OLD PLANES

PLANES OF ALL TYPES.BLOCK/SMOOTHING/MOULDING/JACK/CONVEX/CONCAVE.INTERESTING PHOTO.

OLD SAWS

SAW THIS OLD SAWS FROM NORTH AMERICA. AS ALWAYS OLD SAWS ARE COLLECTABLE? SAWS NOWADAYS ARE MOSTLY HARDPOINT THROWAWAY SAWS.CHEAP BUT DOES THE JOB.BUT YOU CANT BEAT AN OLD ORIGINAL...

Oops! Welded Router

  Welded Router OK, I admit it. I’m not the best at tool maintenance. The cord on my trusty old router was frayed down to the wires about 8" away...

Oops! Rusty Shop

Rusty Shop   Before leaving town for the weekend, I made room in my garage shop to stack the 500 bd. ft. of freshly cut red oak that I’d just...

In defense of Wax……

My friends' son, Canaan (A.K.A… Shibo) wants to build stuff. His mother, Noa, thought that woodworking would be a great medium for him to explore. Shibo is only four years...

Oops! Dust Storm Disaster

Dust Storm Disaster After reading about the health hazards of microscopic dust particles, I decided to retrofit my old dust collector with a canister filter. This was its second upgrade:...

Rustic Picture Frame

Rustic Picture Frame Picture this: your favorite family photo in a frame made of wood harvested from your own backyard. By Dave Munnkittrick Picture this: your favorite family photo in...

Oops! Murphy’s Laws of Woodworking

Oops! Murphy's Laws of Woodworking Murphy’s Law states if anything can go wrong, it will. I’m convinced that axiom applies to woodworking. Here are several examples I’ve [...]

Oops! Sanding Au Naturel

  Oops! Sanding Au Naturel   I’m so handy, I thought as I flipped over the board I had just sanded without stopping my belt sander. I simply lifted the...

OLD HAMMERS

SAW THIS PICTURE SHOWING ALL OLD TYPES OF HAMMERS.LOOKS LIKE THE PLACE IS IN DETROIT.WONDER IF ITS STILL THERE??NOT SURE HOW OLD THIS PHOTO IS BUT THE PRICES SEEM QUITE...

RUBBER PADS

THESE ARE RUBBER PADS USED FOR KITCHEN CABINETS,TO STOP SOUND OF DOORS BANGING AS THEY CLOSE.IDEAL FOR USE ON YOUR SHARPENING STONE BOX BASE.THEY ARE NON SLIP SO IT CAN...

Crotch table  part 3

After planing the legs' new facets (altogether eight new triangle facets on each leg) I milled three shallow mortises on the underside of the crotch.   Next I sanded and...