Favorite Router Features

| March 30, 2008

I’m back…last week I ended up flat on my back thanks to the flu!! I’m still a little weak, but feeling a ton better!! Today’s episode is my response to a listener’s email that came in awhile ago. Scott’s in the market for a new router table and maybe a router and was wondering what [...]

DVD Review of David Charlesworth’s Hand Tool Techniques Pt. 1

| March 20, 2008

For anyone interested in learning the right way to prep and sharpen their hand plane blades this DVD from Lie-Nielsen is a great tutorial. David Charlesworth is already known for being a great woodworking instructor and “Hand Tool Techniques Part 1″ just reinforces it even more so. Covering topics from truing and prepping waterstones for [...]

My First Woodworking Class – The Art of Handsawing

| March 18, 2008

On March 16th I attended my first woodworking class. I know it’s hard to believe that it’s taken me so long to get my feet wet, but I’ve taken the plunge and I couldn’t be happier. Chris Schwarz’s “The Forgotten Art of Handsawing” was just the kind of class I’ve been waiting to take for [...]

Wood Science 101 with Hendrik Pt. 2

| March 16, 2008

Today we’re talking Wood Science 101 with Hendrik Varju. All of us have been, or should be at sometime concerned with what wood movement can do to our finished projects. So understanding how and why wood moves is crucial to designing and building pieces that will last through the years. So check out today’s show, [...]

Wood Science 101 with Hendrik, Pt. 1

| March 13, 2008

Today we’re talking Wood Science 101 with Hendrik Varju. All of us have been, or should be at sometime concerned with what wood movement can do to our finished projects. So understanding how and why wood moves is crucial to designing and building pieces that will last through the years. So check out today’s show, [...]