● Catch Up Sharpening
Oh those tools! If you added a chisel to your tool kit and used it… and used it… and used it, you are wondering why it takes more effort … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
◾️ North Brothers Yankee 1003
Old tools like the North Brothers Yankee 1003 are irresistible. This hand-cranked bench drill press was patented in 1905. Having seen a handful of these tools in old barns … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
● The Magic of Hand Tools
Early on, before I embraced the magic of hand tools, I had a different dream. I imagined that I’d have a fully outfitted workshop. In it would be the … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
● The Way It Gets Better
This especially resonates with me today.
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So you must not be frightened if a sadness rises up before you larger than any you have ever seen; if … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
● Shop Made Tools
For some people, shop made tools are not desirable options. After all, a lot of the fun in woodworking is showing off your new tools and wood shop to … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
● Is a Big, Full Toolbox a Win?
As a seamstress, I’m familiar with the saying: she who dies with the most fabric wins. Personally, I don’t want that much fabric.
As a woodworker, I don’t … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
● Finishing The Chest: part 4
The finishing touches are all that remain in this final installment of building the Spanish style chest. I really like the progress made in part 3. Now, I … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
● A Lid for the Spanish Style Chest: part 3
The lid is next on the to-do list. I began the project of the Spanish style chest in the last post – part 2.
That the Spanish style … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
● La Negra Peregrina en el Camino
Tribute
If I – a pilgrim – may be so bold, audacious even, let me tell you this: you are in my thoughts today. And I have a surprise … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
● Building the Spanish Style Chest: part 2
The building begins for my Spanish style chest. In part 1, the prologue, I discussed, then resolved some questions regarding this specific project. In this short series, I … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
● Prologue: My Spanish Style Chest
That Spanish style chest I made after returning from Paris was a project that had been on my mind for a long time.
There have been a few times … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞