My last post really went into a lot of detail on what cuts I used on which joints, to demonstrate where the different classes cuts can be used. I won’t bore you with that kind of detail in this post. Instead I just give a general overview of what we did for our final project [...]
In this post, I’m going to go into some detail on how we built our sawbenchs. I’m going to explain the types of cuts (1st, 2nd, and 3rd-class) we used. This should give you and idea of when to use the different types of cuts and why. The next 2 days of the class were [...]
It was my intention to post updates each evening, but that just didn’t happen. Several of the evenings were spent doing other activities. The first night Chris went out to dinner with a group of us. The second night I was just too tired. The night Gary Rogowski had a Bar-B-Q potluck at the shop. [...]
I spent last week in Portland, OR at the Handsawing class with Chris Schwarz. I will write more about that experience in the coming days. Besides meeting Chris for the first time and spending 5 long exciting days doing nothing but woodworking, we had a field trip out to Mike Wenzloff’s shop. This was one [...]
The week of July 14 I will be attending a class at the Northwest Woodworking Studio in Portland, Or. I’ll be attending the Handsawing, Handsaws and Saw benches with Christopher Schwarz. This is the first time I’ve taken a week long woodworking class (woodworking vacation if you will). The other classes I’ve taken have been [...]
