More Views From the Hub of Woodworking
The drawers at the end of my bench, the ones directly adjacent to my vise, are really tills. Tills are narrow drawers for we woodworkers. They are handier than drawers…
The drawers at the end of my bench, the ones directly adjacent to my vise, are really tills. Tills are narrow drawers for we woodworkers. They are handier than drawers…
…and then too to bring my wood from source to benchtop and a piece so hopefully composed it would be acceptable for generations, decades and centuries? I start with the…
…after. In times past, I am talking three decades ago now, a good bench vise was somewhat hard to get hold of. At that time the English-made Record vise made…
…too. A question about router cutters and how to sharpen them (not machine router cutters but hand router plane cutters) comes in often enough to show that it is a…
…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…
…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…