Sunday, August 27, 2023

My Vice-Held End-grain Planing Guide

My vertical vise-held, end-grain planing guide for planing the ends of wood dead square with ease works better than a shooting board especially if you have lots to do. Why do I say that? Because I have used a regular shooting board for almost six decades and at best they are really quite awkward, hog...

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Wednesday, August 23, 2023

So, Who’s a Luddite?

I’ve learned that woodworking is much more than merely working wood or just, well, processing it: that’s for a percentage of people that is. More those who enjoy touching working the material I suppose. You know, taking material from a tree and making something substantive from it and recognising its background in its growing vibrancy...

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Monday, August 21, 2023

Her Clothes Fell Off the Wall | Dream Closet Part 1

Nicole’s clothes literally fell off the wall when the builder grade wire shelving collapsed. I decided to be the hero and build her the closet of her dreams, or at least as close as I could get. This is the first part of a 2-part series where I install the main large closet units including hangers and shelves.

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Monday, August 7, 2023

Organize Your Kitchen Drawers!

There’s nothing worse than a disorganized kitchen drawer. Alleviate the frustration with a simple organizational grid made from shop scraps.

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Sunday, August 6, 2023

It’s the Subtle Things

Part 1 I often think that woodworking by hand delivers results that surprise those extolling the virtues of machine methods and the accuracy machines deliver. I doubt that the accuracy I achieve is as good as they might think, but my end result is for me most likely what I want rather than that which...

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