Discovering success
…and her minute-by-minute input. Perhaps that’s why making something from raw wood or a piece of damp clay, some reeds from the riverbank with our hands means something. The workshop finished…
…and her minute-by-minute input. Perhaps that’s why making something from raw wood or a piece of damp clay, some reeds from the riverbank with our hands means something. The workshop finished…
…across the growth rings, which is unusual in pines generally and also in firs and spruce trees too. Here is a toolbox I made from Eastern white pine. It’s very…
…my workshop when it looks orderly and all the clamps and wood have their place and my tools are settled in the toolbox neatly aligned, sharp and ready for my…
…travel trunks toolboxes and much more. At venues like this with a high percentage of items over 100 years old, 90% of the wood used was pine. Tools are…
…rust and other problems so that’s why they are important. Wooden toolboxes are also kinder on our tools in that they more gently cushion them as we pick them up…
My new project is going well. I had my boards glued up and ready for joint making so with six single dovetails and a series of seven for each of…
…the workshop now with Christmas around the corner. I glued up more panels for the Shaker chest I will be making this week provided making my final Christmas presents don’t…
Raising panels again with #4 plane I spent more time in the workshop working on my US toolbox. I made the framed lid by running the grooves, mortise and tenoning…
…have my tools stowed in my new toolbox and drawers again. I also started making a second box during the show so that when I go to Saratoga Springs I…
My Creative Workspace Chests I finally finished off the lower toolbox to my creative workspace, which concludes my settling in to my workshop after about 18 months. It is…
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