An Old Tool Box

My brother got married this passed Friday and I had the honor of being the best man.  As one of my gifts he gave me an old antique toolbox that I think is… Read More →

Bed Post: No. 2

Let me begin by apologizing for the change in my blog theme once again, it’s probably not the last  but I think I like this one better and you only know if you… Read More →

Bed Post: No. 1

I’m back!  Did you miss me?  I thought so.  So the last two weeks or so I’ve been deliberating over a bed frame I will be making for my wife and I.  We… Read More →

Appliance Upgrade

I’m in the middle of trying to design my next project right now, which was actually going to be the American Trestle Table that was recently featured in a Popular Woodworking email update. … Read More →

A Dovetail of the Sliding Persuasion

My first and only attempt thus far to cut a sliding dovetail was actually met with decent results and little heartache.  This dovetail marker is a Hand Tool School project (Shout out to… Read More →

Welcome to the Family

May I introduce to you the newest working member of my hand tool family, Mr. Stanley No. 3 1/2 block plane.  This is an old block plane I bought at an estate sale… Read More →

Saw Till Done!…Kinda

Here is my saw till, it’s one of the first more “complicated” or involved projects that came out of the Hand Tool School Semester 1.  This project took me a bit longer than expected,… Read More →

Too Skinny

So what happens when you make your drawer sides and your drawer back 1/4″ thick, cut a 1/8″ dado for the bottom and then try and jam the drawer bottom in to get… Read More →

Curly Shavings

A beautiful group of shavings spit out by my LA jack plane.   That is all.

Re-sawing Sucks

Well my saw till calls for its back to consist of 3 quarter inch thick planks, considering the only stock I have for this project is 3/4″ thick pine it was time to… Read More →