shipwright

Just a few more pictures and explanations than the project post had room for. The concept is simple and can be adapted in many ways but here is wha...

I finally got around to doing a video today for those who wanted to see this little sander up and running. It also covers the often asked question ...

Well, the velcro kit arrived yesterday afternoon but just as I got it installed a friend showed up and made me go golfing so I didn’t get to try it...

So I went out to the shop this morning, all set to get the sander all tuned up and ready for the velcro kit which should arrive today. Unfortunatel...

When I left off yesterday I needed elevators and the skirts for the dust collector. I decided to go with two elevators for the ability to micro adj...

*OK, I’m about *10 hours in now ( maybe 8 productive and two wasted on one bad measurement….don’t ask) and I have the structure built and mounted. ...

This blog was originally written in November 2011 I’ve just returned to my winter home / shop in Arizona. At home I have all the tools and lots of ...

Last entry I had just started cutting the top marquetry. This is the most complex piece I have attempted and yes that was also the case when I cut ...

Up until now I had been laying out my painting in wood layers by hand using lines that extended beyond the edges of the veneer area and after placi...

All of the stationary stuff that I described in the last post cost around $1500 or less with a little shrewd horse trading and not really a lot of ...

There are two institutions to be given credit for how well I have been able to equip my shop for so little money and in so little space. They canno...

When we bought a winter home in Green Valley AZ. in 2007 it didn’t take me long to realize that I couldn’t spend half of the year without a shop. T...