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Sorry for all the bench posts. (Hey, that should be the name of this blog.) I have a lot of extra jetsam (or is it flotsam?) sitting around as I crank out my next book. Here’s an awesome [...]

Michigan engineer Len Hovarter has developed a new vise mechanism that looks more like a magic trick than bench hardware. The vise hardware is patent pending and should be available in September, [...]

There is no shortage of instruction on cutting dovetails. Hundreds of videos are available online, and any woodworking publication worth its salt will include information. But the secret is [...]

We need more workbenches for Woodworking in America. The event, Oct. 1-3 here in the Cincinnati area, is by far bigger than the last three events we’ve held. And me, I’m going a [...]

No matter how many times I’ve complained in the last five years, I have been unable to get our technical people to change the search function on this blog, which stinks. So I’m taking [...]

THIS TIMBER WAS GIVEN TO ME 5 MONTHS AGO.AND I DIDNT KNOW WHAT I WANTED TO MAKE WITH IT.TILL NOW,AS I HAD A FEW HOURS TO SPARE I MADE THIS.WILL ASK A LOCAL SHOP TO SEE IF THEY WOULD SELL …

THESE I HAVE USED MY PYOGRAPHY MACHINE ,THEN I USED RUSTINS PLASTI-COAT,AS IT IS HARD WEARING AND ITS PROTECTIVE IN ALL WEATHERS.EASY TO DO COST PENNIES. UNIQUE AND DIFFERENT.LOG MAGIC FROM A [...]

LOGS COME IN ALL SHAPES AND SIZES .THIS LOG IS ROUGHLY 14 INCHES DIAMETER. AND IT IS ABOUT 18 INCHES HIGH.THESE I CUT BY HAND WITH A HARD POINT SAW BY SANDVIK INTO 2 1/2 INCHES SLICES.I [...]

OFF CUTS OF PALLET WOOD.THIS HAS BEEN GLUED,BUT THE 4 CORNERS HAVE BEEN FIXED WITH A LENGHT OF DOWEL ROD 6 MM DIAMETER.THERE ARE NO SCREWS USED ON THIS.ITS ALL TIMBER ASSEMBLED AFTER MACHINING.IT [...]

REMEMBER THE DAYS OF PAINTING BY NUMBERS.EACH NUMBER ON THE BOARD REPRESENTS A COLOUR.!! EASY TO DO AND YOU NEED NOT HAVE TO BE A  VAN GOUGH TO PAINT. DO IT MY WAY PAINTING BY DIFFERENT [...]

THE WORLDS MOST FAMOUS LIGHTERS.THE ZIPPO!MOST OF YOU OWN A ZIPPO WHEATHER YOU SMOKE OR NOT.THEY ARE A LEGEND THESE ARE THE ABSOLOUTE  ICONS.!!! I GO ONE BETTER,WITH ALL MY OFF CUTS OF [...]

SOLID TIMBER THROUGH A CIGARETTE.AMAZING WHAT CUSTOMERS ORDER.!!…