Lately, I have not had as much time in the shop as I would like. Lots of outdoor chores and other duties have been taking precedence. I did get a bit of time though, and decided to make a couple of small boxes out of some offcuts, using a nice piece of curly maple for [...]
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Recently, there was an ad placed in one of our local papers about a sale of tools and lumber from a woodworking shop. Given that the address listed in the ad was not too far from my home, I thought I’d make the short trip there to see what was available. So, early last Saturday [...]
Every year the woodworking club that I belong to (the Rochester Woodworkers Society) hosts a series of guest speakers. The speakers usually do a lecture on Friday night and on Saturday they sometimes do a workshop for the club members. Last night, we had the pleasure of having Kelly Mehler speak to our club. If [...]
This past weekend I finished work on a new table design made from Walnut. I showed its design previously in another post. Now, with the final coats of finish on it I wanted show you the completed project, talk about the details and get your take on its design. Construction Details First, a bit about [...]
This past weekend I had a few simple tasks left to complete on a sofa/hall table that I’ve designed an built (more on that in a future post) before starting the finishing process. What I needed to do was to simply cleanup the edges of the table top and then to put a small chamfer [...]
