Twin Kitchen Hutches #24

  To mill the profile on the edges of the top shelves, I installed a 3/8’’ radius round over bit in the router table. The bearing was not used, only the fence guided the [...]

Conference Highlights: The Keynote

Last year’s Woodworking in America Hand Tools & Techniques conference totally caught me off-guard. It was my first conference to work, and I came in with very little expectations , both [...]

RADIAL AND BENCH SAW BLADES

TODAY I RECEIVED MY NEW BLADE FOR MY RADIAL ARM SAW.I TRIED IT ON NUMEROUS TYPES OF WOOD.YEW/OAK/ASH/MAHOGANY/BEECH/PINE/PLY/IROKO/CHIPBOARD/BLOCKBOARD/MDF/ AND EVEN THE ROUGH PALLET WOOD I [...]

A Visit to South Union Shaker Village

It was a steamy day in southern Kentucky when I visited South Union, but as I walked into the 1824 Centre House the thick brick walls provided a cool respite from the heat and, as I’ve [...]

RADIAL AND CIRCULAR SAW BLADES

THERE IS A NEW COMPANY WHO HAVE BROUGHT OUT A NEW BLADE FOR SAWS .I WILL BE RECEIVING ONE FRIDAY FOR MY RADIAL SAW .I WILL BE PUTTING IT TO TEST AND WILL LATER LET YOU KNOW THE PERFORMANCE OF …

Twin Kitchen Hutches #22

  Finally it’s time for the glue-up. The pieces rest on a heavy piece of raw cardboard to prevent any mess on my workbench. Everything is at arm’s reach for this fast glue-up; [...]

New Reviews of the Latest DVD

Matt Vanderlist, of Matt’s Basement Workshop and co-host of WoodTalk Online, just posted a new blog entry reviewing the DVD “Turning Basics for Furniture Makers“. For years, [...]