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WEIRD AND WONDERFUL.NATURE AT ITS BEST.ONLY TIME WILL TELL WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THESE WILLOW  LOGS..MAYBE WE NEED   THE  X FILES??????? MULDER AND SCULLY TO INVESTIGATE !!!!!!!!

About the only times I buy material at a big box home center are when I need something in a hurry for the house, or I’m working on an “I...

We now have some very large crates in our shop, chock full of Lie-Nielsen tools. The LN team is arriving next Thursday night to start setting up for the Lie-Nielsen...

The best sharpening advice I ever heard was from Tony Konovalov: Grind, hone and get back to work. Or, to put it another way: Which is more fun? Making your...

THESE LOGS WERE GIVEN TO ME 6 WEEKS AGO .I HAVE HAD THEM IN THE GARAGE UNDER A BENCH IN THE DARK.NOTICED THEY WERE SPROUTING?? WEIRD BUT THERE MUST STILL...

I made some cavetto moulding for a version of The Schoolbox I’m building. And because a cavetto is one of the easiest mouldings to make with a round plane, I...

  Café Table Transform rugged Australian jarrah into a graceful outdoor table. by Tom Caspar Picture yourself at a small, round café table with a cup of coffee and a...

Tile-Topped Outdoor Table This sturdy white-oak table will last a lifetime and won’t blow over in the wind. by Jock and Susan Holmen If you love lounging on your deck and need...

Cypress Chest Beautiful outdoor storage made to take the elements. by Dave Munkittrick Storage is like money; we never seem to have enough. Well, I can’t help you much with...

In the fall of 1996 I was running my own struggling newspaper with a partner in Kentucky’s capitol city. I was sleeping under my desk. I was working every weekend....

My obsession with food is almost as all-consuming as my love for woodworking. I’ll eat almost anything, except the junk served by large chain restaurants. So if you are thinking...

When a young Mary May returned to Minnesota from a backpacking tour of Europe she was intoxicated with the cathedrals, castles and carvings inside them. “I remember talking to my...