Matt | March 29, 2010
There are a lot of workbench accessories on the market, but typically they’re either something that needs to be built as part of the workbench top and are nearly permanent components or they’re small useful items, but don’t have much versatility to them. A newer accessory that hit the market in the past year is [...]
Matt | March 28, 2010
Today’s episode for The Daily Matt is a quick demo of the basic tasks in my own workshop that the block plane takes care of for me. They’re very simple tasks, but almost no other plane does them as well. I’m convinced it’s because of how much smaller the block plane is, when compared to [...]
Matt | March 24, 2010
While I had originally planned for today’s episode to be a look at the different ways I use my block plane. What I decided to do instead for this episode, was to demonstrate how and what I prefer to tweak on a block plane. Just like with any other tool, there are some key parts [...]
Matt | February 22, 2010
Today’s “Try it Tuesday” is all about the Auxillary File/Rasp Handle. A great little accessory for the shop that makes using your files and rasps much easier, much safer and much more accurate. It’s unique design won’t damage your rasp or file, and more importantly it makes using it so much more comfortable. Click to [...]
Matt | February 18, 2010
Today’s episode of the dresser build concentrates on making tenons that fit tightly in the mortises we made last week for the drawer rails. It’s important to have the tenons fit snug into their mortises but not so tight they split the mortised component. My preferred method of cutting tenons is to cut them a [...]
