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Greene and Greene-Style Hall Table ?Exquisite detailing turns ordinary into extraordinary. By Bruce Kieffer People just love this wonderful little table with its soft-colored mahogany, ebony [...]

Slap Shot By Vern Johnson When I was a kid, I decided to make my own hockey stick in my dad’s workshop. I drew the shape on a 2×12 board and cut it out on the bandsaw. At 2-in., the …

  Spindle Sander Whirlybird By Mark Claypool To clean up the slot I had just cut in a long, narrow piece of white oak, I installed a sanding drum in my oscillating spindle sander. I dropped [...]

Possessed Belt Sander By Frank Gresser My neighbor was sanding a newly created veneer and inlay tabletop when disaster struck.With the switch of his belt sander locked in the On position, he was [...]

CD DISK 2 A PENNY NOW CHEAP TO BUY. MAKE DECORATIONS FOR YOUR TREE. RECYCLED IDEAS ARE THE BEST .. KIDS CAN PAINT THEM??? UNIQUE DECORATIONS FOR YOUR TREE THIS YEAR.??…

As you can see, I used some smaller diameter cherry stock to work out the transition from the bottle top to the mushroom, but I’m not happy with the result. The bottom section fits [...]

WHAT DO YOU DO WITH YOUR EMPTY BOTTLES? XMAS TREE DECORATIONS ???? JUST MY IDEA OF DECORATIONS……

One of the great joys of reading old woodworking magazines is that they includes lots of tidbits that aren’t in old woodworking books – such as the one I found last night about the “Shangie.” [...]

As we get closer to winter here in New York, I thought that it was about time to wrap up showing the summer projects that my woodworking students in Belmont Hill School have built. Emily’s [...]

In a recent post, I talked about using rasps and in a response to one of the comments, I mentioned that I was watching my mailbox for the arrival of a package from France. Yesterday the box [...]

When it comes to most things in woodworking, I’m an easy-going guy. But not with tool chests. I’m OK if you make your sliding dovetails with a router. I’m just Jim Dandy if you sand, scrape or [...]

In about three weeks, we’ll be moving into new digs after more than 10 years in our current location. It’s less than a mile away. With the move date fast approaching, the new shop [...]