With our new Dovetail Template almost ready for prime time (I think it’ll be live in the store next week), I have dovetails on the brain. But who am I kidding – almost everything I build, and everything I teach, involves dovetails – so they’re always on my mind. I always use dividers to lay…
Read moreAt 4:30 p.m. Eastern today, March 24 (that’s 8:30 p.m. in the U.K.), I’ll be talking with JoJo Wood of Pathcarvers and the Bench.Talk.101 team about how woodworking and other crafts can be an aid to mental health. In particular, we’ll be discussing the Kieran Binnie Memorial Fund for Craft. This fund, set up in…
Read moreThe following is excerpted from Peter Follansbee’s “Joiner’s Work.” Follansbee has spent his adult life researching this beguiling time period to understand the simple tools and straightforward processes used to build the historical pieces featured in this book. “Joiner’s Work” represents the culmination of decades of serious research and shop experimentation. But it’s no dry…
Read moreIf you’ve ever seen me cut dovetails, whether in person, on video or in still photos, you have almost certainly seen my beloved Woodjoy Tools “Precision Dovetail Template.” I bought it in 2006, and have used it on every one of my dovetailed projects. I also recommended it in Popular Woodworking too may times to…
Read moreKatherine “Soft Wax” Schwarz has just put up for sale in her etsy store a fresh load of Soft Wax 2.0 – our favorite (and non-toxic!) finish. As we know, you can’t sell anything on the interwebs without a cute animal photo, so here’s Bean, the three-legged shop cat, wishing he was inside where the…
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