It’s not very often that I blog on machines, but this demonstration was soooo good. I should have written a blog on this previously, but let’s start here. I sat through Alex Snodgrass’ demonstration on bandsaw set up, maintenance and use the other day and it was quite amazing to watch him work this machine, set up…
As I arrived in Fort Worth, driving through the downtown to the convention centre with my wood and my backpack, I couldn’t help but remember all the times I had been in the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex in years past to promote woodworking at different venues. The trees here are bud-bursting with the energy only Springtime…
The Texas Show starts today Texans have always been great fanatics of woodworking and whenever I come to Texas I always feel quite at home because of Texas hospitality. An out-of-print book put out by the University of Texas called Early Texas Furniture inspired many Texans to reproduce early Texas pieces and I was first…
Many of you ask about the sharpening plate holder I use for housing and securing my three EZE-Lap diamond sharpening plates so here are the details. Making one is simple and you have the choice of using the tablesaw, chisel and hand router or using knife walls, chisel and the hand router. Sizing is basically…
Greetings. I greatly enjoyed your video about making a workbench in the back yard. Lots of great info. Questions: 1. you made the top out of spruce, and the legs out of pine, is that correct? 2. I understand laminating the top, by why laminate 2X4’s instead of using a 4X4? Best regards,…
Today is the last day at The Woodworking Shows show here in Columbus, OH. Most days of my time here we have had snow, but not too much at all, just light flurries. It’s a little strange watching the American meteorology presenters on the news because of their quite dramatic presentations followed by anchor people…
Easing into the first day of each of the shows usually starts with skype-ing Joseph for a business contact. Two-continent woodworking must be coordinated carefully to avoid creating confusion. Today was no different. The show seemed a little smaller than usual but less can mean more and today’s show packed lots of punch for me….
Saw files from the US going down the cheap tubes I suppose there is a possibility that I sharpen more saws than most woodworkers do because for about twenty years I have sharpened the saws students use and then again I have sharpened my own saws now for one year shy of 50. With an…
…dogging the status quo One thing that I have noticed through the years is that America is a dog-loving nation, more so than even Britain and most European countries. Walk into an American workshop where woodworking takes place and you will see dogs on the bench top and in the sides and ends of benchtops….
Our Online Course continues We launched the next series in our Online Broadcast today and I had hoped to do a preparatory blog before it launched, but traveling the globe has its drawbacks. It’s fantastic!!! This will be another design I developed for skill building and made from solid oak so here is the link…