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 […]
Pegging Tenons I wanted to share a couple tips and tricks with you for pegging the tenons on your workbench. I have been pegging all the mortise and tenons on these bench bases, using 3/8″ oak dowels from Home Depot. (See more posts on the current and previous workbench projects here). I start by laying […]
While I’ve been waiting for my wood to dry for my chair job, I’ve been working hard to try to finish up a couple of workbenches that I started a couple of months ago. They are for different students that have taken classes from us. In fact, one of the benches will be going all […]
One common woodworking question is, “How large should my shop be?” It seems that woodworkers always need more space. (If only we could fit that next dream machine!) Even if you’ve got a shop space already, it’s often smaller than most of us would like–a garage, spare room, or closet sometimes just doesn’t seem big enough. […]
In many of my recent posts you have seen me talking about green woodworking, that is starting with the log. The problem, however, lies in the fact that the wood is green, that is wet and when we have wet wood it does one thing: it loses moisture and shrinks. This is something we have […]
The subject of woodturning has been on my mind because I’m fixing to have to turn about 220 tenons on the end of chair rungs. I turn not because I necessarily enjoy the process of turning, but because I have to for furniture making. However, there are some that turn for the enjoyment of it […]
I know all of you may be getting tired of this, but every time I go through this process I say to myself “This really is amazing, that you can just start with a log and a few tools and make lumber”. So I am going to show you step by step. I am making […]