So my planer has been acting up lately, failing to start and losing power. After doing some evaluation and consulting folks on the internet and the company that made it (DeWalt) I determined that the probable issue was the brushes on the motor. This would be the first thing to replace and see if the …
I’ve spoken before about how I use one weekend a month to do shop improvements, to try to enhance the productivity and accuracy of my operations. So last weekend I set aside a full day to work on the shop. I sharpened and reset my shoulder planes. These are used to clean up tenons and …
Just got finished making a bunch of new product for the farmer’s markets, as sales have been pretty brisque on a lot of items. Finished a show on Saturday (26th) and while sales were very good, I still am in pretty good shape in terms of inventory. So its on to a project I’ve been …
No updates from the shop this week. I went to Vermont/New Hampshire, and did some backpacking in the White Mountains. Did a four day trip up to the top of Mount Washington (6,084 feet), staying in some of the AMC huts. A great time and a lot of exercises.
I was asked to make a pasta rolling board for a customer to a specific size – 30” wide x 24” deep. She had a few pictures and etsy links. The traditional wood used in Italy is lime wood (also known as linden or basswood). The wood is fairly stable, but can be cut or …
I wrote back in mid-May about a customer asking for a small, four drawer cabinet to store their homeopathy medicines. The medicine comes in small tubes, and she needed each drawer to hold three rows of 12 – so overall the cabinet would be able to store 144 tubes (4 drawers * 3 rows * …
As you would expect, life gets busy in the summer time. I’m still working at my engineering job, still taking time off for hobbies (just finished backpacking in New Hampshire) and doing work outdoors (mowing lawn, weeding, gardening, etc.). Woodworking tends to slow down in the summertime, and I am just as guilty as others. …
So I got the opportunity to sell at Moorestown Day for the second time. This is a craft fair/street fair in my hometown, and as you would expect, its full of food, craft vendors, kids and fun. A great time in small town America. In order to prepare for it, I had to replace some …
This Memorial Day weekend, I had the opportunity to start selling my wares at the Moorestown NJ farmer’s market. It was voted as the #1 farmer’s market in New Jersey ( ) so I am pretty honored to be celebrating my sixth year selling there. It is always a lot of fun talking with folks …
New Project: Small Cabinet with drawers: part 1 – design I had a client approach me with a request to build a custom small cabinet with drawers to store medicinal herbs they use. The drawer dimensions were very specific, as they had to store a certain type of container in a way they could be …
