Archive for the ‘Learning’ Category

New World or Old School Dovetails?

Sunday, June 1st, 2008

While I have been busy trying to transform my garage into a workshop, I haven't been able to do any woodworking whatsoever. Occasionally I will be so desperate to get my "fix", I will be temped to do some hand cut dovetails. My lack of an appropriate bench usually prevents ...

WordPress Update?

Monday, May 19th, 2008

Many of you out there have your own blogs. My blog is on WordPress. Every time I log on it tells me to upgrade my blog to the new version. As a matter of fact it is staring me in the face as I write this post. Well, my website, ...

Discovered Handtools

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008

I have had this MillersFalls Jackplane for probably 4 or 5 months now. I bought it off of ebay for around $25. I have never been a big fan of hand tools 'cause they are slow and, well, they take some effort to use. But I thought that it ...

More Learning

Tuesday, March 11th, 2008

Well it looks as though the new site is working. I just can't seem to get it to look the way I want. There are many pre-made templates out there and some are real close to what I am looking for. I just don't know how to change the picture ...

Check, check… Is this thing on?

Tuesday, March 11th, 2008

Just checking to make sure everything is working the way that it should. I just transfered my blogger stuff to this website. Now, to see if I can post something...

Problems with last post

Monday, March 10th, 2008

It has been brought to my attention that there is a problem viewing the video from my last post. It seems that this only affects those of you who try to view the video directly from the email subscription feed. If you click on the blog title, ex. "Finally a ...

Norm’s Kitchen Cabinet Series

Saturday, January 19th, 2008

Just finished viewing the first episode of building kitchen cabinets on the "The New Yankee Workshop". Man, I am motivated. I know that a lot of poeple don't agree with Norm's style of construction but he is not making fine furniture here. We are making cabinets. Boxes with doors. So, ...

Zero Clearance Insert

Saturday, January 19th, 2008

I'm sure this has been covered a million times, but, this is how I make a zero clearance insert for my table saw. I have been asked how to do this so I thought it would be worth posting... and I needed some new blanks to have on hand anyway.As ...

1st Handcut Dovetail (Oh my GOD!!!)

Sunday, January 6th, 2008

Well I finally tried to hand cut a dovetail. This was done in pine, on a couple of scrap pieces. This totally blows. I sharpened my chisel before attempting this and it just tore the wood instead of slicing it. Looks like I will be making a trip to the ...