And the winners are…

| July 1, 2011

Congrats to June’s Schwag winners, I hope you find your name below! If not don’t worry, more drawings are just around the corner. EXCEPT FOR JULY, we’ll start the drawings back up in August. You’re welcome to start getting your names entered immediately for the August drawing. What could you win? You’ll have to wait [...]

One more day to enter for June Schwag

| June 30, 2011

Are you entered for a chance to win one of these great Schwag items? If not, click on the SCHWAG button at the top of the homepage at www.mattsbasementworkshop.com or visit the link listed below. HIGHLAND WOODWORKING WOODSLICER BLADE – 2 Winners each month! BORA Multi-Angle THE ACANTHUS WORKSHOP’S ‘Dovetail Mastery: Advanced Dovetails for Serious [...]

The Benchmaker’s Apprentice

| February 23, 2011

If you’ve never heard of Benchcrafted you probably have been living under a rock or absolutely new to woodworking. Don’t get me wrong, I have nothing against people living under rocks, I do a mean Patrick Starfish impersonation according to the young folks. But if you’re looking for workbench vises, hardware or plans. Along with [...]

423 A Day At The Lie-Nielsen Toolworks Show

| April 11, 2010

We all want to kick the tires before we buy, but when it comes to certain things in life it’s not always possible. Thankfully the folks at Lie-Nielsen understand this and travel across the states and into the great white north to give every woodworker an opportunity to man handle their planes, saws, chisels and [...]

Spring Break Hiatus!!!

| April 7, 2010

Hi everyone, In case you haven’t noticed the slight absence of content so far this week, it’s because I’ve taken a last minute Spring Break Hiatus from the shows (Matt’s Basement Workshop, The Daily Matt and of also The Spoken Wood). I wish I could report I’m sending this post from some sunny beach someplace [...]