Projects

Days four, five and six of the 21st Century Workbench class at Kelly Mehler’s School of Woodworking found me too beat to blog. Building a workbench in six days is...

When I first got a look at Chuck Bender’s William & Mary bookstand in the November 2010 issue (#186), it was clear that the piece would grace the pages of...

Bora, a division of Affinity Tool Works, just announced the Angle Master. The Angle Master takes the guesswork out of complex miter cuts by providing a precise measurement tool for...

Oneida recently announced the Smart Dust Collector. It's the first portable dust collector that automatically changes its performance in real-time, constantly adapting to the many different [...]

Oneida just announced the Dust Sentry, a high-tech way to warn you that your dust collector's barrel is full. An infrared sensor is connected to a strobe light that flashes...

Signing up for a woodworking class, like the one I’m teaching this week at Kelly Mehler’s School in Berea, Ky., is a lot like going on a cruise. When you...

Woodworking is a solitary pursuit, and one of the benefits of taking a class (or teaching one, for that matter) is the interaction and sharing of ideas that takes place....

Days that begin with moving more than a half-ton of lumber don’t often end up being considered “Great!” but today was an exception. After some introductions and a quick tour...

One of the common questions I was asked at last weekend’s Woodworking in America conference was “where’s your bench?” My schedule was full with SketchUp and [...]

William’s first woodworking project was a New England trawler boat. The kind of boat you see in the quaint  harbors of shore towns and villages along the North East coast....

We sometimes stumble upon inadvertent discoveries, things that strike us as so quintessentially simple, and yet so great…. Such was the case of the nail-sword made by my student, William....

Turned Post Bed By Tim Johnson Here’s how to maintain a positive attitude the next time you hear the phrase “Honey, would you please make the bed?”  Forget about the...