Workbench cutting list: 2” x 2-1/2” x 6”. Rudy Everts (aka Underhatchet, Chair Chatter, sculptor, painter, lover of Mexican food) made this amazing sculpture for me that’s a scale replica of “The Anarchist’s Workbench.” Even more shocking: It’s all one piece of linden. The bench is remarkably detailed. The holdfast holes are properly spaced. The…
Read moreWe receive almost-weekly requests for a current inventory of my tool chest. Usually, I am too swamped with work to take a complete inventory. Luckily, I had a couple days of downtime last week and took the opportunity to clean out my chest and take stock. Not much has changed in terms of the chest’s…
Read moreThis story has a happy ending. Promise. On Christmas Eve, Bean the three-legged shop cat suffered a blockage to his urethra and had to be rushed to the animal hospital. He was in bad shape. His bladder was full and hard, his heart was racing and his bloodwork was troubling. The good vets and technicians…
Read moreInfinity Tools has its carver’s vises on sale. Read carefully and don’t troll me. The $149.90 price shown above is NOT the sales price,. That’s the regular price during the year. BUT if you enter NYNT22 at checkout, you will get an additional $20 off. This brings the price to $129.90. And you get free…
Read moreAlmost every time I post a photo of one of my chair seats in progress, I get this question: “Do you use an angle grinder and (insert spinning tooling name here) to rough out your seats?” I answer: “No, I use a scorp.” But I don’t really talk about why. I think this sort of…
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