• what month is it?.........
    Today was a beautiful day with blue, sunny skies with a high temp of 76F (24C). Two mornings past the temp was 32F (0C) when I got up. I wanted to spend the day outside and enjoy it. However, the gas people parked their heavy equipment outside my house. They were digging up the road to install new gas lines. I couldn't drive so I walked. Went on two walk abouts today. Once in the morning to run errands and... Read more
    Source: Accidental Woodworker Published on: 2024-11-06
  • Carving the Hollow: A Trick and Some Video Clips
    Sometimes, after you’ve hogged away most of the wood and the hollow is nearing the final shape, your hands and eyes tell you that one end/side of the bowl has a steeper slope than the other. Your hands and eyes … Continue reading →... Read more
    Source: David Fisher, Carving Explorations Published on: 2024-11-06
  • Project Phoenix: II
    In this video the back eventually gets reunited with the rest of the body! Cheers Gary ... Read more
    Source: A Luthier's Blog Published on: 2024-11-05
  • cherry cupboard pt III........
    The cherry cupboard progress continues in spite of my doubts. Today I finished the tails on it. Survived that ordeal I put myself through and I am happy with the results. They didn't come out any different then ones I have done in pine. I was thinking about the cherry clock I made so many years ago and I know it didn't have any dovetails in it. I still have the plans for it and I looked them over last night.... Read more
    Source: Accidental Woodworker Published on: 2024-11-05
  • A New Week
    It’s a seamless transition for a maker to slip through each of his days knowing the direction ahead and identifying every obstacle he knows he’ll face long, long before he gets there. That carcase, in some ways, might be mistaken in its spelling where a word is spelled out wrongly as carcass to name a... Source... Read more
    Source: Paul Sellers' Blog Published on: 2024-11-05
  • cherry cupboard pt III......
    Operated in slo mo today. Not because of something wrong physically with me but due to the dovetails to come. I have been thinking about it all night long. I don't usually think about dovetailing - I just do them. But cherry dovetails aren't the same as pine ones. Cherry doesn't have that forgiving compression factor that pine has. I am going to have to mark and saw more carefully. Hence the procrastination on my part. I wish I had... Read more
    Source: Accidental Woodworker Published on: 2024-11-04
  • Updates: New Books, Reprints & Tools
    The editorial staff is currently on the road to Wales, which is why we haven’t been posting much on the blog this week. Despite our remoteness (physically) we’ve been working on Lost Art Press stuff the whole time. Here are some updates on new things and reprints. “Dutch Tool Chests” by Megan Fitzpatrick should ship...... Read more
    Source: Lost Art Press Published on: 2024-11-04
  • cherry cupboard pt II.........
     Short time in the shop today. I went on a road trip to visit my wife's best friend from college. I still managed get some things accomplished. The next upcoming step is dovetailing the carcass. I am a little concerned with this because I don't have a lot of hardwood dovetailing under my belt. So I'm procrastinating a wee bit. I'll put on my big boy pants before I start doing them. two moreThe longer board will give up the fixed... Read more
    Source: Accidental Woodworker Published on: 2024-11-03
  • Japanese Handplanes Part 8: Operator’s Manual
    There was no such thing as luck. Luck was a word idiots used to explain the consequences of their own rashness, and selfishness, and stupidity. More often than not bad luck meant bad plans.” ― Joe Abercrombie, Before They Are Hanged n this article we will consider how to use the Japanese “hiraganna” plane to … Continue reading Japanese Handplanes Part 8: Operator’s Manual →... Read more
    Source: Covington & Sons Tools Published on: 2024-11-03
  • On Older and Newer Starrett Combination Squares
    A few days ago I wrote about fixing up a Starrett combo square that I found at a garage sale.  It had all three heads - 45/90, protractor and centering - but I could only get the centering head to clamp the rule securely.  Turns out it was user error and I'll explain a bit here about that.Here's the 45/90 head with rule in placeThe clamp screw, spring and nutYou can see at the left end of the clamp screw,... Read more
    Source: Woodworking in a tiny shop Published on: 2024-11-02
  • A Couple Announcements
    For those of you interested in an axe and/or a couple exhibitions of wood art in Philly, read on. First, a few months ago, Robin Wood sent an axe to me to try out and provide him with some feedback. … Continue reading →... Read more
    Source: David Fisher, Carving Explorations Published on: 2024-11-02
  • cherry cupboard pt 1.5..........
    Yesterday I planed the stock for the upcoming cherry cupboard. I made a prototype out of pine to work out the dimensions and any kinks. About the only thing that will be different with the cherry cupboard are the dimensions. The cherry one will be deeper (9"), higher (~24"), and wider (~19-20"). What is still up in the air is the overall size of the door opening and the drawers (there will be two of them). Making this cherry cupboard... Read more
    Source: Accidental Woodworker Published on: 2024-11-02
  • Raw Tools
    In light of the positive response to Elia’s midsummer wild hair to sell reduced-price Reamers in the Raw — and because it’s just an all-around good idea — we’ve decided to expand the concept. We are now pleased to offer both Travishers in the Raw and Tenon Cutters in the Raw. I’m coming up on […] The post Raw Tools first appeared on Elia Bizzarri - Hand Tool Woodworking.... Read more
    Source: Elia Bizzarri Published on: 2024-11-02
  • It’s All a Bit Twisted
    When I cut the dovetail and sank the screw into the countersunk seating, I knew the joint settled tight that way would annoy some and not those that knew the reason behind the pull-power beyond the inventor-man’s invention 2,500 years ago. This “father of mechanics” started something when he created a continuous thread, others followed... Source... Read more
    Source: Paul Sellers' Blog Published on: 2024-11-01
  • Chris’s Faves: For Your Holiday Wish List and Beyond
    Hi Everyone, This is Ilana, Chris’s former spouse/widow. Hope you are healthy and faring OK as this year draws to a close (and if you are in the U.S., as the election draws near as well)! I have a fun and practical post that some of you will hopefully find useful. I still get questions … Continue reading "Chris’s Faves: For Your Holiday Wish List and Beyond"... Read more
    Source: The Carpentry Way Published on: 2024-11-01