● Veneer: Laying it Down
Ancient craftsmen used hide glue to bind marquetry veneer to base wood and to secure joints on furniture. Dead horses, cows, rabbits, and even fish, live on forever in … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
● The Way It Gets Better
This especially resonates with me today.
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So you must not be frightened if a sadness rises up before you larger than any you have ever seen; if … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
● Shop Made Tools
For some people, shop made tools are not desirable options. After all, a lot of the fun in woodworking is showing off your new tools and wood shop to … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
● Is a Big, Full Toolbox a Win?
As a seamstress, I’m familiar with the saying: she who dies with the most fabric wins. Personally, I don’t want that much fabric.
As a woodworker, I don’t … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
● Finishing The Chest: part 4
The finishing touches are all that remain in this final installment of building the Spanish style chest. I really like the progress made in part 3. Now, I … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
● A Lid for the Spanish Style Chest: part 3
The lid is next on the to-do list. I began the project of the Spanish style chest in the last post – part 2.
That the Spanish style … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
● La Negra Peregrina en el Camino
Tribute
If I – a pilgrim – may be so bold, audacious even, let me tell you this: you are in my thoughts today. And I have a surprise … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
● Building the Spanish Style Chest: part 2
The building begins for my Spanish style chest. In part 1, the prologue, I discussed, then resolved some questions regarding this specific project. In this short series, I … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
● Prologue: My Spanish Style Chest
That Spanish style chest I made after returning from Paris was a project that had been on my mind for a long time.
There have been a few times … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
● Hot Dog Handle Revamp
A hot dog handle is a shop accessory that helps the user make precise cuts on sawn wood edges. Attached to the side of a bench plane, the hot … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
● Wish List: Wood
Wouldn’t it be nice to have, as I call it, a wish list – wood? To have within reach all the wood you want, let alone even need? All … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
● Refurbishing Old Tools – Fun and Folly
One skill I enjoy practicing is refurbishing old tools. When I got serious about improving my woodworking skills, I didn’t want to pay a lot of money for them. … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞