The Renaissance Woodworker

This week I address a common problem when hand planing: inadvertantly tapering the board. This was something that Brian Meeks, @extremelyavg on Twitter brought to my attention. First off you should go check out Brian’s site because it is a humorous and refreshing look at our fine craft taken from the eager neophyte’s perspective. Enjoy [...]

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Hello, remember when I used to make podcasts? I’m back and hopefully with a bang as I try out and review what I feel is the slickest shooting board on the market. Don’t know what a shooting board is? Watch this and see how a shooter should work. Check out Tico Vogt’s site and if [...]

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I hope you haven’t been holding your breath for this episode because it took me long enough to get it out. Time to return to the Queen Anne Table and get busy with the details that really make it a Queen Anne period piece. Enjoy the show!

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I was flattered and honored to be a guest host again on Wood Talk Online last night. I guess Marc and Matt didn’t trust me enough to be a part of show #69 for fear I might get them in trouble with bad title number jokes. Anyway, it was a great time and the show [...]

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This episode was a trial to make. It was an example of those times in the shop when nothing goes right. However, I managed to turn out 4 legs and learned a lot along the way. What more can you ask for in a project right? Come along and learn about eccentric turning.

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I’m taking a short break from the Queen Anne Table to turn a traditional Shaker knob. One of my fellow Guild members does not have a lathe and I offered to turn a few for him. I figured this would be as good as time as any to shoot a quick video and illustrate the [...]

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Its time to chop some mortises and cut some tenons. Once again no electrons were harmed during the filming of this podcast. Click To Play

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It’s time for another hand tool tip. You have crosscut that board and now you notice it isn’t square or parallel to the opposite end. Yes you can use a shooting board to fix it, but this gets hard with larger boards. A shooting board is really just a jig that makes a fundamental skill [...]

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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 board and [...]

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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 Hand Tool Tips. [...]

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