New Tool #5 — The High Vise
Making a vise might seem daunting, but really it’s a simple device. You use the leverage of an inclined plane (a screw) to squeeze a board between the thing the Continue Reading →
Saying way too much about way too little
Making a vise might seem daunting, but really it’s a simple device. You use the leverage of an inclined plane (a screw) to squeeze a board between the thing the Continue Reading →
Sticking with the tool theme, I recently reorganized my everyday tools in the shop. These are things that get used All The Time and therefore must conform to First Order Continue Reading →
Noe, Sarah’s new husband, has some antique furniture that has rattled around the family (and the country) for many decades. In setting up one piece, a corner cupboard, they decided Continue Reading →
The great re-wheeling continued with a reconstruction, okay, replacement of the sander cart. Version 1 was designed for the Rikon Belt/Disc sander, but was sized kind of weirdly. I am Continue Reading →
It was a long road, but we’ve made it to the end and I can finally get this stuff out of my shop. Up until the Router Incident, I was Continue Reading →
I glued up the back and seat panels previously, but saved cutting them for absolute last because I wasn’t super confident of the planned measurements actually holding up. And, I Continue Reading →
Now that we have pins, we can dry fit the whole thing before we take the drastic and irreversible step of mixing up some epoxy. So that’s what this looked Continue Reading →
With the router table back online, I was quickly able to turn some walnut stock into six 3′ 1-1/4″ dowels, roughly. Meaning, I aimed for a little wide of dead Continue Reading →
I’m not a big fan of the handheld router. It’s loud, messy and it wants to kill you. Seriously, there’s actual hate there. The router table is a different story. Continue Reading →
Putting it all together. Probably the most attractive feature of this style of chair is that they were intentionally made to be mobile. The continental chairs that were the probably Continue Reading →