Hey! My name is Daniel, and this is the first of three posts about the daxophone, a very …
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New to woodworking woodworkers! Maybe that’s you! We’d like to help you. When you think you are interested in woodworking few things cause more confusion than trying to buy a dovetail saw or negotiate the mine fields of buying the right tools. With so much information out there it is very confusing because it’s mainly […]
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Every so often you run into someone who gets off on pointing out his or her superiority to others. I’m …
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It’s silent thing nature, often. Odd, even, the way it sort of creeps up on you in its silence to silently inspire you. We walk amongst it in wherever we live and it silently feeds tidbits to us in city and countryside alike. Shape and colour, music, you name it and its there, a rhythmic […]
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It’s a nice ‘n’ easy add-on you won’t regret. About an hours work, probably, but so worth the sanity and order it brings. You can watch the video here.
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It’s not every day that a group of woodworkers with this much experience start a podcast. Ben, Ramon, and Philip …
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Accurize your tablesaw for absolutely straight, smooth and burn-free cuts. By Richard Tendick When my contractor’s saw was new, it …
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After completing the hull and the deck of our boat (read parts 1 and Part 2) we were ready …
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I love the day we launch a new project on Woodworking Masterclasses. For me it’s magic. I worked hard for weeks. Sketched and drew out my ideas, shared them with those who would film me, built the prototype and worked through the self-doubts and the challenges and also faced off the naysayers beyond. From early […]
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Editor’s note: Doing research for turning my detached garage into a shop space, I came across this section on electrical …
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A friend of mine is a daily meditator and unfortunately, his dedicated meditation space is right in front of an air vent. He needed a platform to raise him above the air vent and to give him a place to kick off his shoes. He sent me a photo of a tatami style bed for reference, and this is what we came up with.
The piece is done in cherry with General Finishes “High Performance” waterborne finish. I applied 3 coats with a brush, and it turned out well. This was a real test for me to a) duplicate a joint from the internet, and b) design on the fly. It measures a little under 4 feet square, and it took about 60 hours to complete.
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For many years I’ve wished for a better way to drill holes to an accurate depth without putting blue tape …
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Who wants to keep their glue on a shelf like some kind of medieval peasant? Instead, display your glue in style with a functional and beautiful glue caddy! Honestly, you never know when you’re going to be invited to a glue party so having several bottles of glue, glue brushes, and a little water cup onboard means you’re ready to glue at a moment’s notice.
If you want to build your own glue caddy, go ahead and download our FREE plans and templates. Available in both Metric and the correct measuring system.
Looking for that circle template I used? Here it is.
Giveaway notice! Titebond will be giving away these glue caddies along with $500 in Titebond products and a TWW arpon, shirt, and USB stick. Follow them on Instagram to find out when the entry period begins.
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Drawing, like many things, writing craft work, woodworking, if you want to do it well, becomes a discipline. You can enter the portals institutions and learn there or you can find some other way. I draw for myself and mostly do so to help me see what I might miss otherwise. Drawing forces me to […]
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Most visitors to the Cincinnati area have heard about the Pleasant Hill Shaker community (currently under renovation) or perhaps South …
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Back painted glass first came to my attention in 2007, when architect Christine Matheu used it as the backsplash material …
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Hannah and I used up some scrap leather and scrap 3/4″ plywood to make a half a dozen strops. I usually make them in small quantities and toss the ones that get gouged up straightaway because once gouged there’s a tendency for them to worsen quite quickly. These are my favourite size of 3″ by […]
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2:26 – New Patreon supporters!
3:40 – Marc’s adventures at Marc Adams School
6:40 – Nicole’s new hobby – Quilting! – https://listalu.com/
9:22 – Should I invest in a high quality square/straight edge (Woodpeckers/Starrett) over something from the big box store?
15:27- Are there any pointers you have for the Leigh R9 jig when cutting dovetails or box joints?
18:56 – What changes would you make for the chest of drawers looking back?
19:58 – Can you talk about the Guild mentorship program?
22:36 – Do you know if liquid hide glue work as well as hot hide glue?
25:12 – Is there another in-person class Marc is planning on in the future?
27:37 – Any tips or pitfalls to avoid when building my first workbench? – https://ift.tt/2uUxy82
31:15 – Should I build the Roubo or a Scandinavian bench?
32:02 – I never know exactly what speed to run my router bits, are there any tips to know what speed is right?
35:08 – Have we heard anything about the new book?
41:52 – What about a quilt rack for a future project?
43:30 – Guild Project winner – Stewart Johnson
43:58 – Denver area maker meetup – Sunday June 22nd
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…I do get a little flack from time to time. Why I do this or do that, say this or say that and so on. Some of it I wittingly or unwittingly bring on myself. Fitting out my garage workspace has brought some of that but never on purpose and it made me realise that […]
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We recently filmed the making of the workbench drawer as a follow up to the workbench build for YouTube (not out yet). It doesn’t take too long to make a drawer but filming makes the wholly simple process much more complicated and it takes longer because of a variety of things. The thing is that […]
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I am always surprised how many people I meet have high expectations in their being able to achieve high standards when it comes to more manual types of work yet without ever really having been exposed too much to such labours. I suppose there’s a thinking that if you are intelligent there is an automatic […]
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Learning to make your own hand tools can be intimidating. There’s a whole body of knowledge associated with making various …
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Last we the woodworking community lost one of its giants. Jennie Alexander (1930-2018) passed away in Baltimore, where she …
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…It’s On its Way (the YT Video) and You Shouldn’t Live and Work Without One! For a few weeks there I had to do that very thing with my new workbench. And I must say it was a strain for me because I have relied on one in all of my workbenches for decades now. […]
Read the full post Workbench Apron Drawer… on Paul Sellers' Blog.
I need to cover a few CNC basics so, bear with me. There’s a big payoff coming. Most current CNCs …
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The workshop rang with loud singing, singing full-voiced, deep. The men sang all day, old songs I learned along the way as we planed and sawed, quick wristed, smooth actions in time with the notes of songs. I tried singing low and I did, a bit, now and then, high, high, a break, then low, […]
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In 1946 a fellow named William M. Barr invented a new paint stripper based on the solvent, methylene chloride. It …
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This is not a movie review site, but I wanted to share a short take on Nick Offerman’s new movie, …
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I was surprised by my surprise to the response to the blog post All In a Day’s Recovery. It was in some ways touching and then somewhat saddening too. After seeing the response, since I wrote the draft below, I was further surprised that so many had different points of view. It made me realise […]
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Many things affect our ability to work wood. As a kid of 13 my experiences were mixed. I learned first that woodworking planes like the #4 Stanley or Record didn’t work; that they didn’t smooth wood but hacked it. I learned that thick, black, heavy pencil lines made the contrast far greater than a thin […]
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When Erik Florip of Florip Toolworks announced that he would be offering a premium dovetail saw for $85, he immediately …
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July 4, 2018 Instead of planning a day off today, I filled my schedule with business-related meetings. I’m facing too …
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A video that I’ve made slowly over the last few months, that shows the making of a custom birdcage awl.
Taking Control Saturday is the beginning of the weekend for most, at least in our western culture it is. It’s a two-day culmination after a week’s worth of work and it’s the restoration period allocated for the body and mind for recovery work that requires no input from us. Just as sleep concludes the end […]
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Four guys, three dogs and 10,000 sq. ft of entrepreneurial spirit. The Urbn Timber crew in Columbus, Ohio, has a …
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I am fond of using acid brushes – sometimes called “flux brushes” – for spreading glue. And I have used …
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Once the boat’s hull was completed (read part 1), Thano turned to work on lowering the surface of the …
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I know this about woodworking, something I’ve had to work with with people I’ve trained on a closer level, one minute you are not a woodworker and the next you are. It’s a strange phenomenon but a woodworker requires no qualification by diploma or degree, NVQ or whatever. It’s industry that needs it, not you. […]
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Sharp tools are essential to doing good work, but when I was getting into woodworking, I didn’t really know where …
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Thanks to Popular Woodworking and Lost Art Press, many people are familiar with my last book, Making Things Work…
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Like pocket screws, traditional pinch dogs are a great way to join odd assemblies or to use them in …
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I looked at works of art in made goods designed for work, work almost always by unknown makers yet often with maker’s names stamped on or print-applied in some way say by way of a tag, embossed plaque or then too in a casting of iron. Many of these so-called makers assembled components, blades from […]
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My girlfriend and I closed on our first house at the beginning of July, so we’ve been busy packing up …
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The first time I became aware of pocket screws I was standing in a Grizzly Industrial showroom handing out free …
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Nancy Hiller’s new book, “English Arts & Crafts Furniture,” is an outstanding piece of research and writing. If …
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Woodworking, like many trades, requires a firm foundation of knowledge for a person to discover the potential of the craft. …
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I’ve been turning door knobs for cabinets on and off for forty-five years to date. That’s what I did yesterday and a little over the weekend. It’s a useful skill for a furniture maker of course, so I learned fairly early on in my working. Handy to have a stock of door knobs in and […]
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I go to bed at night thinking about a wide range of things. I usually read before then and by the time my head hits the pillow I’m asleep. When I wake the sun is just rising and I get up. By 7 I’ve left the house and by 7.05 I am at work getting […]
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By Peter Follansbee Short runs of moulding call for custom scrapers. Scratch stocks are simple, shop-made scrapers used …
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Do It Yourself was a 1960s movement that resulted in DIY shops abounding on Britain high streets and back streets to provide small quantities and tools for the weekend warrior. It was very much a man thing, of that there is no doubt and though there have been some changes, it has not been huge. […]
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Show notes coming soon.
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In May I got to spend two weeks working with Chris Williams, a Welsh chairmaker who worked with John …
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The shavings climb higher beneath my feet and joints emerge from squared off ends. Some elements are conventional looking and then they are not conventionally made even though the outcome is proven technology. Some things do reflect sheer brilliance in the concepts of the designs that came from hundreds of years of ongoing craftsmanship. No […]
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The length of my tool rest required a total of three positions along the bed to turn the length of …
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Just a heads up, we have a 50% sale going on over at Shop Woodworking on our project downloads to …
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When my fourth grade students finish their first mandatory projects (making a mallet or a walking staff) I invite them …
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I like cleaning and sweeping up. Always have. I like to stop and put away. Organise my workflow, my tools, my wood and such. It’s nice. I do this according to the progress and stages of a project. The carcass gets made, I clean and clear. Then I start the next stage with a clean […]
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On this panel, I stained it all red with a Lockwood dye. Then I wiped over the left section with …
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It may just be a prototype bathroom cabinet to others, to me it is therapy by design! Therapy comes to us in many ways. I walk the river path every morning. Ducks of every kind are just inside the reeds and roach 10″ plus long nose into the oncoming pressure awaiting some morsel to twist […]
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The cold-bend crest rail after only 16 hours of being bent. Bending wood is great fun, but it can be …
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Jack Bigger (left), new President and Chief Operating Officer of Woodcraft, and Jody Garrett, Chief Executive Officer, discuss Bigger’s recent …
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