Blog Series

My little Shop

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Part 1: Small Shop - Big Ideas with good Intentions

So like most part-time woodworkers, my shop is small. 15′ × 15′ was the size that I was given by the boss. It’s home to all my equipment, other hob...

(Not So) Hidden Gems

Part 3: Follow, Follow, Follow ...

We tried hard to make it dead simple to follow the members that inspire you as well as to follow the discussions that you want to participate in. I...

Part 4: Youtube and Vimeo Video Embeds

It’s good to include a link to a cool Youtube or Vimeo video in your posts. But it’s even better to have the interactive video player directly in y...

Part 5: Posting Photos from Smartphone Easy as 1-2-3

As I mentioned in my Mobile / Tablet Friendly post, WoodworkingWeb was designed with mobile users in mind. This also comes handy when you want to p...

Stumpy's Twigs of Knowledge

Part 1: Rules aren't made to be broken- they're made to measure stuff.

As you know, here at the Stumpy Nubs Workshop we like to bend the rules. Something we even break them. But most often we simply create a nasty kink...

Part 2: Which type of vise is best for an old-timey bench?

When you’re building a traditional piece of furniture, it makes sense to keep everything… well, traditional. You wouldn’t put a digital face on a T...

FANTASY MARQUETRY

13 entries

Part 11: Stage 1 nearly finished

I still have 2 or 3 spaces to fill on the tree and some on the hand, plus the work on the holes from the packet nails. Besides that, many details h...

Part 12: Nearing the Finish Line

You might be wondering why there hasn’t been a post on this blog for some time. I have just been occupied with, you guessed it, garden work and get...

Part 13: Fresh out of the press

The veneer press worked perfectly for me using the hot hide glue. I brushed glue on the picture back and the substrate and rubbed it in with circul...

Old Sargent Planes

3 entries

Part 1: A type 1 #414 restored.

This is an ebay find. I took a chance thinking it might be a type 1. This time it paid off. The before: And the now: It’s complete and all look par...

Part 2: A Sargent #5418 ready for Service.

In between getting a bunch of new old planes ready for resale I decided to resurrect this Sargent #5418. This was one of those impulse buys. It was...

Part 3: No its not a Sargent 5409, but the other one?

More pictures on my blog I’ve got a very strict rule about computers. After the 2nd cocktail, I don’t return work emails and I don’t buy on ebay. B...

Stumpy's Favorite Things

Part 1: A little treasure of woodworking folklore

Some of the most popular videos we make at the Stumpy Nubs Workshop are the “Old-Timey Woodworking” series. People love to see how things were done...

Part 2: Country Pine Hutch with Andrew Hunter (FWW Video)

Who doesn’t like pine? It’s inexpensive, abundant, it looks great and the smell reminds me of the air freshener in my car. But the best thing about...

Open Apron Nesting Tables

Part 1: An Interesting Commission

Last fall I entered my “Music” table in the Sidney Fine Arts Show on Vancouver Island and while it didn’t sell, it did attract a lot of attention. ...

Part 2: Ebonizing and Burl Matching

I didn’t take any photos of the ebonizing process originally, but since several people expressed an interest I made a little video today. It shows ...

Part 3: Assembly and Finishing Up

I can heave a sigh of relief now. The client just came and picked up the tables this afternoon and she loved them. Like all of us, I am never reall...

The Woodwright's Shop Review

Part 1: Can you handle this axe? (Season 2, episode 1)

The following article is a commentary written by Stumpy Nubs which includes his description of the episode, thoughts and additional content. Only t...

Marquetry Cutting Styles

Part 3: Classic or Piece by Piece

The Classic Style is the most difficult of the saw cut styles to master. It involves cutting each piece separately, from packets of veneer, each co...

Part 4: Painting in Wood

The “Painting in Wood” style of marquetry cutting dates to early 17th century France and gets its name from the relationship of the typical subject...

Part 5: Repeating Patterns

I was doing a piece by piece experiment recently with an eye to a new project I had in mind and thought it would make an appropriate addition to th...

Hide Glue Primer

Part 2: A Bigger Glue-up

If any of you are interested in trying hide glue but think it is messy or inconvenient / slow to apply on larger glue-ups. I can tell you about it ...

Part 3: Hammer Veneering

I built a new sliding hatch for Friendship last year to replace the $136 piece of medium bronze acrylic that I sat on the while setting up some rig...

Part 4: Pressing with Hot Cauls

Recently I was pressing some marquetry that was 26” long. That’s not necessarily a problem with hot hide glue unless your press is only 20” square ...