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Congratulations to Brad Pederson from Oak Park Heights, Minn. Brad is this year’s winner of the Popular Woodworking Magazine Workshop Makeover Giveaway. Brad tells us that he has been a [...]

SEED TRAYS MADE FROM ODD AND ENDS OF PALLET TIMBER. IDEAL FOR THE GARDENER . SIMPLE IDEA  FROM PALLET TIMBER.…

   EGG CUPS COME IN ALL SHAPES AND SIZES.SIMPLE AND EFFECTIVE.. …

This weekend, I made a small walnut and maple box. In my six years of woodworking, it’s the toughest project I’ve ever built. Last Friday morning, I had to say goodbye to Cleocatra, [...]

LOG SLICES WHAT CAN YOU DO WITH YOUR LOGS.?????…

Despite my butchering of their language last year, the German tool company Dictum asked me to return this week to teach two classes at its new workshop in Niederalteich, a small village in [...]

TO ALL YOU YOUNG SCHOOL LEAVERS .WHO ARE THINKING OF GOING INTO CONSTRUCTION..I DO KNOW THE  JOB RATE  IS LOW FOR JOBS WORLD WIDE EVEN HERE IN THE UK..BUT IN MY EXPERIENCE. IF YOU DO GO [...]

SIMPLE WEEKEND PROJECT.  SIMPLE TOOLS PLUS A KNOWLEDGE OF WOOD WORK.. ANY DIY MAN CAN DO THIS.. COST IF YOU USE RECLAIMED TIMBER $3   CHEAP PLUS YOUR TIME…2 HOURS MAX TO [...]

SCAFFOLD PLANKS THAT WERE MACHINED EARLIER,HAVE COME IN HANDY AS STAIR TREADS.RECLAIMED TIMBER ALWAYS COMES IN HANDY FOR ANY JOB IF YOU KNOW WHAT YOUR GOING TO DO WITH IT..…

SLIDING BLOCK ,SAME AS OTHER BUT WITH BLOCK.THIS SLIDES UP AND DOWN THIS CAN BE MADE FROM DIFFERENT WOODS BUT THIS IS JUST A TRIAL PIECE.WELL IT IS FRIDAY .ALL PIECES SOLID TIMBER AS ALWAYS NO [...]

THESE ARE FROM THE TIMBER YARD,EVERY OTHER DAY WHATS OVER FROM THE RADIAL SAW THEY THROW AWAY SO HAVE ASKED IF I COULD HAVE ODDS AND ENDS.GOT THESE PINE SLICES 9 INCH X 12+ INCHES LONG X 3 TO 5 [...]

PINE 4X4 INCH BLOCKS AND A WOOD LATHE..WHAT CAN YOU DO WITH OFF CUTS.OF 4X4 INCH POST.ONCE LATHE IS SET UP AND BLOCKS CUT TO SIZE.TAKES 5 MINUTES .TO MAKE ONE.WITH LOADING BLOCKS ONTO LATHE YOU [...]