Labor Day Laughs
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This post has nothing to do with woodworking, so stop reading now if youre just going to complain about that. I imagine with the long Labor Day weekend in the U.S., many of us are heading off to end-of-summer picnics. And if youre looking for dishes to take along, click on the link that follows, then click on the individual recipe cards. This site is, hands down[]
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posted at: 12:00am on 30-Aug-2014
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Moxon Vise Omnibus
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The title of this post is a bit of a misnomer; theres simply not time enough for me to track down and link to everything we have written about the Moxon vise, or the many posts on other sites about the same. But Ive taken a stab at it, because at least once a week, I get a question about the vise, how to build it, its utility, hardware []
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posted at: 12:00am on 28-Aug-2014
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2 Weeks, 2 shows & 1 Awesome Store
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Ive been on the road quite a bit the last couple of weeks.It all started with a 48hour trip (72 of which was spent in the Milwaukee airport) to Milwaukee, Wisconsin for the New Product Symposium at Milwaukee Tools. That trip was immediately (it felt fairly immediate anyway) followed up with four days in Atlanta for the International Woodworking Fair. From those two shows, I have tons of new tools coming []
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posted at: 12:00am on 27-Aug-2014
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Best Veneer of the Year
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The IWF and AWFS show (held in alternating years in Atlanta and Las Vegas) are known as places where machinery manufacturers and industry suppliers show their latest products. One of the highlights of these shows for me is the announcement of the winners of the annual Veneer-Tech Craftsmans Challenge awards. I was a judge for this contest in 2010 and 2011, and you can click here to read posts I []
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posted at: 12:01am on 26-Aug-2014
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Newport Tea Table with Alf Sharp
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The video shoot of Alf Sharp building a Newport Tea Table continues. The legs are shaping up quit nicely, as you can see in the short video below as Alf discusses the knee carving on the Goddard design. (If you missed Alfs comments on carving the open talon Ball & Claw foot on this table, click here.) It's great to watch a talented woodworker doing what he does; Ive picked []
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posted at: 12:03am on 24-Aug-2014
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Big Steel City News
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The folks over at Steel City Tool Works (SCTW) have teamed up with Columbus, Ohio woodworking icon WoodWerks Todd Damon to revitalize and energize their line of tools. I spoke with the managing partners (David Campagna & Damon) and president of SCTW (Lucas Chang) about the formation of the Axiom Tool Group (ATG) and what it means to the woodworking world. ATG is setting the pace and direction of both []
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posted at: 12:00am on 23-Aug-2014
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All About Try Squares
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One of my favorite parts of our now-retired publication, Woodworking Magazine, was the back cover. Each issue featured a handy, illustrated guide to something every woodworker should know, and about which some woodworkers are too proud to ask. The following post on try squares is a perfect example. We are releasing the new Woodworking Magazine Compilation soon. Stay tuned to your e-mail newsletter for the announcement! Dan Farnbach Handy []
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posted at: 12:00am on 22-Aug-2014
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Be at Midwest Lumber Saturday
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I cant seem to locate the images I know I took of Christopher Schwarz at Midwest Lumber when last we were thereand thats probably a good thing. If I recall correctly, they showed him scrambling up the many and highly stacked wood piles to unearth the perfect pieces of pine, teak, mahogany and sapele. Mission accomplishedbut probably not whilst displaying the safest practices. So instead, Ill show you my full-size []
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posted at: 12:00am on 22-Aug-2014
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The 9 Principles of Hand Tool Storage, Part 3
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My kids, even the 18-year-old in college, do not want their meats to touch their starches or vegetables. And so we have divided plates for them, just like at the school cafeteria. If they keep this habit up, I'm sure their weddings will be interesting, but I'm not one to mess around with their personal way of organizing their world. So this is my way of saying []
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posted at: 12:00am on 22-Aug-2014
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Thomas Day House: Pre-WIA Special Tour
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Come to North Carolina a day early for Woodworking in America (the conference is Sept, 12-14 in Winston-Salem, N.C.) and make plans to visit the Thomas Day House/Union Tavern (a National Historic Landmark) in Milton, N.C. between 1-5 p.m. on Thursday, Sept 11. Jerome Bias (who is speaking in Day and his work at the annual woodworking conference) has organized special tours to introduce you to Days home and shop, []
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posted at: 12:00am on 22-Aug-2014
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How to Remove Watermarks
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A wet drinking glass can make an ugly white or dark ring on your furniture. Here's how to fix the damage. by Bob Flexner Watermarks occur on furniture with finishes that have aged. These marks, also called water rings when they're round in shape, rarely occur in newly applied film-building finishes, even those such as shellac that have reputations for weak water resistance. There are two types of watermarks: light []
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posted at: 12:00am on 21-Aug-2014
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Stop the Watermarks: Dont Cook!
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A friend recently asked me about the creeping white haze on the wooden cabinets over her stove. I told her the problem was caused by actually using the stove; she needed to quit cooking. That was an unpopular suggestion (she has two young boys, one of whom is reaching the hollow-leg stage of food consumption). So plan B: Reverse the problem, then stop it from happening again with a new []
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posted at: 12:00am on 21-Aug-2014
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The 9 Principles of Hand Tool Storage, Part 2
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Before we launch into part 2 of this series, allow me to ask a question. Do you enjoy looking for a tool that you cannot find, but you saw just a couple days ago and you have looked for everywhere? If you answered yes, then you don't need to read this article and can return to the eternal game of Where is My Tapered Bung-hole Reamer? For the rest of []
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posted at: 12:01am on 20-Aug-2014
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Can You Smell It?
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For the last couple days, theres been an odd and slightly offputting scent lingering in the air wherever I go (and yes, Ive showered). Im pretty sure its the ripe smell of panic. It just hit me that Woodworking in America is less than three weeks away (Sept. 12-14 in Winston-Salem, N.C.). In my brain, the conference is still months from now. In reality, it is fast upon us. I []
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posted at: 12:01am on 20-Aug-2014
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The 9 Principles of Hand Tool Storage, Part 1
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If you ever write a book on workbenches or tool chests, be prepared for this question: Off the record and just between you and me, what's your favorite chest or bench? The easy way out would be to give them a direct answer: a Dutch Roubo Nicholson with Japanese planing stops and Krenov-style tills. But that answer would be a lie. Many of the strong opinions and hard-and-fast rules in []
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posted at: 12:04am on 19-Aug-2014
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On Logging and Woodworking
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The first time I visited the hardwood forests of Pennsylvania I was handed a hardhat. At first I thought the loggers were just trying to get me to wear a stupid hat, but within about three minutes, I realized I was wrong. Logging is incredibly dangerous. And while I marveled at the beautiful forests and huge kilns during that visit, I was mostly astounded by how easy it is to []
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posted at: 12:03am on 15-Aug-2014
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Veritas Planing Stop (Or, Some Tasty Crow)
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I scoffed a few months back when I opened a box from Lee Valley Tools in which was enclosed a 17-1/2″ Veritas Planing Stop. Its a thin stick of aluminum with two steel posts that drop into dog holes. I could see how it would be handy, but hey weve got garbage cans full of offcuts (the dumpster is sooooo far away); an offcut clamped across the bench (or []
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posted at: 12:01am on 14-Aug-2014
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Tweaking Greene & Greene
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We had Darrell Peart in our shop a few weeks back to shoot a video, and though I was planning to write about it once the DVD was available, I certainly cant describe it better than Darrell! (Though I will say what an honor and pleasure it was to have him visiting us for several days.) So, we invited Darrell to share his thoughts on the Rafter Tail Table here []
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posted at: 12:06am on 13-Aug-2014
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Senco Nailed It.
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Last month the entire staff of Popular Woodworking Magazine (PWM)trekked off toSencos manufacturing facility to take a tour with four of the five grand prize winners from our Senco Event held in the PWM shop in the Spring. The guy who missed the tour gave some lame excuse about his wife having a baby. Senco manufactures most of their nails and staples right here in Cincinnati and the factory []
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posted at: 12:06am on 13-Aug-2014
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My Favorite Hardware Sources for Roorkee Chairs
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As a woodworker and former editor of a woodworking magazine, I am amazed at how some woodworkers decline (or refuse) to share their sources for hardware or finishing supplies. Even with the Internet, search engines and friendly online assistants, there are still some dark arts in our craft. I refuse to have secrets. Secrets have almost snuffed our craft several times in the last few hundred years. So here is []
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posted at: 12:01am on 12-Aug-2014
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Breadboard Ends Why and How
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Cross-grain construction tends to freak out most beginning woodworkers, but its a viable construction method in many cases. Wide tables and chest lids often employ breadboard ends to keep things flat, as well as cover end grain. If its done right, expansion and contraction problems can be nearly eliminated. There are many methods to attach breadboard ends, but only a few actually accomplish the primary goal of keeping things flat. []
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posted at: 12:00am on 10-Aug-2014
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The Epicenter of Wood, Cincinnati, Aug. 23
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Without exaggeration, I have at least 10 blog entries I need to post. What with my trip to England, some new Lost Art Press products and a short journey to Charleston, S.C., I have a lot to tell you about. But before I launch into any of that, this is a news item. On Aug. 23, 2014, there will be another (perhaps the final) wood sale at Midwest Woodworking in []
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posted at: 12:02am on 09-Aug-2014
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Fred West Commemorative Tool Chest Giveaway
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If youre a hand-tool woodworker, you have at least in large part Fred West to thank for the astounding number of high-quality hand tools available today, though you may not know it. But if youre a maker of high-quality hand tools, theres little doubt you had the pleasure of knowing Fred. Fred was a true patron of the hand tool world, in the best Renaissance sense of the word; []
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posted at: 12:02am on 09-Aug-2014
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Advertisements in Woodworking Magazines
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While building the new American Woodworker Magazine Compilation disk (you can get it as a download, too), I was asked to check the issue PDFs as they came in. I checked every page in all the issues, one at a time. Many of the articles were immediately pulled out for my personal use (I guarantee that youll find a library full of woodworking articles, too), and I was amazed at []
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posted at: 12:02am on 09-Aug-2014
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Campaign Furniture in Charleston, S.C.
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Charleston, S.C., has always been an excellent place to study British furniture for a lot less money than a plane ticket to Heathrow. Today I spent a few hours stomping up and down King Street recording some very rare and nice examples of campaign furniture. The first stop was Golden & Associates Antiques. Andy Goldens collection of pieces overall is incredible, but two of the things he personally favors are []
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posted at: 12:03am on 07-Aug-2014
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The Lee Valley Tools Collection
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Last week, I took a quick trip to Ottawa to visit Lee Valleys headquarters for a press event and gosh do I wish I could spread the news, but I cantyet. There will be a couple of reveals in the near future for the company, the first at the 2014 International Woodworking Fair (IWF) in Atlanta (Aug, 20-23), and the second at high noon in the Lee Valley booth []
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posted at: 12:05am on 06-Aug-2014
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Woodworking in America Speakers, Drew Langsner
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Drew Langsner, while new to Woodworking in America, is far from new to the topic of woodworking. A quick look down his resume clearly indicates his chops for woodworking. Plus, hes had articles published in many magazines and has authored a number of books, including The Chairmaker's Workshop (Lark Books), 1995 Green Woodworking revised edition (Lark Books), Green Woodworking (Rodale Press), A Log Builder's Handbook (Rodale Press), Country Woodcraft []
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posted at: 12:05am on 06-Aug-2014
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Making Greene & Greene Ebony Plugs
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Ebony plugs are essential to the Greene & Greene style. In fact, it would be almost inconceivable to design a Greene & Greene piece without them. They are simple to make, but woodworkers often struggle with the process. Over many years of building and teaching in the Greene & Greene style, I have developed a simple method that will consistently and efficiently produce ideal ebony plugs. 1. Start with a []
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posted at: 12:03am on 02-Aug-2014
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Happy Birthday, You Big French Baby
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It usually takes a year for a new workbench to settle down, and for me to put enough hours at it to form a half-decent opinion. Every bench has plusses and minuses. I've never encountered a bench that was 100-percent perfect. And I've never encountered a bench that was 100-percent crap. (OK, that last part is a lie. Writers have to say things like that to appear even-handed. A lot []
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posted at: 12:03am on 02-Aug-2014
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Jay Gaynor: A Brief Remembrance
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I am sad to report that Jay Gaynor, director of Historic Trades at Colonial Williamsburg since 2001, died today. Jay was formerly the curator of Mechanical Arts at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, which he joined in 1981. Prior to that, he was co-owner of Jamestown Tool Co., makers of reproduction 19th-century English metal handplanes, director of the High Point Museum in High Point, N.C., and associate curator of history at []
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posted at: 12:00am on 01-Aug-2014
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Woodworking in America Speakers, Wilbur Pan
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If youve been around Popular Woodworking Magazine recently, you know Wilbur Pan. You also may not think that he is new on the lectern at Woodworking in America (WIA) because hes been to most of the conferences, but this is the first year hes been asked to present. In the pages of PWM, Wilbur has contributed in many different columns and had a couple of features, too. In fact, he's []
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posted at: 12:00am on 01-Aug-2014
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