Smitty

Yeah, so, on a whim I tracked down a cash register to use when having what is becoming semi-annual rummage / garage sales. [69887634761__3454FA97-...

The first installment concluded with a bank of three large store cabinets at Dad's shop, with normal moisture content, ready for use 'somewhere.' T...

Here we go again… Literally. It was a dark and stormy night. Well, no, not really stormy. Or even night. But it was dark. And wet. My son was with...

Under the guise of 'sharp fixes everything,' I went after the cutters with a vengeance after the first couple of blog installments to ensure the an...

Set-up & Link to Video Trailer This second installment of the #444 mini-series details the set-up required to use the Stanley Dovetail Tongue and ...

An Overview [Image] Welcome to Part One of a short blog series that is a hands-on presentation of the Stanley #444 Dovetail Tongue and Groove Pla...

Stanley Bench Planes, Type 21 A blog entry dedicated to a Type of Stanley bench plane that gets no respect, the Cordovan line. My interest in them...

Okay. In the last installment I noted that a glued up drawer front / sides piece went kinda 'parallelogram' on me overnight. To affect a repair, I ...

So I pushed one of the unfinished drawers into it's place in the cabinet and couldn't get it out without help. And that help was installation of a ...

When we left off (last December!), the internal dividers had been set on this piece and I was debating adding the external framing that's been comp...

Last time: "I'll talk about setting that reference point for stopped dados in the next installment… That's simple. The stopped dados are set to a...

This cabinet is essentially a crate with wood-frame exoskeleton and hinged door. Dimensions were set because the crate is what it is… The depth of ...