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Festool’s 2015 Video contest
Festool’s Connect 2015 Event was just announced the other day and their searching for Festool users to submit videos featuring them using their Festool tools in the following categories: Testimonial Instructional / How-To Share Your Shop Share Your Festool Project Shop / Vehicle Organization with Festool 2014 Entries and winners According to the Festool Connect […]
Am I overlooking something?
It might not come as a big surprise but over at Wood Talk we get a lot of questions throughout the year. Sometimes they’re repeats of old topics (occasionally almost word for word,) others are brand new, and once in a while they’re complete stumpers. On the most recent episode I decided to take a […]
537 Madison’s Dresser Pt 1 “Design Talk”
I’m only a few years behind finally building a dresser for my daughter, but it’s just in time for her to graduate from High School in a couple of years and head off to college. In this first episode of a multi-part build series we talk about my own design process, starting from the rough […]
SketchUp presents “Visiting Connor Wood Bicycles”
I’m a huge fan of SketchUp for a long list of reasons. At the top of that list is that it helps me to quickly workout some ideas for projects I’m about to build or ones I’m trying to decide if I want to build. The other day I received an email from the SketchUp […]
Patreon Campaign News and Updates
I really want to tease this out a little bit more, maybe even build up some drama, but there’s no way other than just coming right out and saying it. I’m making some changes to the Patrons of Matt’s Basement Workshop Campaign and I think you’ll like them! If you were already a Patron of […]
I have no style!
The title of this post doesn’t comes as a shock to anyone who knows me, especially when it comes to fashion. It’s obvious I’m stuck in a rut and couldn’t be less current on hip clothing if I tried. But in this case I’m referring more specifically to my lack of style when it comes […]
8 Drawer Tall Dresser Downloadable Plans
Coming up this week I’m releasing the first episode of a multi-part series on the construction of my daughter Madison’s 8 drawer dresser. It’s been a long time coming, so I’ve had plenty of time to plan out the details. Frequently when I build projects I get a lot of requests for measured drawings & […]
Furniture design and television
I’m slightly addicted to reality TV, I completely blame my wife for it, but the fact is I keep coming back week after week to tune in. My favorite reality shows these days have more to do with competition than showing simply showing off for the cameras. I can’t recall if it was the first […]
Quick and easy read for better sanding
If it wasn’t for the fact that I hate applying a finish MORE than I hate sanding, sanding would be hands down the one step in the building process that I’d loathe the most. The more I think about it, maybe the reason I despise finishing more is BECAUSE there’s sanding involved between coats? But […]
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