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        Whenever you’re looking for some wood with “wow” appeal, consider lacewood. Large rays create the intricate, lace-like pattern. The [...]

RECEIVED THIS THIS MORNING.SEE MY WORK AT RIPLEYS ORLANDO FLORIDA. SEEING IS BELIEVING???? RECEIVED THIS FROM EDWARD MEYER OF RIPLEYS,SO YOU CAN NOW SEE THE IMPOSSIBLE WHEN YOU VISIT RIPLEYS...

AS YOU KNOW HERE IN EUROPE WE HAVE THE GREATEST BIKE RACE OFF ALL TIME. BIKES OF ALL TYPES.FROM CLAUDE BUTLER  // GARY FISHER // DAWES // RALEIGH // MERCURIO...

Bob Baker, a furniture and tool restorer and excellent planemaker, died unexpectedly last week. I had the pleasure of meeting Bob in February of 2006 when we hosted a gathering...

Just about every week, someone asks Chris, “How can I get started in working with hand tools?” Sure, there’s a lot of information on the Internet…¦not to mention in our...

THIS IS READY FOR THE SHOP WHO WILL SELL IT FOR ME.HAVE LEFT IT NATURAL AS CUSTOMERS TEND TO WANT TO DECORATE THESE THEMSELVES.PAINT THEM EGG SHELL OR LIME GREEN....

  Sunday morning: The bench stands near the window and seems happy. After waking up and eating breakfast (organic eggs that Jack and Caitlin got from their neighbor Nicole) and...

YESTERDAY AT A CARBOOT SALE/FLEA MARKET I BOUGHT A PACK OF TGV WOOD PANELING FOR 1 POUND /80 CENTS. 5 X 6 FT X 3/8 X 3 1/4 WIDE.STARTED MAKING...

If I were to built the bench again, I would have not added a decorated finials to the wooden nuts that anchors the lag screws. The finials allowed me to easily...

SILLY PUZZLE BUT AMUSING AND BAFFLING.???!!! 2 X 1/4 INCH  X 3 INCH WIDE X 6 INCH LONG WITH 2 X  1 INCH HOLES .JUST PASSING AWAY MY SUNDAY.

THIS IS MADE FROM ALL THE ODDS AND ENDS OF TIMBER I KEEP FROM 1 INCH LONG TO 12 INCHES LONG . THIS I MACHINED TO 3/8 SQUARE!! OK I COULD...

Note to self: Do not drink coffee whilst reading e-mail. A note this morning from Emily (you may remember her from the Norm Abram lookalike contest) made me spit coffee...