The Zen of Paul Sellers
In this video, Paul Sellers presents a view of his home along with the furnishings he’s put together with a handful of hand tools. It’s a personal conversation as if he were talking directly to the viewer. Grab your coffee (tea?) and join Paul as he begins his story with a sketchpad streamside, and continues…
Vintage Shopsmith Video
This is a hoot!
Shopsmith Upgrade
Just bought this gem on eBay from a Kansas City vendor. Will pick it up tomorrow morning after coffee… Here is the listing… Condition: Used: Seller Notes:“This is the Premium SS table upgrade that includes the magnet table measuring tapes. This 520 table upgrade is complete I have included a 520 manual. Please review pictures…
Sleds and Router Table
Some interesting ideas on how to create table saw sleds. Not to mention 2P-10 Super Glue! And as a last minute update, check out this router table!
World’s Best Router Plane
Our favorite woodworker – of hand tools – has shared his method of creating a wonderful router plane. In fact, the world’s best! Follow this series of video to see how you can make one for yourself.
Shop Updates
For the past few weeks, we’ve been downsizing – aka, getting rid of junk we don’t need. Most of it of any value has gone to a good home somewhere in the Universe. As a result, the garage, aka shop, is now very roomy and functional. All my tools are available for use and I…
La Madia – Italian Pizza Dough Trough
Google Translate tells me that la madia means sideboard. Pretty neat. I think I’ll make one!
Stretcher Dovetails Next Up
I completed the long stretchers this morning – and yes, each of the four mortise and tenon joints got better as I went along. Funny how that works. I’m half tempted to do them all over again, but, hey, this is only a workbench. On to the next step which is cutting out the half-blind…
Couldn’t Resist…
According to today’s plan, I shuffled off to WoodCrafters this morning to pick up that 3/8″ chisel. Well… they didn’t have one. That had a 10mm, which would have been close enough I suppose. But, it’s a nice day and I figured a drive out to Rockler wouldn’t be a bad idea, eleven miles away….