Hand Tools, Routers, Japanese Joinery and More – New on DVD
From mastering hand tools to router basics, 18th-century joinery to Japanese hand tools and joinery, you’ll find it all among the five new DVD selections now available to order at [...]
Cutting Tenons on a Table Saw
I’ve long been a fan of cutting tenons on the table saw. I’ve found it can be done quickly, with repeatable accuracy and safely. Recently, I discovered a new saw blade with a thick, [...]
STORY TELLING CHAIR
MADE FROM SCAFFOLD PLANKS FOR A NURSERY SCHOOL. HAS BE STAINED FOREST GREEN THEN OILED .KIDS AT THIS NURSERY WILL LOVE THIS .WHEN THE TEACHER SITS IN THE CHAIR ,ITS STORY TIME ….. …
I Need Something Like a 19th-century British Officer
OK – maybe I don’t really need a 19th-century British officer (though it would be lovely to have a companion who knew how tea should properly be made). But I do need something like a [...]
Not Your Typical Beginner’s Project – Blacker House Chair
If you were to rank woodworking projects by degree of difficulty, chairs would be at the top of the list. They aren’t like boxes or tables with nice square corners and predictable sizes of [...]
Get Lubed Up in 19th-century Style
Ever since Roy Underhill wrote about the joys of mutton tallow as a tool lubricant in Popular Woodworking Magazine in the August 2010 issue, readers have been asking where to purchase the stuff. [...]
‘The Tool Chest of Benjamin Seaton’ Revised Edition
Kari Hultman (The Village Carpenter) just posted on her blog that the revised and updated edition of “The Tool Chest of Benjamin Seaton” is now available for pre-order from Astragal [...]
Sharpening with Diamond Lapping Film
Almost every system for sharpening tools works just fine, so the differences between the systems come down to speed, expense, portability and mess. In December, Lee Valley Tools started carrying [...]
Get a Grip and Save Your Back
It seems that some of the most useful devices are too simple to think of, and this little box is an excellent example of that. I first saw bench blocks about 20 years ago on a [...]
My Favorite Japanese Pullsaw
It’s funny how my chainsaw skills have gone through the roof since I started to build lots of workbenches in 1999. Today I cut down a buttload of 6 x 6 x 16’ Douglas Fir beams for a [...]
Woodworking in America Site is Live
Visit WoodworkingInAmerica.com now to see the line-up of top-notch presenters, class descriptions and exciting extracurricular activities for both 2012 Woodworking in America conferences: October [...]
Frank Klausz to Speak at WIA 2012 Midwest
We’re pleased to announce that Frank Klausz has joined our cast of expert presenters for Woodworking in America 2012 Midwest (at the Northern Kentucky Convention Center, Nov. 2-4). Later [...]
