Woodworking Posts

Our new DVD “Traditional Basket Weaving” recently dropped at shopwoodworking.com, and I can honestly say that I was blown away.  I have seen plenty of woven baskets in my life, but I never knew how much hard work and detail went into making each one.  You don’t have to take my word on it though, David Thiel was present during the DVD shoot and you can read his thoughts below. […]

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Toddlers can be risky creatures, endangering themselves as well as your property. They are notorious for putting themselves in the most precarious situations such as rolling down the stairs,  knocking their heads into furniture corners and trying to bite and swallow EVERYTHING—our baby boy Asher is no different.  While I constantly find myself preempting his risky experimentation, I am, or so I believe, able to protect him from the heavy […]

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Woodworking forums can be helpful, no really they can. It’s thanks to a forum that I read a discussion between George Wilson and Zach Dillinger (really looking forward to Zach’s book towards the end of this year). They were discussing the size of plane totes from early wooden planes and why they were smaller that the typical “Bailey” style tote we are all familiar with. The reason put forward was that with planing […]

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My latest DVD with Popular Woodworking, “Build a Hand-Crafted Bookcase“ is expected to ship this week. It’s a 126-minute exploration of building the bookcase from “The Anarchist’s Design Book” entirely by hand using surfaced home-center pine. The DVD begins by throwing out the modern idea of using adjustable shelves and discusses how the design was created and can be modified. From there we explore a bunch of different skills in […]

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If you receive our newsletter, then you probably read about my first real woodworking project. If you don’t receive the newsletter (which you should, it’s full of good articles and some exclusive content), then I will sum up that project for you. It was a disaster. For my second project, I decided to build something practical. My dad is an avid bass fisherman. He fishes an amateur tournament series every summer. […]

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The hardest part of designing kitchen cabinets is choosing and accommodating appliances. A typical kitchen has a fridge, range, dishwasher, microwave and coffee maker. Some kitchens have trash compactors, wine fridges, disposals and a bunch of other gadgets. There are standard widths and heights for most appliances, but manufacturers are making all kinds of custom products now. That means you need to do your research before determining the height of […]

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