Cut Off and “Scrap Wood” projects
This month’s theme (June 2011) is Cut Offs and “Scrap Wood”. All woodworker have cut offs. Ok, every woodworker I know has cutoffs. That box or pile in the corner and those long strips you trip over....
View ArticleStory Sticks
For more years than any of us have been around woodworkers, carpenters, and a lot of others have been using story sticks. It is believed that the Egyptians where the first to use a story stick and...
View ArticleMagazine Montage – June 2011
This is something I am going to try and see how it goes. The idea is to go through the stacks of magazines I get and mention the articles and things that I see that relate to the theme for the month....
View ArticleFirst Live Cast
First for the bad … My first live cast had a big problem with audio … sorry, I will try it again with better a better mic and setup soon. But, the good news is … I did get to pick the winners of the...
View ArticleOutdoor Projects
This month’s theme (July 2011) is Outdoor Projects. There are a lot of options when it comes to outdoor woodworking projects. There are chairs, benches, birdhouses, scrollsaw projects, swings,...
View ArticleOutdoor Wood Selection
With the overabundance of products produced today, trying to pick anything, when shopping, can be a real pain. Like everything else, selecting what wood to use when building a project can be a daunting...
View ArticleOutdoor Furniture – Built to Last
Don’t forget to comment on this post for a chance to win a copy I choose to review the book “Outdoor Furniture – Built to Last” from Fox Chapel Publishing because it seemed to fit well with the theme...
View ArticleOutdoor Finishing with TheWoodWhisperer
I had the opportunity to speak with Marc Spagnuolo (The Wood Whisperer) about his new book on finishing “Finishing: it ain’t over till it’s over” and discuss woodworking and a few outdoor finishing...
View ArticleOutdoor Project Talk with Matt
On this episode of the podcast I had a chance to have a conversation with Matt Vanderlist, host and creator of Matt’s Basement Workshop podcast and The Spoken Wood podcast. We talk about some...
View ArticleMagazine Montage – July 2011
Sorry this is so late in the month. The idea is to go through the stacks of magazines I get and mention the articles and things that I see that relate to the theme for the month. Allot of woodworking...
View ArticleRouters, Routers, Routers …
From the title you may have guessed this month’s theme is routers. So, many magazines, podcasts, blogs, and woodworkers say that the router is the most versatile tool in a shop … and I tend to agree....
View ArticleWoodworking with the Router
Don’t forget to comment on this post for a chance to win a copy “Woodworking with the Router” was suggested to me for router month by Fox Chapel Publishing. This book is 370 plus pages of solid...
View ArticleRouter Talk with Matt
On this episode of the podcast I had a chance to have a conversation with Matt Vanderlist, host and creator of Matt’s Basement Workshop podcast and The Spoken Wood podcast. We talk about whats been...
View ArticleRouter Bit Speeds
Not every router bit is capable of safely or efficiently running at the same speed. That’s why many routers now have a speed adjustment that allows you to adjust the speed of the spinning bit. The...
View ArticleMagazine Montage – August 2011
The idea here is to go through the stacks of magazines I get every month and comment on the articles I see that relate to the theme for the month. Allot of woodworking magazines don’t put out an issue...
View ArticleShop Maintenance with Matt
On this episode of the podcast Matt Vanderlist, host and creator of Matt’s Basement Workshop podcast and The Spoken Wood podcast and I discuss various things about Shop Maintenance and Woodworking in...
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