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EVEN MAKE YOUR OWN ARCHITRAVES.FROM RECLAIMED TIMBER…WHY BUY WHEN YOU CAN MAKE.?????????

FROM SCAFFOLD PLANKS TO SKIRTING AND TGV .ALL DONE ON MY KITY 5 SPINDLE MOULDER..IMAGINATION IS ALL YOU NEED.TO TURN DAMAGED BOARDS INTO USEABLE TIMBER….ONCE BOARDS ARE MACHINED TO SIZE...

For the first time in seven years, I’m taking an actual vacation. Sort of. My neighbors have agreed to feed the cats, so I’m packing up my car and heading...

Tool seller Patrick Leach has a new sliding bevel in the works that does something that no other modern bevel does: It locks at a perfect 90°. Yup. Sliding bevels...

HERE COMES SUMMER…HAND MADE PALLET PLANT POTS…3X PALLETS USED FOR THIS PROJECT…THESE HAVE BEEN TREATED WITH CLEAR WOOD PRESERVER..

I’m in the middle of building a bench for the shop. I’ve milled the legs from 8″-diameter posts down to 5″ square. They are really old and heavy. They have...

THE PALLET WORK BENCH WITH DRAWERS…MAKE YOUR OWN WITH PALLETS .AND JUST ADD PLY FOR THE TOP.CHEAP AND EASY…AS YOU CAN SEE A DELIVERY OF PALLETS. ALL READY TO BE...

As Glen Huey and I work on the drawings for our forthcoming book on early furniture from the American South, we keep having a similar conversation. We spent some time...

This post has little to do with woodworking – but it will upset the safety police (not to mention the fashion police, though I doubt they’re reading). And, it just...

At any given time there are a myriad of things going on inside the TKW and I can easily say that because there's no doubt in my mind it's a...

I’m writing this from home, and most of my pictures from past Woodworking in America conferences are on my computer at work* – though I managed to dig up the...

Shaker Sewing Cabinet Machine-cut dovetails add a new twist. Tom Caspar You can find a place for every conceivable sewing notion in this Shaker-inspired chest of drawers. Mix ‘n’ match...