How do you become good at something? Practice, practice, practice. This holds true for woodworking, as it does for: sports, games, cooking (Bar-B-Q!), etc. I don’t do my own Bar-B-Q, and I don’t mean grilling in the backyard. There are some things I just leave to the professionals. This last Saturday I had a fun [...]
Today was a holiday for our company, so I got to spend some time in the shop yesterday and today. I’m trying to finish up those Silverware Trays, I was going to give away at Christmas. Better late then never. I completed one of them today, minus the finish. I have all four corners on [...]
I have seen several magazine articles about benchtop benches over the years. These little benches go on top of your workbench, to raise your work to a more comfortable height. When I first read about these benches, I really had no interest in them. They seemed unnecessary. Now that I have been cutting more dovetails, [...]
I received the latest newsletter from Lie-Nielsen last night and they have a couple new tools that just came out. They aren’t new flashy planes but a couple of tools that are hard if not impossible to find these days. The first is a set Drawer Lock Chisels. These are very specialized chisels that I [...]
The newest DVD from Christopher Schwarz and Lie-Neilsen is: The Workbench “How to Design or Modify a Bench for Efficient Use”. The DVDs produced by Lie-Nielsen are always of high quality and full of good information. This new DVD featuring Christopher Schwarz talking about one of his favorite subjects (workbenches) is no exception. If you [...]
