Last week of a month-long intensive 2013 class
…You see, people pass from bench to bench and watch each other as they work in a machine-free environment. Interaction is much greater and camaraderie come from them talking to…
…You see, people pass from bench to bench and watch each other as they work in a machine-free environment. Interaction is much greater and camaraderie come from them talking to…
…tangible way or in the same environment they would get here at the bench with someone like me in the saddle. The truth is that you must get through the…
…the less enjoyable is unlocking the same door and looking at what I left on my bench the night before locking the door. There’s something so black and white about…
Benchtop insertion dogs Round or dowel dogs work best in the bench top if you insist on having dogs at all. Metal dogs tend to mar the wood, especially on…
…between bouts. I sensed a little apprehension as to whether we would actually conclude the bench-build by the end of the show because of that but we will press on…
…much work can be accomplished from a laptop in front of a warm fire these days; handy for some. All I need to do is persuade others that my workbench…
…season. That’s at least the theory. My most successful record for a finish to date has been on an outdoor garden bench I made in 2010 for an article I…
…they were launching into both paid and unpaid careers as lifestyle woodworkers. It all began with an at-the-bench lecture, a 30-minute demonstration, a craftsman sharing his skill and friends gathering…
…on the benchtop became wrong when it’s not wrong and never really was until someone said it was wrong, so too sharpening a plane at 36-, 29- 33- or 40-degrees…
…this first and then we work on how to set up bench planes. With proper guidance visual stimuli around the workbench knocks the socks of anything else I can offer…