OK, so my first technique post is not woodworking. Well, it is hard to do JUST woodworking in my shop.…
Stanley made several special purpose tongue and groove planes. The #48 and #49 were swing fence planes. One setting exposed…
I was cruising the on line auction site late one evening and found an interesting walnut box. The seller’s dad…
I was benched for a few months some years ago and had lots of shop time on my hands. It…
Sadly, with the cordless revolution underway, gimlets have fallen from favor. Early woodworkers used gimlets for pilot holes. They are…
Is the tongue and groove joint dying? Early examples of surviving furniture show that ancient woodworkers have used tongue and…
My dad built his first woodshop in the garage of our old house sometime in the late 1940s. He moved…
It is a nice day and I would rather be out in the shop making shavings. But I need to…
I entered the world of woodworking at an early age. It was, in fact, before I could even walk. Even…
Welcome to the wonderful world of woodworking. One of my earliest memories was sitting in a pile of walnut shavings…