A Trick to Sawing Compound Angles & Odd Shapes
The trickiest cut when building a chair or stool is leveling the feet. This cut is always a wacky compound angle. And when you combine a compound angle with a foot that is an odd shape, such as [...]
Fitting a CNC in Your Shop
A 360 degree VR shot of the CNC setup in my shop. Just click and drag around the image to have a look around. It’s never too early to think about space In the back of your head, you might [...]
Smart Coatings: On Land and Sea
Picture a military vehicle such as the tank shown. To help disguise it, it is painted with colors that blend in with the surrounding landscape. Problem is, the vehicle might move to a different [...]
Making Multiple Furniture Parts
Question: Why Not Make More Than One? For every digital woodworker, sooner or later you’re going ask yourself an important question: If you’re going to the trouble of making something, why [...]
The Milwaukee Right-angle Attachment
I don’t like gizmos that try to make one tool (like a drill press) do the job of another tool (like a hollow-chisel mortiser). The results are usually sub-optimal. But the Milwaukee Right-angle [...]
The Krenov School: A Conversation with Laura Mays & Ron Hock
Ron Hock has a long association with the fine woodworking program at the College of the Redwoods (CR), which is soon to become The Krenov School under the administration of Mendocino College. [...]
Creating a Waterfall Joint With a Portable Circular Saw
In continuation of the story of our live edge waterfall coffee table, today I will show a way to accurately cut a miter joint on a live edge slab with a circular saw. If you do not have a …
Hide Glue – Part 1: Overview and Introduction
You can’t really talk about repairing antique furniture without explaining hide glue because it was the glue used on almost all furniture made before the 1950s. So, with this post I’m introducing [...]
Coming Clean About Being Clean
After working with woodworkers all over the world for short periods of time and (in some cases) many years, I can say these four words that might make your woodworking easier: Clean up your crap. [...]
The $500 Maslow CNC
The Maslow $500 CNC kit No doubt about it, the Maslow CNC is unique. Let’s start with the detail that got your attention. Yes, the price of the Maslow really is $500. Actually, it could be [...]
Caution When Buying a Spray Gun
I was teaching a hands-on finishing class, including spraying, a while back when a student brought me a spray gun he had bought a year before from another teacher who was selling a line of spray [...]
Wendell Castle on his Creative Process
It will be among my enduring regrets that I didn’t arrange things to tag along on our recent visit to Wendell Castle’s home and studio. The video team, along with American furniture [...]
