Friday: Flattened the dog run in preparation for extending the top tenons. Used a square, knife and chisel making sure the shoulder on the top remained straight all the way across the top. Next cut the groove in the end caps to fit the tenons on the top and cleaned the corners with the chisel, […]
I ran across this Benchtop Shaving Horse the other day in an old Living Woods magazine. It was designed by Nick Gibbs for the Forest Education Initiative in the U.K., based on an idea for standing horses shown in an earlier Living Woods by James Mursell and Bob Slade. What makes this interesting is that it’s great if you don’t have […]
Well, we’ve got three upcoming on-campus one-day classes next week–The Art of Sharpening, Handplanes – Their History and Use and Hand-Cutting Dovetails. In The Art of Sharpening course, you’ll end any frustration with getting the edge and shavings you want. Putting together time-tested methods and modern techniques, we’ll show you how to get a razor edge every time on chisels, […]
The fourth day of our workbench class began by fitting the tenons into their correct mortises; it can be quite time-consuming to make sure that each one fits perfectly. A shoulder plane is handy for this task. We then glued the dog runs that we cut yesterday, on to the bench tops. We then finished fitting all […]
The third day of our workbench course was a lot of work; hard maple is not too forgiving! We started the day by laying out the dog runs. We used a divider to find the correct spacing between the dogs, then used a hand-saw and chisel to remove most of the waste from each dog hole. […]
We started Day 2 of our Workbench Class by cutting the tenons for the center stretchers. We then moved on to machining the tops to finished size. One person at a time would bring their top into the machine room and we would plane it to thickness, joint one edge, rip it to 17” then […]
If woodturning is of any interest to you then I highly recommend coming down to the Waco Convention Center for the 2nd largest woodturning show in the country, happening this weekend. The South West Association of Turners (otherwise known as SWAT) will be holding their annual woodturning convention this coming Friday, Saturday and Sunday, August 22-24, right […]
This Monday we began a workbench class! We started the day by gluing up the tops. I spent over a week pre-milling all the wood to save time during the class. We then marked all the mortises that hold the base together. We began by using the brace and bit, but that only lasted for […]
If you’ve been following this blog, you’ve probably recently noticed a lot more activity on it. This is part of our endeavor to build an online community and network of woodworkers where the combined knowledge and experience of each can free-flow and benefit all. We thought this would be a good time to give you […]
Come join us for a day of hand tool joinery. Learn how to cut dovetails, mortise-and-tenons and dado joints all by hand with just a few simple tools. If you have always wanted to try your hand at hand tool woodworking, now is the time. Come join us for a one day woodworking joinery class […]