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We have some good news on the Woodworking in America “Toolmaker’s Dinner” front. We’ve decided to move the dinner to the Conference Marketplace , which means attendees [...]

A PIECE OF 2X1 PREPAIRED TIMBER.. PRE DRILLED MATHEMATICALLY THEN SAWN INTO 4 MM STRIPS ON BENCH SAW.  THE START OF MY WEEKEND BEGINS ..PLEASE NOTE ALL TIMBER I USE IN THE...

AS YOU CAN SEE THIS IS A PIECE OF TIMBER SWEDISH PINE.THE HOLE IN TIMBER IS 1 INCH .THE TIMBER IS 4 INCHES LONG X 3 INCHES WIDE X 5/8 THICK.HOLE WAS...

THIS BALL IS 42.75 MM DIAMETER?- IT HAS BEEN TURNED DOWN TO 20 MM AS SEEN.X 18.5 MM WIDE?-IT IS A DONNAY BI METAL GOLF BALL.SEE NEXT TIME THE IMPOSSIBLE...

Let’s say your table saw’s guard is painted black. And you’ve figured out that if you put a piece of wood under it in a certain way, that usually it...

I’m packing up all the tools I’ll need in North Carolina for the coming week, and I was a bit shocked this morning as I went through my checklist. One...

I know I am going to get flack for this, but I cannot help myself. Last week we received two copies of a cool new book in the mail ,...

Isshi Yamada never said much to me when I was dating his daughter in college. To us Western students who studied Eastern religions, he was an enigmatic Zen Buddhism professor...

Restore a Chest of Drawers Make broken-down drawers fit and work like new. By Tim Johnson At first glance, the broken-down chest of drawers (at left) looks like a lost cause—a wreck even by...

In a perfect world (or shop), when you walk in to start on a project all your tools are in their proper place, the floor is swept and you can...

The easiest projects to make are those you’ve built once before. Most woodworkers only tackle furniture projects once in a lifetime and then move on to something else. So the...

I leave for North Carolina this week to shoot two episodes of “The Woodwright’s Shop” with Roy Underhill then teach a three-day class on handsawing at Underhill’s little [...]