● 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 ➞ ➞ ➞
● Hot Dog Handle Revamp
A hot dog handle is a shop accessory that helps the user make precise cuts on sawn wood edges. Attached to the side of a bench plane, the hot … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
● Wish List: Wood
Wouldn’t it be nice to have, as I call it, a wish list – wood? To have within reach all the wood you want, let alone even need? All … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
● Refurbishing Old Tools – Fun and Folly
One skill I enjoy practicing is refurbishing old tools. When I got serious about improving my woodworking skills, I didn’t want to pay a lot of money for them. … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
● Don’t Break the Eagle’s Wings…
… then tell it to fly. *
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Harriet Ross Tubman and all the brave and bold women behind us, with us, and before us 🌹
There is power
… 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞● Keeping it Green
A primary goal in my wood shop is keeping it green. I do not have a problem using old hardware, reclaimed wood, unconventional, or less sophisticated touches in a … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
● Different Paths to Sharp
I declare that sharpening is important. Even a new tool needs honing. An old tool may need surgery.
A sharp tool is easier to push through wood and achieve … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
● Wish List: Skill
First things first: I keep a list that I call wish list – skill. It’s mostly in my head.
Most times when I complete a project, I wish … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
● Sloyd and Kwanzaa
Sloyd and Kwanzaa share similar principles. An odd kinship exists between the two philosophies. Both have influenced people of many cultures all over the world. Sloyd or slojd is … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
● Power to Heal
1.1.2021
For those who lost love and discovered much more.
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Were all stars to disappear or die, I should learn to look at an empty sky/ And feel … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
◾️ Self-Care in the Wood Shop
Self-care in the wood shop is not part of conventional woodworking thought. A shop is considered a place of dogged pursuit and hard work. It is a place to … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞