● Moxon Vise: the Fourth Hand
Now that I’ve claimed a seat on the dovetailing bandwagon, I have to set up my practice. I need to get a grip. A moxon vise will help satisfy … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
● Refresh my Memory
Just what did we fight for? Refresh my memory, please. It’s Veterans Day, right?
Women and men spent months, years, or a lifetime protecting this country’s ideals around the … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
● Rolls, Pouches, Wraps, and Sacks
In my experience, tools travel better in their own traveling rolls, pouches, wraps, and sacks. Then, at anytime, they can be loaded in a canvas or leather toolmaker’s bag.… 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
● October Flower
For many people on the planet, halloween and its attendant activities will soon be here. For me still… I can’t do it. Here is why. In my … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
● Catch Up Sharpening
Oh those tools! If you added a chisel to your tool kit and used it… and used it… and used it, you are wondering why it takes more effort … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
◾️ North Brothers Yankee 1003
Old tools like the North Brothers Yankee 1003 are irresistible. This hand-cranked bench drill press was patented in 1905. Having seen a handful of these tools in old barns … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
● The Magic of Hand Tools
Early on, before I embraced the magic of hand tools, I had a different dream. I imagined that I’d have a fully outfitted workshop. In it would be the … 🐞 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 ➞ ➞ ➞