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RWW Podcast Episode 82: Roubo Workbench Lower Shelf

February 3rd, 2010 · 5 Comments

I have completed all the functional aspects of my workbench and it has already greatly improved the quality of my woodworking. Now it is time to turn my attention to some of the creature comforts. I find myself crossing back and forth across my shop to get a bench hook or a shooting [...]

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RWW Episode 81, Hand Tool Tips # 1

January 28th, 2010 · 10 Comments

I am introducing a new segment this week called Hand Tool Tips. I capture a lot of footage when I’m working in my shop. A lot of it really isn’t relevant to an ongoing topic or a specific project so it just gets filed away under miscellaneous tips. Hence the birth of [...]

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RWW # 79 Contemporary Chest of Drawers Finale

January 12th, 2010 · 6 Comments

This week I wrap up my chest of drawers project by fitting the drawers, adding drawer stop blocks, installing hardware, and applying the finish. Then I severely screw it up and apply the finish again.
I hope you enjoy it!

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RWW # 78 Contemporary Chest of Drawers Part 2 Dovetailin’

January 6th, 2010 · 3 Comments

I know there are a lot of sources on how to cut your dovetails by hand, but I figured I would try to add my own to the mix. It seems as if we can’t get enough dovetails tutorials. I know when I was learning I looked at everything so here is another [...]

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RWW 77 A Contemporary Chest of Drawers, Part 1

December 30th, 2009 · 1 Comment

This was a piece that was commissioned at the end of summer and fortunately I caught most of the build on film. Granted it is all my old camera so the quality is a little lower than what you have been seeing as of late. I skipped most of the initial milling stages [...]

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RWW 76 A Little Christmas Turning

December 24th, 2009 · 4 Comments

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from the Renaissance Woodworker. As with every year, I was hard at work at my lathe turning out all the little gifts for friends, family, and clients. I haven’t done a turning episode in a while so I thought I would bring you all into my shop and [...]

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RWW 70 The Roubo Returns

November 9th, 2009 · 5 Comments

Welcome back to the show. I appreciate everyone’s patience while I took a few weeks off. My new job is going great but it has kept me very very busy. Add to that helping my wife at her school and attending all of the fall musicals and recitals that go with being [...]

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RWW 69: WIA Western Sawing with Ron Herman

October 21st, 2009 · 1 Comment

If you think you have a lot of saws then think again. Ron Herman probably has more saws than anyone alive. What’s amazing is he uses everyone of them and uses them well.
Enjoy this episode full of gratuitous vintage saw footage.

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RWW 68: WIA Stringing & Inlay with Chuck Bender

October 19th, 2009 · No Comments

Another great seminar at WIA this time centered around traditional inlay techniques with Chuck Bender.
Make sure you check out Chuck’s blog for complete instructions on how to make your own set of Bender inlay tools.
Finally, a few points on Sulfur inlay that I forgot to mention in the podcast. When cutting the recess for [...]

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RWW 67: WIA Cherubini’s Joinery Planes

October 14th, 2009 · 3 Comments

Adam Cherubini gave an entertaining presentation on the typical joinery planes found the the 18th century Joiners tool chest. Here are a few clips from that presentation and a bonus look at Adam cutting dovetails in the hand tool olympics.

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Tags: Hand Tools · On the road · Podcasts

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