Scrap Wood Woodworking Part 3

After making a few try squares I found it fitting to make a few cutting gauges.  I have two wheel marking gauges but I am not fond of the small reference surfaces.  I like the marking gauges that Jeff Hamilton sells on his website and on bluesprucetoolworks.com.  I like to live by the phrase "if it … Continue reading Scrap Wood Woodworking Part 3

Making an Awl

A few months ago I purchased a Scratch Awl Kit from rockler.com when they were on clearance.  I finally got around to turning the handle to assemble the kit.  Upon opening the kit I was a bit disappointed to find that one of the threaded inserts that holds the brass fitting was missing from the … Continue reading Making an Awl

Scrap Wood Woodworking Part 2

When I started woodworking as a hobby I was obsessed with acquiring wood.  Obviously, one needs wood to be a woodworker, and so my hoarding, or collecting, rather, began.  I purchased a box of domestic and exotic wood cut offs from Rockler and I have had them in my shop for over 3 years now.  I guess I … Continue reading Scrap Wood Woodworking Part 2

Scrap Wood Woodworking Part 1

Like many hobby woodworkers I have a lot of wood cut offs and scraps saved, well, hoarded.  In efforts to thin my seemingly never ending supply of shorts I had a few projects in mind. I saw a video on youtube by Jack Houweling on making a height gauge and I thought that was a perfect way to … Continue reading Scrap Wood Woodworking Part 1

A Few Small Projects

It has been about 3 months since my last entry and I have made a few small things in the shop.  I had a few small pieces of scrap I have been wanting to use and I found a couple of perfect projects for them. First, I had a small piece of Quarter Sawn White … Continue reading A Few Small Projects

GWW: Keep Your Tools Sharp, A Short Post

If I could give advice to a new woodworker it would be this: When you buy a tool, what ever it may be, buy some way to sharpen it at the same time. I was in the Ontario, CA Rockler store on Monday and there was a young man (younger than I) asking the employee … Continue reading GWW: Keep Your Tools Sharp, A Short Post

Get Woodworking Week 2014: Part 2

A shop project that I had been working on for a few months now is finally coming to a close...at least soon.  When I started woodworking around Christmas of 2010, one of the first projects I made was a router table.  I did some searching on the net and found a table that I liked. … Continue reading Get Woodworking Week 2014: Part 2

Get Woodworking Week 2014!

It's Get Woodworking Week!  An annual woodworking jump start founded by Tom Iovino over at Tomsworkbench.com.  So head over there and see what other folks are doing this week too. Well, I probably won't be putting blade or edge to wood this week because I have not one but two stools to finish.  My stool … Continue reading Get Woodworking Week 2014!