Matt | January 31, 2008
It’s the beginning of a new month and they can only mean one thing on Feature Friday – it’s time for Router Bit of the Month!! Remember, every month Woodcraft picks one of the many great profiles that Whiteside manufactures and that put it on sale for a great discounted price to make it easier [...]
Matt | January 29, 2008
I’ve been thinking of upgrading one or two stationary power tools in my shop, but I could also easily just upgrade the components of each that are lacking. At what point is the price to upgrade not worth it? I’ve upgraded a few components on both the tablesaw and the bandsaw with the results being [...]
Matt | January 27, 2008
On with the show!! This is the second half of the traditional joinery discussion with Hendrik Varju, owner and operator of Passion For Wood. In today’s episode we cover more questions submitted by you the listeners regarding dovetails, dados, rabbets, etc. Click to Play Download Audio File
Matt | January 24, 2008
It’s time for the 2nd Anniversary show at Matt’s Basement Workshop and we have a jam packed episode! Originally for today I was planning on posting the entire episode of my recent question and answer session with Hendrik Varju of “Passion For Wood”. We sat down and answered questions submitted by all of you regarding [...]
Matt | January 22, 2008
A listener of the show asked a couple of questions regarding waterstones. He recently purchased a couple of combo waterstones and a truing stone. The first question is whether you need water involved in the truing of the stones and the second question is how long do the stones need to be in water before [...]
