I've been getting a lot of questions about this, so I figured I'd do a quick video....
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Sunday, February 21, 2016
Thursday, February 18, 2016
Six Shop Projects I'd Like To Build This Year
I think every woodworker at some point in time says to himself that he needs to stop building furniture or knick-knack projects and build something useful for his shop. Whether it's a new bench, some jigs, a router table, or some kind of storage, tables, or cabinets, it's usually something he's put off until he can stand to be without them no longer.
What are mine? Glad you asked. Here are six projects that I'm thinking of tackling in the coming year or two:
1) A new workbench. The one...
My Wish List As A Woodworker
I've been woodworking for just over two years now. In that time, I've built up a collection of better tools and better skills, but the further I get along with both, the more I realize that I'd like to go even further.
Most of my projects that I choose to do are what I call "skill builders", i.e., there's at least one thing about it that will challenge me to try something new, whether it's a new tool or a new technique. For example, last spring/early summer I purposely built a couple...
Saturday, February 13, 2016
An Open Letter To People Who Want To Hire Others To Build Stuff For Them
An honest question, here: Why is it that if someone wants to have some work done around the house and can't do it themselves (whether it's a case of not enough time or that they don't know how to do it or simply don't have the tools), they are comfortable having contractors give them a bid/quote and don't go off the deep end when that bid/quote is presented to them, yet when they want something custom built by a woodworker they raise a tremendous fuss when the price is quoted to them?
Both...
Thursday, February 11, 2016
Bosch 4100 Jobsite Table Saw Review
I don't have a lot going on in the shop this week, so I thought that as I did my cleaning and maintenance, I'd do some reviews of the tools I own and currently use.
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Wednesday, February 10, 2016
Chicago Electric/Harbor Freight 12" Sliding Dual Bevel Miter Saw Review
I don't have a lot going on in the shop this week, so I thought that as I did my cleaning and maintenance, I'd do some reviews of the tools I own and currently use.
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WEN Benchtop Drill Press Review -- Brian's Workshop
I don't have a lot going on in the shop this week, so I thought that as I did my cleaning and maintenance, I'd do some reviews of the tools I own and currently use.
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Rikon 14" 10-321 Bandsaw Review
I'm spending a week cleaning my shop and doing maintenance, so I decided to do some quick tool reviews of what I currently own and use.
Here is my 14" Rikon bandsaw, model # 10-321.
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Monday, February 8, 2016
Thursday, February 4, 2016
Build A 12 Cubby Shelf
I had a customer come to me a few weeks ago, asking if I could build a cubby bookshelf. Initially they wanted 9 slots to hold the fabric cubes they wanted, but eventually decided they wanted 12. Other features were that they wanted a half-inch of space on each side of the cubes, and that it could be stood up two different ways (i.e., it could stand...
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