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One of the first times I was a guest on Roy Underhill’s “The Woodwright’s Shop,” I was explaining the construction of a schoolbox from the book “The Joiner and Cabinet Maker,” and I had made a [...]
After I finished sketching my idea I began working on turning the handle. I used Ash because it is a durable wood commonly used for making tool handles. Then I mounted the [...]
Did you know that you can plane plastic? Me neither. I used my old Stanley #4. Its sweetheart era blade was razor sharp, though I’m not sure it needed to be. The “shavings” are [...]
Tom’s Torsion Box Workbench This rock-solid workhorse is simply four easy-to-build 2×4-and-plywood boxes. By Tom Caspar Quick, cheap, solid. You can’t ask much more from a workbench, [...]
Now that classic episodes of Roy Underhill’s “The Woodwright’s Shop” are available I’ve been looking at some of the earliest episodes. They are fascinating for a [...]
Way back in 2005, I wrote an article for issue #4 of Woodworking Magazine about holdfasts. At the time, very few woodworkers knew what a holdfast was, and the article reviewed available [...]
WHAT IDEAS DO YOU HAVE FOR YOUR NEWSPAPERS AND OLD BOOKS ???? THINK RECYCLE SAVE TREES … THE SAME GOES FOR TIMBER PALLETS / OLD SCAFFOLD BOARDS/ DONT BURN REUSE. IT MAKES SENSE IN THE LONG [...]
Don’t miss Woodworking in America! It’s three jam-packed days (and optional nights) of learning about woodworking from top-notch instructors, an unparalleled Marketplace where you can [...]
There are some woodworkers who say that shavehorses weren’t used in chairmaking – according to the historical record. But shavehorses were definitely used in the mining industry. Check out this [...]
The Grand Rossa A craftsman and artist transforms a stock piano into a Ferrari-inspired work of art. 28-year-old Justin Elliott, a craftsman from Florida, embarked on a journey eight years ago to [...]
This summer I have made two changes to my Roubo-style workbench that I built in 2005 that have made the bench even more effective and easy to use. First up, a real-deal antique French holdfast, [...]