A long time ago in a garage attached to my house, I started a project. It was December 2023, and I had decided that I needed a place to store my hand tools. Instead of designing my own project, I followed Logan’s plans for his Dovetailed Curly Maple Tool Chest, though I substituted hard maple…

With Logan out, John and Phil do all of the heavy lifting on this week’s episode of the ShopNotes Podcast with a follow up on last week’s discussion of cordless tool systems and more. Find all of the ShopNotes podcast episodes here.

Welcome to The Splinter Report, where I gather the assorted interesting and amusing things I’ve seen in the woodworking world. This week we’re looking at new tools, crafty magazine projects, and worlds colliding. Tool News Quick Bites Milwaukee Introduces M18 Handheld Vacuum: The continual march of brushless tech has now reached the world of handheld…

OSHA-approved warning and danger signs have multiplied over the years, while at the same time getting a bit more to-the-point as far as illustrating accidents and injuries. And by to-the-point I’m talking about they frequently show the overtly graphic nature of what happens when hard, heavy, sharp things meet soft, fleshy body things. There’s nothing…

My students learn two things about me very quickly: I care deeply about their education, and I care just as deeply about the tools we use while learning together. In our woodworking program—which begins in fourth grade and continues through middle school, eighth grade, high school, and eventually the junior–senior levels—we do not skimp on…

This week the gang discusses battery platforms, different types of screws, and more. Find all of the ShopNotes podcast episodes here.

Welcome to The Splinter Report, where I gather the assorted interesting and amusing things I’ve seen in the woodworking world. This week we’re looking at fiddles, tool-buying decisions, and travel agency videos. Good Vibes: Music Edition I always love a good story of someone donating their time and talents to a worthy cause. Take retired…

1953. That’s when woodworkers were first able to buy an entire shop in a box with the commercial introduction of the Shopsmith Mark V. Hans Goldschmidt invented the concept in the late 1940s, tinkering with it in the form of the Shopsmith 10 and 10E for a few years, until it was ready to go…

On this week’s episode of the ShopNotes Podcast, Phil and Logan are talking woodworking and taking listeners’ questions and comments. You can find more details on the topics here. Find all of the ShopNotes podcast episodes here.