The Renaissance Woodworker

So here is the final work holding touch to this workbench. Really an accessory to help with wide panels or edge work on long boards, but something that is indispensable when those needs arise. Much of the work is the same as the leg vise except for the sliding mechanism which I detail [...]

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I received a “rush order” request from my wife last Thursday for a small end table to go into her voice studio where she conducts all of her private lessons. The little makeshift table she was using literally fell apart when a student leaned on it by accident. I think it was something [...]

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I have mentioned before what a valuable resource The Wood Whisperer Guild is to me. It seems that it is time to give back. Marc Spagnuolo thought it would be fun to organize a group build where all of us guildees could build a simple project and help one another out during the [...]

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I know I talk a lot about hand tools on this blog. And honestly I use tools of the unplugged variety much more than the ones with those long tails and pointy plugs…a lot more. My bed time reading is comprised of old tomes of furniture collections and eclectic trade manuals of working [...]

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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 [...]

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Just when you thought it was safe to go back to work on Roubo…

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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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How many times have you heard a fellow woodworker say that they are behind “schedule” on a project or, “I can’t believe how long that took to make!”
I am plagued with this all the time. I did a podcast many months ago on organizing yourself when working on multiple projects. In [...]

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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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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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