The Renaissance Woodworker

Today I start a new project series. I’ll be posting in parallel to The Wood Whisperer Community in the Guild area as well because this is a project I am building along with my fellow Guild members. This is part of the much touted Woodworkers Fighting Cancer effort. Today I introduce my design and discuss [...]

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I was breaking down a beautiful 12″ wide Walnut board for the Queen Anne side table I’m building for The Wood Whisperer Guild build. I got the wide board from the mill specifically for the top that will be 16 x 20. Once I removed the sap wood from both edges the 12″ board would [...]

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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 in this [...]

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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 that was [...]

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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 collective build. [...]

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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 styles long [...]

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

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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! Click To Play

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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 that episode I [...]

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