When I reorganized my shop last Spring, I sold a lot of stuff. I sold so much stuff that I was afraid that I was cutting into the bone. I sold my routers. My router table. My sliding compound miter saw. And lots more (a biscuit joiner, sanders and shop vacuums to name a few).
Report Card: 6 Months Without a Chop Saw Read More »
Not only my preference for meat [apologies to my vegetarian friends] but also my preferred method of applying linseed oil. This tradition dates back centuries and the Old Masters would follow this rule while oil painting. The basic rule is using a ‘lean’ oil first. Lean oil is linseed oil that has been thinned with
Making woodworking tools doesn’t interest me as much as making furniture, but my recent encounter with Henry O. Studley’s tool chest has me eyeing the metals section of the McMaster-Carr web site. The tool that turned my head is small and simple, but boy do I have a crush on it. It’s a locking thickness
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I needed some putty for a large scale restoration job, the woodwork on a building constructed in 1850. This is for exterior application on sills, lintels, bargeboards, moldings, etc. Mostly for covering cut nails used in the restoration, but some to fill seasoning cracks. Here is my recipe based on traditional formulations: 1/2 cup whiting
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