My shop is overrun with scraps! Like many woodworkers, I just can't throw away good useable materials, so the challenge is to use them up. Sure, those scraps of MDF will probably go to some sort of jig, but blocks of cherry material need to be used for better things. The first thing I have … Continue reading Building a Biplane Out of Cherry
Video 6: The Pie-Crust Table: Recovering From Mistakes
In this, Part Six of, "The Pie-Crust Table: The Never-Ending Project," I'll show you how I overcame a couple of issues. For one, rather than use solid thickness material for the legs, I chose to cheap it out and laminate two pieces of cherry. It all came out fine... but, there is a minute line … Continue reading Video 6: The Pie-Crust Table: Recovering From Mistakes
Video 5: Pie-Crust Table – All About the Legs
In this video, you can watch as I struggle with the legs for the Pie-Crust Table, knock my bandsaw out of whack, drop one of the legs and break a big chunk off, and overcome all of that to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat. I'll cut the legs out, profile them, and then … Continue reading Video 5: Pie-Crust Table – All About the Legs
Pie-Crust Table, Part Three: The Lathe Work
This table is coming along nicely, I think. It's kicking my butt along the way, but if it was easy, I'd have done it long ago. I'm learning some new skills, and refreshing some others. One of those others is lathe turning. It is often one of the most favorite things a woodworker can do, … Continue reading Pie-Crust Table, Part Three: The Lathe Work
I Visited My Shop This Morning…
My wood shop calls out to me like a haunting voice across the moors. "Mi-ike. . . Miiii-iiike." It's three in the morning, and I wake up in a cold sweat, shaking. I throw of my CPAP mask, unrestrained air barges from the flexible tubing. I whip off the covers and fold them back neatly … Continue reading I Visited My Shop This Morning…
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