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Save Big at The Hand Tool School
Let’s bookend this week of awesome sales by posting something awesome from my friend Shannon Rogers, the brain behind The Hand Tool School. Many of you have had an opportunity to sign up for a semester or two already and you know how amazing it is! Shannon demystifies hand tools in a way that takes […]
Suggested Gifts For The Woodworker On Your Holiday List
It’s not all that unusual for me to hear from family and friends of woodworkers asking for gift ideas around the holidays, and every year I keep promising to put together a gift guide to help them out. Well I finally did it! From books & online education to magazine subscriptions and tools, there’s a […]
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My thoughts on the Kreg K5
I’ve had an opportunity over the years to tryout a few versions of the Kreg pocket hole jig and I’ve always been impressed with their ease of use, repeatability and accuracy. It’s not that Kreg radically redesigns the jigs each time, but instead they make small improvements to their look and feel that make them […]
Congrats to our book winner!
Congrats to Lynn Hewell winner of a copy of Tom Fidgen’s latest title “The Unplugged Woodshop: Hand-Crafted Projects for the Home & Workshop”! Thank you to all who entered the contest, hopefully you’ll pickup a copy of Tom’s books for yourself and build the projects you mentioned in your entries. Help support the show – […]
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515 Platform Bed No. 4 “Box assembly”
It feels like I skipped around a little in the last episode and should have instead saved working on the legs until after the assembly work in today’s episode. With that said, in this episode we’re assembling the box upon which the platform will rest and the legs will be attached. In other words, we’re […]
Checkout the “Last Minute Elf” 2013 Version
Everyone loves receiving handmade gifts at the holidays. Be they as simple as cutting boards or as elaborate as a Highboy, the fact you took the time to create a gift that is like no other tells the recipient that they matter and you wanted to do something special for them. But the reality of […]
Start the Holiday Shopping Here!
Now that the Turkey and all the trimmings are back in the fridge it’s time to prep for the mad rush of the holiday shopping season. If you’re like me, and I know most of you are, you don’t want to leave the shop even to go Xmas shopping even for loved ones. So I’m […]
Happy Thanksgiving 2013
Happy Thanksgiving to each and everyone of you who are celebrating today (for my international friends…happy thursday)! May your bellies be full, your spirits fuller and your stretchy pants the stretchiest! Help support the show – please visit our advertisers
“From Stumps to Bowls” a film by Carla Ricci
It’s been a little while since I shared a video I discovered or was pointed out to me. Here’s a good one to get us started again. A short film from Carla Ricci featuring Michael Gloor of www.gloordesign.com, maker of bowls and fine furniture in Exeter, Rhode Island. Time to break out the turning tools […]
514 Platform Bed No. 3 “The legs have it”
It doesn’t matter how amazing the joinery or how beautiful the stock is that I’m working with, if this bed doesn’t have a decent set of legs upon which to stand, it’s not worth the effort as far as I’m concerned. At 3-1/2” square, the ideal stock for making these legs might be straight-grain 16/4 […]
November episode of The Highland Woodworker
If you’re a fan of The Highland Woodworker like I am than you make it a point to never miss a single episode. Given that the show is available to watch whenever, and practically wherever you are, you need a pretty good reason as to why you can’t watch. And if you’re not already a […]
Sneak peek of episode No. 514 “The legs have it!”
There’s nothing I hate more than being late getting the next video posted in a build series! Unfortunately life happens and that’s all I can say about it. The good news is that I’ll be back in the shop soon to finish up this next episode which features my technique, over on the band saw, […]
MBW on The Highland Woodworker? Heck Yeah It Is!
I have officially arrived my friends! That’s right, Matt’s Basement Workshop Podcast has the privilege of being featured on the upcoming episode of The Highland Woodworker in their Woodworker’s Community Spotlight segment. I’m extremely excited to have been asked and can’t wait to watch the upcoming episode for more reasons than to see my own […]
THEY’RE HERE, THEY’RE HERE! Hardcopies of Marc Spagnuolo’s “Hybrid Woodworking” are now available
In case you’re NOT like me and my co-hosts who prefer their books ELECTRONIC there’s good news! The hardcopy versions of Marc Spagnuolo’s brand new title “Hybrid Woodworking: Blending Power & Hand Tools For Quick, Quality Furniture” are now available. That’s right, the long awaited release of the printed version (which I have no doubt […]
Thank you for your service! Happy Veterans Day
Happy Veterans Day to all of our military friends and family. Thank you for your service in both peace and conflict. It’s because of the sacrifice of the few that the many can live their day-to-day lives that we’ve come to know and cherish. Over the last 7+ years that Matt’s Basement Workshop has been […]
Woodworkers Fighting Cancer 2013
I know very few people who haven’t been touched in one way or another by cancer. It’s a horrible disease that doesn’t discriminate due to age, gender or ethnicity. Thankfully, in my lifetime we’ve made huge strives in cancer treatment and early detection. It’s safe to say there are numerous forms of the disease that […]
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