Contributing Bloggers
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Good Tools Make a Better Me
I have two sets of measuring tools in the tool chest. One comes out for those carpentry jobs or marking rough stock. That’s about it.
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Using Drift Pins
I recently made an outdoor picnic table, and deliberately left gaps between adjacent planks.
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Japanese Saws
Last summer a local fisherman, visiting my island workshop in Nova Scotia, picked up a new Japanese saw lying on the bench.
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The Yankee Screwdriver
I haven’t met anybody, adult or child, woodworker or not, who doesn’t like a Yankee screwdriver.
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Back to School
You are never too old to go back to school—woodworking school, that is.
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Drill Holes
When I worked as a shipwright in Maine, I occasionally had to drill holes through a board from one side and exit in the middle of the other side.
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Gravity Wins
One of the reasons my wife and I bought our current home is the two-acre margin of woods that surrounds our lawn.
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The Power-Tool Experience
Looking back, I think it was the noise that kept me out of the profession, out of the craft, even out of the garage as much as possible.
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A Rose By Any Other Word
I was at my monthly guild meeting eavesdropping on a heated discussion about a frequently misunderstood finishing material, wood conditioner, and its raison d’être, blotchy staining.
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Making Ship’s Knees
I have an old house in Nova Scotia that must have been built by shipwrights.
