Mike40

You might remember from the last time that I was busy preparing veneers by cutting them to size and also putting reinforcing tape on the face sides...

Finally was able to get a little work done on my wizard marquetry. I was planning to make a large picture about the size of two A4 pieces of paper,...

Why am I blogging this? This will be my second marquetry using veneers. This one will be much more difficult than my first recently finished practi...

I glued up these fir strips a couple of days ago for destructive testing of my homemade liquid hide glue. For those that don’t know, this glue stay...

While planning my first veneer marquetry experience I was a little worried about using hot hide glue to fasten the marquetry to the box sides of my...

WARNING, LONG AND POTENTIALLY VERY BORING BLOG! Shortly after finishing my Chevalet Paul aka Shipwright asked me if I...

I find it difficult to just sit in the garden and just stare at plants. My idle hands need something to do. Some folks with that problem have tried...

Like many hobby woodworkers I have always felt that my shop was too small. It certainly isn’t large at 228 sq.ft. My growing dissatisfaction made m...