346 Listener Review of Magazine Index CD & DVDs

Matt | January 31, 2009

Hey everyone welcome back for another episode! As I’ve always said, if you have a topic suggestion or show idea that you’d love to have on Matt’s Basement Workshop don’t hesitate to contact me. And that’s exactly what a listener by the name of Charlie Courtney did just recently.
For Christmas Charlie’s [...]

345 3rd Anniversary of MBW Podcast

Matt | January 25, 2009

Hi everyone, January 26th marks the official third anniversary of Matt’s Basement Workshop being on the internet.
As I’ve said before, it’s been a lot of fun creating the show. And I’ve not only learned a lot from it, but I’ve also managed to make way more friends than I ever imagined I would!!
So thanks [...]

Wood Talk Online No.49

Matt | January 21, 2009

Matt has been pushing piles of dust around his shop just for fun, and he has finally started playing with Google Sketchup. Aaron in the chat room recommends Go-To-School.com. Marc also mentioned signing up for classes with Andy Chidwick and Darrell Peart at the William Ng School.
Marc is also now making [...]

344 The Plow Plane

Matt | January 17, 2009

The small plow plane from Veritas has quickly made it’s way to the top of my list of “favorite tools”.
It’s so easy to use, and like a good “speciality” tool should do, it does its job extremely well. So well in fact I’ve actually wasted time debating whether I should or shouldn’t [...]

343 Whiteside’s 1/8″ Roundover Bit

Matt | January 11, 2009

It’s the beginning of the new year and it’s also the beginning of a brand new month…so that means it’s time for ROUTER BIT OF THE MONTH!!
This month’s Whiteside router bit is the 1/8" Roundover bit.  A small radius bit that works great to ease edges on all your components.
If you aren’t this month’s winner, you [...]