make knock-offs....

When people visit our shop at Woodworking Magazine, they are surprised to see the guards in place on our Powermatic 66. “Those are on just for visitors, right?” is the...

I spent most of this weekend on my knees, and it had nothing to do with a lengthy visit to Chicago’s Hopleaf gastropub or the large cooler of Julius Echter...

I’m fairly well convinced that my ears are different than yours. The music I like isn’t going to sound the same to you. It’s almost impossible for me to share...

When I sat down in a restaurant’s booth in early April and waited for my pan-fried noodles, I knew that I had found a new workbench material. For the last...

It’s a good thing that I keep a change of clothes at work. And that I don’t wear leopard-print underwear. OK, let’s back up a minute. This morning I’m finishing...

While teaching a class on handplanes this weekend, one student in particular was having a heck of a time with his Veritas No. 4-1/2 smoothing plane. Let’s call him Mr....

This weekend I assisted Thomas Lie-Nielsen during a class on handplanes at the Marc Adams School of Woodworking. Thomas brought along some of the new tools they are working on...

Really, I have enough clamps , a couple dozen , to do just about anything. If I can’t clamp it, I can always use pinch dogs, drawboring or some other...

Robert Giovannetti , aka The Tattooed Woodworker , has just posted a lengthy and insightful interview with Thomas Lie-Nielsen, the founder of Lie-Nielsen Toolworks. I’ve known Thomas for a [...]

For those of you who chisel out all your waste when dovetailing, this post is not for you. Please move along. There’s nothing to see here. OK, now that we’re...