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Sliding-lid box
A simple box with a sliding lid made using a dovetail bit on my router.
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New Little Good Pieces blog post: Bad Axe Toolworks – Home of Fine Saws AND...
There’s a new Little Good Pieces blog post: Bad Axe Toolworks – Home of Fine Saws AND Service. It chronicles my recent experience with Bad Axe Toolworks. Check it out!...
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New Bandsaw Box Pattern
Here is a new pattern I came up with for a bandsaw box. A little different, but true to my style. I am currently working on one out of Bubinga and Oak. I’m curious to see what other LJ members can do...
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Bandsaw Box Pattern
Here is the pattern for a box that is currently in my projects. It has a slide top lid. Just make sure you cut the back off BEFORE you cut the lid out. That way the lid has a stop. I know this from my...
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Things I have been doing. #8: Catalog is done
I know I have been slacking on the blog, but I have been busy with the printed version of a catalog in which I have finally completed.I still have to finish up the web site then I can rest up on that a...
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No Quarter #1: Shell box - Intro and pattern
Hello here this is my second attempt to blog shell boxes. The last one ended up in the wall art ‘Inverted World’. Well this one is a little less spectacular but is based along the same theme of curves....
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Antique workbench
I on occasion visit antique stores and such looking for hand tools. Since building my workbench I have an interest in old workbenches and how they were built. I found this bench on a recent outing....
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A strong, stable and collasible worktable
Having a good workbench is a luxury beyond hope for my shop. It’s a 20×28 floorplan, but its full of machines and I have to garage our car every night. What to do? I needed something strong and stable,...
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shoe bench #2: Looking for solutions
So now I know I want a shoe bench, the next step is to see what I can find. I like to make things but if it turns out I can find the perfect bench a dime a dozen that drops right in, I’m gonna buy it....
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AWFS - Las Vegas 2011 #2: Another learning day
No wonderful tool pictures today, but had a great time talking with the experts. We stopped at almost every finish and finishing tool company today. Asked a LOT of questions, and were able to walk away...
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Stevenson Projects Weekender Sailboat Build #13: Dry Assembly
Today we took all the assemblies…and fit them together as a dry run…I made a long list of things I need to do before I glue all the pieces together in stages…the list is pretty long, but after we took...
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Raised Panels with the Stanley #78
Did a search on LJs for anyone using the venerable Stanley #78 and found nothing. Tonight in the shop I staged a bit of a dry run with the plane, making a ‘raised panel’ drawer bottom, and took some...
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shoe bench #3: Design Time
My shoe bench is going to be the cubby style, flat on the top to sit, little cubbies all in a row to organize shoes.First things first it has to fit where I want it. I want to put the bench behind the...
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Refined Home Relics #2: New song posted: Halla Day!
hear the song and read more about josh’s projects @ Refined Home Relics
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The Rust Bucket - Cleaning and refurbishing old tools
This article first appeared on my website, Lockwatcher's Lair – I am duplicating it here to share my experience using this system with my fellow Lumberjocks. While not specificly “woodworking” this...
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Mobile Worktable #4: Scenes from the project in-progress (part 4)
Well, the table is on its feet now. The caster jacks work, but not well. A number of problems have come up – which Norm failed to mention or caution me about. There needs to be some slackl/space...
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If you knew Sushi.... #2: A blank and two bowls...
Here is the blank of maple and purple heart… remember this is Queensland Maple and not the maple you get maple syrup from… I have two dipping bowls and I am not sure which one will be right for the...
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End Grain Cutting Board LJ Class 006 #16: I got me a certificate...
I don’t normally worry about certificates for achievement… but this one is a little different… A while back I was asked to teach a class online… and it was a lot of fun…and the certificate is for...
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Oliver 232 restoration #8: Wiring DONE!!
I spent a few hours yesterday doing the final wiring. I decided to go with 1/2” water-tight conduit for the connections inside the cabinet. My thinking was if the conduit is waterproof it “should” keep...
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My Journey As A Scroll Saw Pattern Designer #409: Diversification
I am happy to say that I finally got to do something that I have been trying to work on for at least two weeks. I finished a painting project. I don’t know why this had become such an issue within...
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