The door to my shop has been in bad shape for years. It’s a wooden door, and due to way the roofline is, there is a significant “splatter” of water which ends up hitting the bottom. Over the years, the wood has rotted away to the point where it was close to falling apart at …
I have had some health issues (back injury, 48-hour Flu bug, etc.) that kept me out of the shop for a while, and then I had to bust my butt to build items for the last Farmer’s market of the year, as well as complete this year’s Christmas gifts. Needless to say, its been busy! …
I attended another market in Moorestown NJ today (Aug 13th) and several customers suggested I post my future visits to the market coming up. I’ll be at the Mooretown Farmer’s Market on: Sep 24th Oct 22nd Thanksgiving Market (date TBD) Christmas Market (date TBD)
About once a month, I attend our local farmer’s market and sell my wares. Its an opportunity to talk with people about the craft, talk with other vendors, and generally get out and enjoy the day. Saturday’s weather was pretty nice, temps in the 80s with low humidity. This time, I was in the “barn” …
One of the challenges in doing hand tool work is that for some processes (planning, sawing) you need a lower bench height, and for others (cutting joinery, carving) you need a higher bench height. Folks get around this in a variety of ways. Some build smaller “bench on bench” items, which sit on their normal …
Thought I”d give you an idea of the shop, from 1993 to now. Its been an interesting ride, as I slowly built up my woodworking skills and tools, and built the shop up. My wife and I moved into our house in 1993, a bit of a fixer-upper, with lots to do, and not enough …
So I’ve been continuing my work on the joinery bench. The idea of the bench is to get a smaller bench which sits taller, so doing careful furniture joinery work (dovetails, carving, etc.) It’s higher up, with better visibility, especially for someone whose eyesight isn’t as good. Like most workbenches, the joinery here is large. …
Well, summer went by with Covid, so there was a lot of time in the shop to work on projects and do stuff around the home. I was able to complete the boxes. I then got to work on Christmas gifts for the family. This year, everyone is going to get laminated cutting boards: Now …
Its always an interesting question when working on projects. Machinery can do repetitive tasks quickly, once you have done the setup and test cuts (which can be time consuming). Hand tools can do the one-off tasks very quickly, oftentimes faster than machines (when you take into account all the setup time necessary). The best description …
