Blog Series

Crochet: what's next?

Part 1: Owl Inspirations

Next on my list for an amigurumi creation is an owl, so off to google I went to find some patterns that caught my attention. [Image]https://www.te...

Part 2: Moose Inspirations

Being a Canadian, I just have to add a moose to my amigirumi collection! Now, to find the right pattern ... It might be this one: [Image] Mart...

Eighteenth Century Cabinet

Part 8: Video of Curved Glue Up

Here’s the video of the first stage of gluing up the curved side. In this stage the marquetry is not glued to the cabinet. It is laminated into a c...

Part 9: Summer Break

I’ve come to a place that is convenient to take a break. Sailing season is approaching and I have work to do on my boat to be ready. This cabinet ...

Part 10: Change of Plans, Front Marquetry

I know I said I was taking a break to get back to sailing for the summer but there was a surprise in store for me. On April 26th I had my boat haul...

Craftisian Interviews

Part 1: ZacBuilds

Q: When you first started working with wood, what was your inspiration/goal? My first projects were mostly projects of necessity. I needed a new de...

Part 2: Norman Pirollo

Q: When you first started working with wood, what was your inspiration/goal? My former career was in hi-tech, the computer industry to be specific....

Army truck

10 entries

Part 8: Cabin 02

This is a serie about making a army truck The sequence of photos will be gronological, with doeing this I hope to make my working method more clear...

Part 9: Assembling Engine,Grill and Cabin

This is a serie about making a army truck The sequence of photos will be gronological, with doeing this I hope to make my working method more clear...

Part 10: Fenders

This is a serie about making a army truck The sequence of photos will be gronological, with doeing this I hope to make my working method more clear...

Woodworking on a Half-Shoestring

Part 5: Powertec USA - USPS Resolved

I received adequate correspondence and expedient crediting to find no need to keep the original post on record. I’m still annoyed that neither Powe...

Part 6: Creamer and Sugar Bowl Carrier - Build Progress

With the workshop mostly reorganized, I’ve started to get at projects already started and on my To-Do list. A simple project I had been putting off...

Part 7: Refurbing a Harbor Freight Folding Trailer - Pre-Blog Inquiry

This week or next I will begin the process of refurbishing a Harbor Freight folding trailer I purchase several years back. Original Build Build Sta...

Horn Speakers

4 entries

Part 2: Time for the rubber to hit the road

After figuring out that I needed about 56 square pieces of 3/4" plywood all cut to different sizes I marked them out on a baltic birch platter. I h...

Part 3: Cutting the Wedges to fit the pattern

Here is a teaser so you can get an idea of the size of the horns. Keep in mind that there will be trumpet like ends attached to the horns. I will b...

Part 4: Marking and More Cutting

This is one of the two 90% finished horns being made. Last time the square segments were marked out and cut into wedges according to the pattern. N...

WoodworkingWeb Collaboration - Christmas 2019

Part 1: Announcement

I thought it would be a good idea to celebrate WoodworkingWeb restart together with the celebration of the Christmas season. No, there are no fancy...

Marqutery School

Part 2: School's Out, a Learning Experience (good)

Well, it’s over. my first course in French marquetry, level one, ended yesterday and the consensus is that we all learned a lot. The students learn...

Part 3: New Directions: Home Classes

It is time for a change at CSFM. I have decided to stop offering in shop classes and start offering the same (exact) classes via private interactiv...

Part 4: Home Classes a Success!

My first student has just finished his level one interactive video course and it was a big success. He received over three hours of video instructi...

Morris chair restoration

Part 3: The back cushion

I removed the mid-20th-century gray marble vinyl to reveal more of the chair’s history. The top cushion’s original upholstery which was under the g...

Part 4: The seat cushion

The seat cushion was really delightful. A couple of separate foam cushions had been added to the chair to make it usable when I was a child, but th...

Part 5: Assembly: I might be considered square, but this chair certainly wasn’t.

Absolutely nothing was even close to square. The left side of the front rail was ¼” taller than the right side. The legs (front and back) were not ...