Matt | January 21, 2011
Periodically I receive press releases from the folks at Fine Woodworking. I pass them on when I think it’s something really cool or exciting. Just the other day I received one about this unique Juried Exhibition for “Fine Woodworkers Under 30. We’re all very aware of the fact that for years woodworking has been an [...]
Matt | June 6, 2010
Today’s episode was written and recorded by Ed Pirnik, Editor at Finewoodworking.com’s GlueTube. The post is titled “Why am I Steaming Mad?” and was orginally posted June 1st, 2010 (update – no longer posted in print on website). This is the first of what I hope will be many episodes from the folks at Finewoodworking.com, [...]
Matt | April 9, 2010
The numbers are in and the total is amazing! Marc Spagnuolo just announced the final results of the Woodworkers Fighting Cancer build over at The Wood Whisperer website. “After 30 days of intense building, Wood Whisperer Guild members have finally finished their tables. 67 people participated and thanks to 158 contributors and numerous sponsors, we [...]
Matt | 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 [...]
Matt | March 31, 2010
It’s time to wrap up our discussion of the block planes. Hopefully I’ve answered some questions and explained the hows and whys of using the block plane. It’s an important tool for all woodshops, powertool, handtool or hybrid. Regardless of whether it’s a low-angle or standard angle block plane, the block plane is something that [...]
