Summer Schwag Giveaway and More

Matt | September 1, 2010

It’s been awhile since our last episode, but the summer hiatus is wrapping up and it’s time to get back to business. Before we get to far into new episodes I think we need to give away some long overdue schwag. So today’s episode is a chance to get reacquainted with each other, [...]

438 “Woodworker’s Guide To Sketchup” By Bob Lang

Matt | June 29, 2010

Today’s “Try it Tuesday” is a look at Bob Lang’s “Woodworker’s Guide To Sketchup”. A really amazing tutorial covering just about every aspect of Google’s Sketchup 3D modeling system that a woodworker would need to create stunning and detailed drawings for their next project.
Bob is a great teacher, author and of course woodworker. [...]

437 The Smoothing Planes

Matt | June 23, 2010

THE ORIGINAL VIDEO FOR THIS EPISODE WAS BAD, SO IT’S BEEN REPLACED. THANKS FOR YOUR PATIENCE!
We wrap up our discussion of the bench planes today with a discussion about Smoothing Planes. Next to the Jack Planes, the smoothers are probably one of the more common planes in the shop. In the Stanley [...]

436 Veritas Jointer Fence

Matt | June 21, 2010

Today’s “Try it Tuesday” is the Veritas Jointer Fence. A great accessory for the hand plane user to help get nice square edges on your stock.
Usable with almost all of the bench planes, it attaches to the body via two, strong rare earth magnets. Once attached to a plane, making square edges is [...]

435 Jointer Planes

Matt | June 16, 2010

Moving along with our discussion of bench planes it’s time to take a look at the jointer planes. The jointers are our middle of the road tools. These are the tools we reach for once we’ve taken our stock from it’s rough cut faces and edges, leveled out the big hills and valleys [...]