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FOUND THIS PHOTO OF THE ORIGINAL HENRY DISSTON FACTORY IN PHILDELPHIA. THE WORLDS MOST FAMOUS SAW MAKERS. IN ITS TIME. AND NOW EACH SAW IS A COLLECTORS PIECE. ALSO THE DISSTON PIT SAW .…

THE FAMOUS DISSTON SAW .1928-1940 NOT SURE THE YEAR BUT BETWEEN THOSE DATES!! BUT WILL KEEP IT IN A CASE AS A SHOW PIECE AS THESE YOU RARLEY EVER SEE. AND I NOW HAVE ONE AFTER YEARS OF [...]

Last week we released the first of two SketchUp “Shop Classes” in the BookShop. In the first class, “SketchUp for Woodworkers Part 1: Getting Started,” Robert W. Lang [...]

Most woodworkers know that sharpening their tools is important, but they may not know why. Working faster, safer and with better results are all good reasons.

All the rails being cut, now let’s fine tune them.     I fine tune each tenon with this small shopmade tool that I call Poor Man Shoulder Plane. To learn more about this [...]

PALLET WOOD RADIATOR COVER.MACHINED, SANDED, CUT TO SIZE .,SPINDLE MOULDED EDGES,ASSEMBLED. GRILL, RIPPED DOWN 3/8  square  PALLET WOOD AND GLUED AND PINNED TO MAKE GRILL..AS AGAIN [...]

AS I MAKE USE OF EVERYTHING? WILL BE MAKING USE OF A FYLMO MOWER MOTOR AND CASING TO MAKE A SANDING DISC. AS I HAVE OVER 29  X 12 INCH  DIAMETER HEAVY DUTY SANDING DISC. I WILL MAKE A [...]

AS THEY SAY SEEK AND YOU SHALL FIND. SAW THESES AND MADE A OFFER OF £20 – $33 IN US DOLLARS? THE COMPANY HAD THESE OUTSIDE FOR NEARLY 7 MONTHS HAD MY EYE ON THEM.SO I MADE [...]

After making the groove on the first rail I think about adding a featherboard to keep workpieces against the rip fence to obtain consistency on the grooves and the shoulders.     Here [...]

  This is a first sanding session of the rails and the stiles. At this step I can make it easier by clamping them. As shown, I align them with a mallet and a block of wood.     The [...]

I’ve owned my custom woodworking business for 13 years, and the financialshake-up of the past few years seems to have prompted a lot of people Iknow to adhere to a “don’t move, [...]

I came up with this very unique and satisfying version of a clamp worktable, made right here in my shop, using material from my sheet goods scrap pile. I designed it so I could use my collection [...]