Shop Blog

A largely intact joiners’ shop from the 18th century has recently been “discovered” at the Berrybrook School in Duxbury, Mass. I put the word discovered in quotation marks, [...]

I don’t get too worked up about sharpening equipment. With a few exceptions, any abrasive gets your tools sharp. And I find that the less I write about abrasives, the happier I am. But I’m going [...]

This morning, I’m listening to the newest album from The Avett Brothers, “The Carpenter.” It’s a delightful acoustic and folky album, and as a bonus the CD cover looks like a traditional seal of [...]

I don’t generally think of power tools in the same reverential, (perhaps) overly romanticized tones that come to mind when I consider hand tools. I can stare at my grandfather’s 8 oz. [...]

ALOT OF YOU THIS YEAR WILL SPOIL YOUR PETS WITH XMAS STOCKINGS.?? THESE TUBES AND REELS  I COLLECT AS THEY WERE TO BE SKIPPED I HAVE MADE MY OWN FOR MY PET.. NAME TAG ASWELL ALL RECYCLED [...]

IMPOSSIBLE MADE POSSIBLE WITHIN A FEW HOURS THE WINE GLASS THROUGH A KNOT IN A PIECE OF RECLAIMED TIMBER… …

Ariel Schweitzer is an Israeli luthier and woodworker. He recently finished building a guitar. Viewing the picasa album that he created about his project left me in awe. The [...]

This is a basic engraver with diamond tips and extras. The glass bowl is a one off bowl I found in a charity shop .At a later date you will see this covered in all sorts of engravings done free [...]

Q & A: Which Glue for Bent Lamination? Q: A chair design I’m working on requires bent laminations for the back spindles. I’m using maple and am having a hard time keeping the glue [...]

It’s fairly uncommon to find old workbenches in the wild that don’t have stretchers below the benchtop. After all, it’s quite handy to have a shelf down there for planes, other tools and [...]

It’s the Sunday before Thanksgiving, and I have a messy house…with guests arriving on Thursday. I should be cleaning. But I started that chore in the study/shop with the intent of at [...]

My Art piece is the first to be bid on at the breakthrough "Cores" show & auction by the Center for Art in Wood, Philadelphia. Fifty renowned artists were invited to make a piece [...]