● Making a Hook knife Handle
A hook knife is a handy tool to use when stripping and carving curved shapes into green wood. The tool is called many names, such as crook knife or … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
● Finishing the Bowl
Carving a bowl – The Finish
The push toward finishing the bowl or any project is influenced by many factors. This one started with a fortunate find – a … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
◾️ Dipping into the Bowl
Carving a bowl – The Adze
Optimally, carving a bowl requires green wood. The tender wood is still moist enough to yield to sharp tools like axes, adzes, and … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
● The Beginning of a Bowl
Carving a bowl – The Axe
BOWL: a round container that is open at the top and deep enough to hold water, food, bread, towels, or anything used in daily life … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
● Curly Haired Girl Sticker
How did I decide on the curly haired girl logo sticker? Let me tell you a short story. Many woodworking and tool events feature sticker swaps. This activity is … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
● A New Fret Saw Handle
The fret saw is one of my favorite tools. With it I can make delicate cuts on thin wood veneer. This was a valuable quality that helped me complete … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
● Ask A Woman
We must reject not only the stereotypes that others hold of us, but also the stereotypes that we hold of ourselves.
– Shirley Chisholm
It’s March 8th, International Women’s … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
● Leather Sheath for an Adze
Sharp blades should have a cover or sheath to protect the user and the tool. Here I plan to make a sheath for the adze that I ordered and … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
● With a Little Patience: An Adze
Remember the great adze shortage of 2015? It still exists in some form or other. I can tell you now that I found one by a respected tool maker. … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
● Unanswered Ideas
You don’t make progress by standing on the sidelines, whimpering and complaining. You make progress by implementing ideas.
– Shirley Chisholm
Explore them.
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● Salvaged Handrails
A careful look at the newly painted stairway in the previous post shows that handrails are nowhere to be seen. For over twenty years, I lived without them. They … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
● Finishing the Stairs
The carpet is gone and the stairs are ready to finish. Last post, I found that the wood beneath the old carpet was pine. It was in good condition. … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞