With the Wood for the sides of this Chess Set chosen and milled, sizing the sides was done first... [20251027_102831.jpg] When making a size-spe...

I recently bought a couple of used carving tools and decided that working them up would a good place to start this blog.  The first one I tackled i...

I used a 3/8" radius round over bit to shape the stretchers.  To avoid tear-out where cutting (nearly) end grain in some areas, I made multiple pas...

Does anybody have a cantilever arm like Issy Swan's setup? [Yellow arm 1.png]

   At least, I know I do! I made my first Box around 2003 but my interest and fascination with them goes back considerably further... Back in the ...

The most recent session in the shop had a lot of putzy work. Mostly a card scraper and sandpaper, and more CA glue. But I got close enough that I ...