Around The Shop

I have to make 13 sets of an item every Christmas for family & friends. This year its been a trial, as each one has two parts, so I’ve had to make 26 each of an item, glue it up, and then finish it. Unfortunately, for each step in the process, I could only do […]

This week I prepped for and sold at the local farmer’s market. While a good day (60 degree temps, clear) it was very windy, and my 10×10 canopy blew over and actually hit the folks across the way. So I had to “pop off” the fabric top and bask in the sun for the rest

We’ve only got one Farmer’s market (Moorestown) left for the year, and two Christmas markets (Collingswood and Moorestown). After reviewing my inventory at the close of the year, I determined that I had a need for more laminated cutting boards, meditation candle holders and small phone holders. So I spent the last week building them.

Sorry for the lack of posting recently, but I had several family emergencies/health issues that I had to take care of, which kept me out of the shop. I’ve also started a new one-year job as an engineer, which is going to keep me away from a lot of my shop time. I still have

I often get asked questions on what I use when I apply a finish on my work. There is a lot of concern on “food safe” and “child safe” finishes, and the potential for contamination. Finishing is a real art, and there is often excellent work that is created that gets ruined when you do

I am back at the Farmer’s Market again today, this time the Collingswood NJ farmer’s market. Its full of a lot of farm and food vendors, with lots of great food. A lot of folks stopped by and expressed interest in my work, and I had a few folks set up commission work for me.

Sorry for the lack of posting and pictures. I have been out backpacking and just got back. will resume shortly.

One of the issues you always have with running a woodshop is taking the time out for machine maintenance and to sharpen your tools. You don’t get a lot of enjoyment out of doing these basic processes, but if you fail to maintain your tools, they will stop working well for you – or worse,

Simple Carrying Tote Wanted to further test my hand tool skills, and thought that building Paul Sellers Carrying Tote Project (https://woodworkingmasterclasses.com/videos/carrying-tote-project-info/)  would be an excellent opportunity to try it out. This could be used for the Garden, for woodworking tools, for toys, or anything else someone want to “tote” around. Utilized “off the shelf” wood

I wanted to make a simple tool tote to see how it might go together easier for potential students. In this case I built the “I can do that” tool tote from Popular Woodworking, with a few small changes: https://www.popularwoodworking.com/projects/i-can-do-that-tool-tote/ First step is to mill the wood to dimension (length & width). Going to stick