I am always looking for ways to make workholding simpler and less expensive. It feels like a duty after writing 36 books on workbenches. I love my Benchcrafted Hi Vise – we own five of them. But not every woodworker can afford the hardware. And you have to build the vise with wooden components, which…
Read moreTo my friends, the American millionaires, to whom I have given the proceeds of many years of toil on a Nebraska farm, all of whom have leisure, and some of whom have brains enough to comprehend political and social science, this work is respect…
Read moreYes, another brush. This one wasn’t on my list initially. When Mattias Hallin visited our shop this year, he brought some lovely small gifts. One of them was this incredible brush from REMOS. The natural bristles are remarkably stiff and stout. Mattias explained that he uses this brush to clear his rasps of debris. For…
Read moreOur storefront in Covington, Ky., will be open to the public from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. this Saturday (Nov. 26). We will have our complete line of books and tools there for you to inspect, plus a somewhat-special giveaway for the first 144 customers. (Uhhh, it’s a free jumbo eraser, branded with our logo….
Read moreOne of the many fantastic tips I learned from “The Belligerent Finisher” was using common household materials to burnish wooden surfaces. Burnishing compacts the wood and can add a gorgeous texture. Author John Porritt has several simple tools he uses for this. The coolest one is a chainmail pot scrubber, which is great fun to…
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