The daily dribble from my workshop. Saturday, May 16, 2015. Another exciting Amana hand tool event and so for it has been much bigger than the first one. This one is so big that it is spread out over three buildings. I got there at 0915 and the line to get into the barn was out to the road already. I started here with Jarrod Stone. What could be more fun than watching a guy make a drinking cup on a pole lathe? Another windsor chair maker.

Last week I received a beautiful box after one year of collaborating on a design for the storage of my wood samples collection. Autumn decided from this learning experience, to make changes for the sake of her carving design.

Ramblings about wood, tools, and the stuff I make. Posted by slothlike in Tools. A month ago I went to the Minneapolis version of the Lie-Nielsen hand tool event. After reading other blog reports I was incredibly excited. The first thing I checked out was the sharpening. Stone He used a honing jig. He tore it out my hands and showed.

Woodworking Adventures in a Small Space. Only real problem so far is that the laminated handle is clearly not centered, and the rivets highlight that. I really need more days off.

But life has been a bit hectic around my house because of a woodworking-related accident. Life has a way of throwing me curveballs. I talked of the sudden need to remove two large pear trees from my yard in my last post.

8221; that use a sling of rubber banding to span the spring clamp ends which makes them useful for gluing on edge banding or edge trim. They are very useful if you do a lot of that kind of work. The problem is you need a lot of them and they are kind of pricey. TabLeft Workshop did I nice video on how to make bunches of equivalent clamps using just inexpensive spring clamps.

Let me introduce you to Joe.

Saturday, September 15, 2012. It has all the functions I need and at a very reasonable cost. There will be several modifications made. Instead of Douglas Fir ill be using Poplar. Ill also be using round dog holes and a simpler shape of leg vice. Of course Ill be adjusting the height to fit me.

Well, maybe, we will see. At least, I got my hands on wood again, and a lot of fun it was, too.