My wife and I just got back from a trip to Montana. My wife’s parents have a house on Flathead Lake, and we try to go over there each summer. I love the Northwest and can’t imagine living anywhere else, but Montana would be a really close second for me. It was a little cloudy [...]
Now that I have finally finished my workbench, it’s time to move on to projects that have been waiting for me to finish the workbench. We have needed a small hall table that will be near our front door. It needs to fit a specific area, which isn’t very wide. The table needs to be [...]
Last weekend a woodworking buddy and I headed off to the Best In The West – Tool Extravaganza. This is a tool collectors gathering hosted by the Pacific Northwest Tool Collectors (PNTC). The event only happens every other year and moves between Washington and Oregon. It’s a 4-day event but we only went on Saturday, [...]
It’s interesting how your grip can dramatically change how something reacts or performs. If I squeeze my wife’s hand too hard, I’m liable to get punched! If I grip my golf club too hard, I will hook or slice the ball. There are many other examples like this. So why didn’t I use this knowledge [...]
About 2 years ago I started to find more and more woodworking resources on the Internet. Most had great information and lots of participation from woodworkers of all kinds. Unfortunately the Internet has a way of removing normal social barriers, and can bring out the worst in some people. I started to see more and [...]
