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Usually I keep my pretty pink panties – how ever did you know? –  completely un-wadded, un-bunched and lying smoothly across my muppet-like hiney. I hope you’re not eating lunch...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xy_9bx6U8_0    HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM LONDON ENGLAND TO ALL WHO VIEW MY WORK.

The holidays are always a busy time for me. I especially love spending time in my shop when the house is bustling with friends and family. I rarely get to...

A few pictures of some older tables I've made.     Mainly a Shaker design, just simple tables.     This one has been in a grandkid's room for [...]

AS CHRISTMAS IS OVER .WHY NOT MAKE THIS A PS3  GAMES RACK. TO HOLD ALL YOUR PS3 GAMES YOU GOT FROM SANTA. ALL MADE FROM PALLET TIMBER.ALL JOINTS ARE HOUSED....

This morning has been frustrating. I’ve been scouring the shop for my bradawl, which I’ve owned for ages, but it’s just plain gone. And earlier this fall, one of our...

Carving the chair's crest rail was fun, and I think that adding the scroll detail improved it. The next step was to glue the parts together. In some cases, where...

In May, Senior Editor Glen D. Huey and I went to visit Kent Adkins’s new shop in St. Louis. Kent, an avid woodworker and surgical urologist, has spent the last...

If you ordered the book “Elementary Turning” from ShopWoodworking.com, it will be slightly delayed. While we thought the book would be on its way to you today, it’s going to...

In the past, I’ve posted blog entries and video on new products that are about to hit the stores. More than once, I’ve had to answer email about why those...

Once I finished stripping the old finish, I started planning the necessary repairs and alterations. I had to make two new spindles.  To compensate for the missing ones, I had...

I read a column about “professional blogging” the other day that mentioned a blog is the one place in journalism where it’s accepted practice to start with an anecdote about...