270 DVD Review – David Charlesworth’s “Hand Tool Techniques Pt.2 – Hand Planing”

| May 29, 2008

It’s Feature Friday and today we’re reviewing another great title from Lie-Nielsen. This is part 2 of the David Charlesworth series on hand planes. If you’re wondering how to use a hand plane to get nearly dead flat edges, faces and more this is the DVD to get you started. Click to Play Download Audio [...]

269 More Ideas on Uses for Scraps and Sawdust

| May 27, 2008

Last Wednesday I shared with you my uses for extra scraps, sawdust and shavings. And just as I had asked, you the listeners came through for me!! Quite a few of you sent in your ideas, so as promised I have this follow up show to share them with everyone. Click to Play Download Audio [...]

268 – Jig of the Month – Custom Sanding Blocks

| May 22, 2008

The return of Jig of the Month!! It’s been a long while since our last jig episode and hopefully this won’t disappoint. Sanding blocks are a common staple of the woodshop, and even if you’re all about the hand planes or even the orbital sander, sanding blocks are crucial for giving you nice flat surfaces [...]

267 – What I Do With Scraps and Shavings

| May 20, 2008

WARNING!! I FORGOT TO TURN UP THE VOLUME WHEN I WAS RECORDING SO TODAY’S EPISODE NEEDS TO BE TURNED UP WHEN YOU LISTEN. SORRY?!?! We all make scraps and shavings when we’re building. What we do with them is as varied as the projects we build. I use to have stacks and stacks of these [...]

266 – Talking to Hendrik About Starting A Woodworking Business Pt. 2

| May 18, 2008

This is Part 2 of our talk with Hendrik about starting a woodworking business. We all know that at some point the thought of starting our own has crossed our minds. I for one have wasted many an hour, daydreaming of walking away from my day job and spending the rest of my life happily [...]