Blog Series

My Woodcarving Adventures

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Part 1: Getting started

My purpose for this blog is to encourage anyone who has thought about taking up woodcarving to give it a try. I outline below my beginnings and pro...

Workbench / Outfeed Table #1

Part 9: Drawer Boxes

Well hello my woodworking buddies. Let me tell you things have been so crazy around here the last week & 1/2. So many disappointments have hit ...

Part 10: Drawers Installed

Well the drawers are installed. Need to hang two more doors and make the huge pull out drawer and install that yet.

Part 11: wheels go round and round

Well the shop was completely cleaned up over the weekend by my wife and I. we took all the equipment out of the shop. including the new workbench. ...

Clock build (grandchildren)

Part 1: Clock (Grandchildren )

Im make grandchildren clocks for five different orders. So, I’ve been juggling the clocks and building my workbench and repairing my thickness plan...

Part 2: Clocks are getting done

Well here is the 4 Clocks that need to delivered. All the Numbers and names of the customers grandkids are laser engraved to a depth of 1/16" +. Ma...

Workshop Tour Challenge

Part 1: Announcement

How does your creative kingdom look? What are your favorite tools? Prepare a tour of your workshop and share it with your WoodworkingWeb buddies fo...

Part 2: One Day Left

Lots of great workshop tours posted already and you have less than 24 hours to post yours for a chance to win a $100 online gift card from your fav...

Part 3: And the Winner Is ...

Thank you to everyone who participated in our Workshop Tour Challenge. You can see the entries here. And the winner of the random draw is: Larry Ci...

kdc68's Workshop

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Part 1: My basement retreat

This is my retreat. It’s 10′ × 30′ total. There’s a masonry wall dividing the whole basement in half. Eventually the ideal scenario would be spread...

My Wood Shop

Part 1: Wheaties

This is the entrance to my Shop . In case your wondering the the sign he is holding says MR Goodlooking works here . This is my office and finishin...

1st cabinets

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Part 1: Kitchen cabinets and doors

The framing on this doors are made of red oak and the inserts are hand cut slats out off old pallets. This was my first time to build any style of ...

box with 3D marquetry

Part 1: Asking subject and manufacture of marquetry.

Hello, I have a job. Build a box and the lid veneer two letters. The letters should float above the surface. The box has a simple construction. The...

My Workspace

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Part 1: Introduction

My family lives in a small 850sf, 2 room apartment on the ground floor. We are also fortunate enough to have a ±200sf patio. My wife and I have com...

Rickswoodworks new workshoptour

Part 1: workshoptour

This is a new building we put up this last summer, the machine are all the same that we have had except our new craftsman table saw