Taking things easy doing one task per day. Worked for a couple of hours and I managed to install the carpenters Vise. I will still have some finish...
My health has taken a bad turn lately so progress has been crawling. The recent trips to physio therapy, sports massage, ultrasound, chiropractor, ...
I received the crisscross from Lee Valley late yesterday, and started mocking it up to see what needs to be done. I glued up the last piece of the ...
Just a quick post of the stretchers dry fit. I still have to add the 2×4 and tension mortise it all in. , As always questions and tips welcome. Tha...
Well I’m at it, the one part of this build that I wasn’t 100% confident in. I started the glue up with two sides and the 8 straightest boards to gi...
I found some hardwood at a local lumber middleman, none of our mills have any type right now and might not until spring. I even had to order this b...
I have just finished drilling the pilot dog holes into the top boards that I have vises for. This will allow me to have a nice straight batch of do...
The building of the tail vise is not an easy accomplishment. I started to build the vise when I was invaded by the daughter and grand kids carving ...
With the legs already cut to length its time to glue them up. I have the joinery drawn out on the top roughly so that after cutting the boards the ...
Work Bench Build #3 Wood Selection And Layout I got to use the bench to build a bench right away to lay out the boards for the top. But I removed t...
My workshop has served my family well. Now it is time to dedicate some space to woodworking. It can accomidate about 10 people in comfort watching ...
For over 15 years now I have been working out of my garage as a workshop without a carpenters vise or a dedicated carpentry space. The shop has pro...