Matt | January 29, 2012
Back in episode 470 I shared with you the construction of a “super simple” wooden box I’ve been making for my wife’s photography business Shutter Sam Photography. I mentioned in the episode that since filming the original footage I had started to streamline the construction process. Just like with any project where you find yourself [...]
Matt | January 15, 2012
It’s a new year, but we have a little work to finish up from the previous year. As promised, today’s episode is the wrap up to our “Shelves and drawers” series. In part four we complete the “Shelves and drawers” by building the drawer fronts from solid maple, attaching the bases to each of the [...]
Matt | December 19, 2011
In part three of the “Shelves and drawers” build we tackle the construction of the solid maple bases. All four pieces stand on the same style of base, so except for the lengths of the support beams between the tall shelving units and the short drawer units, we can once again gang up and make [...]
Matt | December 12, 2011
In today’s second episode of the “Shelves and drawers” build we move on to the drawer construction. Just as we saw with the first episode, large projects can appear complicated but when you take the correct approach they can be completed quickly, easily and more importantly accurately. By ganging similar cuts for each component, you [...]
Matt | December 7, 2011
It’s the holiday season and we’re coming down to the wire for great gift giving ideas for woodworkers. Every year I struggle with putting together lists and ideas to make it easy for family and friends to find just the right thing for the woodworker in their lives, so this time I’m leaving it to [...]
