Blog Series

WoodworkingWeb Magazine Giveaway

Part 3: 2nd Week Winner

Another week of our Magazine Giveaway it’s time to pick one winner randomly from all of our members that posted at least one creation. The Winner i...

Part 4: 3rd Week Winner

Another week of our Magazine Giveaway it’s time to pick one winner randomly from all of our members that posted at least one creation. The Winner i...

Part 5: Last Week Winner

Today was the last day to enter our Magazine Giveaway and it’s time to choose the last winner randomly from all of our members that posted at least...

The joys of rust hunting

2 entries

Part 1: Its Spring. First 2014 Antique show

finally proof that the long winter is over. Our first local flea market of 2014. Maybe not one of my best days, but definitely not my worst either....

Part 2: Show off your latest find(s)

Here is a spot to show off your latest acquisitions. Whether its a flea market , garage sale or yard sale or craig list find, show it off. Mine fro...

Sewing box phase two

2 entries

Part 1: Getting started

The sewing box I made for the wife is very heavy. It was never made to be carried around, but rather to sit near her sewing table and give her extr...

Part 2: Dovetails and a bow front drawer

My company vehicle decided to take a couple of days off by crapping a front wheel bearing so I had some extra time to spend in the shop today. Pick...

My first hand plane restoral

2 entries

Part 1: Dis-assembly

On a recent business trip to Sarasota, FL I bought a rusty hand plane that I found on CL. The markings indicate it is a Bailey No. 4 Type 15. If an...

Part 2: Cleaning

I’m using the electrolysis process for most of the cleaning. I chose this method because I already had everything I needed from other non-woodworki...

Hand Tools

Part 1: Flea Market Acquisitions

Today, I did good. I found a Millers-Falls Brace almost brand-new and a little hand-crank drill. I also found three tiny carving tools from E.C. Mu...

Toolbox

Part 3: Sliding Trays

I learned a valuable lesson tonight. I learned how to quickly make a sliding tray with finger joints and a floating poplar bottom to the wrong dime...

Part 4: Drawers

I made my drawers for my toolbox this weekend. I was going to use half-blind dovetails on the fronts but I decided more for practicality and streng...

Part 5: Saw Hangers for Flip-Top

I needed something that would hold the saws in place in the flip-top and be easy to remove. I also am doing everything I can not to use screws or n...

Walnut Dining Table

1 entry

Part 1: Early planning

I’m planning to build a dining table in walnut. I found a really fancy one at some store in Soho. Very ritzy place. Here is a picture of the table....

A silk purse from a sow's ear...

6 entries

Part 4: More extreme cheapskate measures...

There’s a midi tallboy part to this job. Originally it was going to be made from bb ply with a poplar face frame, but as the client didn’t want to ...

Part 5: Say hello to my leetle friend...

Long day in the workshop today, trying to catch up on yesterday, May Day – a Bank Holiday here. Didn’t get as much done as I wanted, I’m at a point...

Part 6: "At this moment I feel no love for you at all. I never thought that would ever happen, but it has."

Diane Keaton to Al Pacino in The Godfather II. I will preface the next part by saying ’It’s not all fun and games in the workshop’ “At this moment ...

Apprentice Shop

Part 1: Sharing My Plans To Start an Apprentice Shop

Back in the winter of 2013, my dad told me to come get his shop tools. He’s retired once and then started back, and now he’s fully retired. Anyhow,...