Previously, I wrote about the merits of using rough stock in your woodworking. In that post I discussed the benefits offered to every woodworker through milling your own boards from rough to ready. What I did not cover is how to go about preparing rough stock for use on a project.
The basic steps [...]
Continue reading about Using the Band Saw and Jigsaw for Rough Stock Prep
With the bulk of the construction on the table complete, it was time to move on to the detailing tasks and finish work.
I spent a considerable amount of time scraping and sanding all of the parts of the table. There were areas on the legs where the knees transition into the posts that needed [...]
Continue reading about Queen Anne Side Table: Contemplating the finish
For a while I have been contemplating getting a smoothing plane to add to my slowly growing arsenal of hand tools. The Queen Anne Side Table project that I’ve been working on caused me to revisit this idea. The issue I was having with the smoothing plane decision was which one to get. [...]
