The daily dribble from my workshop. Saturday, May 16, 2015. Another exciting Amana hand tool event and so for it has been much bigger than the first one. This one is so big that it is spread out over three buildings. I got there at 0915 and the line to get into the barn was out to the road already. I started here with Jarrod Stone. What could be more fun than watching a guy make a drinking cup on a pole lathe? Another windsor chair maker.

Thoughts and decisions as I create my work. Journey with me through the fascinating world of woodworking. The End is Closer! August 9, 2015. You can see in these two pictures that the Armoire is virtually complete, all that remains is the back and bottom dust panel.

I have really enjoyed the low impact and ease of posting almost daily there. In the woods with fireflies.

Boxes are everywhere I look and the project list grows longer every day. Most for the new place and a few to ready the old for going onto the market to be sold. Here is what we started with.

A place to share my projects. The next project I wanted to tackle is a bench stool. This is for practice for ultimately making a chair and also just to have a stool in the workshop. Making a small smoothing plane. Making a small smoothing plane.

Musings, tips and tricks from a budding guitar builder. Assembling the ebony chopping board. A solid ebony chopping board? Perhaps s.

Our washer and dryer are located in the basement. Today, my wife asked me to take a load of clothes downstairs and put them in the washer, a job. Pennsylvania Secretary in SketchUp; What I Learned. The construction steps for this secretary were spread out over three.

One day, a chance find in a thrift store set my tool collecting in an entirely new direction. While looking through the dusty shelves, I found an odd looking plane. It had a wooden body and a metal top frame. The lever cap had the impression of the Liberty Bell. It turned out to be a Stanley 122 Liberty Bell transitional plane. Live Edge Spalted Sycamore Coffee Table.