Blog Series

Beginning

Part 1: First project

There is something to be said about woodworking. using a few tools and your hands, anyone can create something that is utterly breath taking. Since...

Share Your Hand Tools Collection

Part 1: Announcement

I’m sure your workshop spring cleaning is already done :) So this might be a great time to share your favorite hand tools collection with us. Some ...

Part 2: We're Upping The Prize

We already have two great entries so it’s time to up the prize. Now you can win a $100 online gift card from your favorite online shop instead of a...

Part 3: And the Winner Is ...

Thank you to everyone who participated in our Hand Tools Collection Challenge. You can see the entries here. And the winner of the random draw is: ...

Shop Upgrades

3 entries

Part 1: Mini Lathe Stand

I had purchased a mini-lathe bed extension over a year ago, with the best of intentions to build an originally designed, all wood stand beneath it ...

Part 2: The Workshop

I worked all last year to get everything moved around in my workshop, for efficiency’s sake and to add in a new cabinet later when it’s built. I’m ...

Part 3: Hand tools rack

This is my basic hand tool collection, with others scattered around the garage/shop. Most-used tools are within arms reach of the bench, and it is ...

WoodworkingWeb Awards: Just Pallet Wood

Part 3: One Day Left

Lots of great entries posted already and now you have less than 24 hours to post yours for a chance to win $100 Cash Prize. Theme: Just Pallet Wood...

Part 4: Cast Your Votes

Just Pallet Wood Awards entry period is over and we ended up with 21 entries. Now it’s time to pick your top 5 list and cast your votes. Voting dea...

Part 5: And the Winners Are ...

Our fifth WoodworkingWeb awards are over and we ended up with 22 entries. I would like to thank you all who participated by submitting entries or v...

Cutting Boards

Part 1: Cutting Boards

Hey I just finished my first run of cutting boards and wanted to show what the first run is.

Part 2: Cutting Boards end grain.

Well here is the next batch. I still have one soaking im food safe mineral oil. These are all oiled and i made my bees wax mineral oil polish. I ap...

Part 3: Last one of the first run.

Well here is the last end grain cutting board of the first run. It was hiding and i uncovered it and got r done. Lol hard maple wrapped in walnut.

Serving Bowls

Part 1: Bowl glue up.

Well starting some new bowls or serving bowls from the patterns I picked up at the wood show. Here is a glue up of 2 inch thick white oak that the ...

Part 2: Routing Out the dish

Well the time has come to route out the big white oak glue up. Well after drilling out most of the waste it was time to use my new bowl router bits...

Part 3: serving bowls done on first run

These are made out of red oak. They also as my cutting boards were completely soaked in food safe mineral oil. I soak everything for about an hour....

Marquetry Jewellery Box

Part 15: Top Sand Shading and Assembly

Warning: Lots of photos! Here’s my setup for sand shading one piece at a time. The marquetry has been preliminarily assembled on sticky shelf paper...

Part 16: Glue-Up and Details

With the marquetry all done and mounted the focus turns to getting the carcass finished and glued up and to the finishing details. First up is to g...

Part 17: French Polish and Pig Suede

Well I’m back home in Canada and after getting a bunch of household maintenance jobs out of the way and spending a very long time getting the surfa...

mesa boogie amp head

7 entries

Part 5: amp face

Getting closer to completion. Yesterday my buddy came over and we rounded over the edges of the front, sanded and hogged out the hole for the logo....

Part 6: Assembly and sanding

Got a little progress on this thing. My time had been taken up a lot with the baby and projects for my wife, so this is going pretty slow but you g...

Part 7: finishing up

Over the week and this morning I finally got all of the construction tidbits out of the way. It’s finally ready for finishing. But before the amp c...

My Woodcarving Adventures

1 entry

Part 1: Getting started

My purpose for this blog is to encourage anyone who has thought about taking up woodcarving to give it a try. I outline below my beginnings and pro...

Workbench / Outfeed Table #1

Part 9: Drawer Boxes

Well hello my woodworking buddies. Let me tell you things have been so crazy around here the last week & 1/2. So many disappointments have hit ...

Part 10: Drawers Installed

Well the drawers are installed. Need to hang two more doors and make the huge pull out drawer and install that yet.

Part 11: wheels go round and round

Well the shop was completely cleaned up over the weekend by my wife and I. we took all the equipment out of the shop. including the new workbench. ...