Larry | November 30, 2009
I spent much of the weekend reading the newest offering from Lost Art Press. It was a very good weekend. The Joiner and Cabinetmaker is sold as a reprint of an 1839 account of the life of an apprentice cabinetmaker but it is so much more.
I’m an old book nut. By that I mean I’m [...]
Larry | November 28, 2009
When I did the post on creating the spoon holders for my cabinet project I didn’t think that cutting the notches was worth mentioning. Two things changed that view. First, I got two emails asking me how I was going to do it. Second, I tried cutting them on a table saw and then with [...]
Larry | November 24, 2009
A couple eagle-eye tool aficionados asked me about the hand plane that showed up in a couple recent posts. Several years ago I bought it via eBay, not really knowing what I was getting. Do you know how, if you have lemons, you’re supposed to make lemonade? I made lemonade.
All I can say for sure [...]
Larry | November 23, 2009
Sometimes I’m asked where I got the plan for this or that project. Most times I don’t have a plan but in this case I do. Here it is:
Bob Roziaeski, chief cook and bottle washer at the Logan Cabinet Shoppe produces some of the finest podcasts you’ll ever see on the use of handtools to [...]
Larry | November 21, 2009
I’ve mentioned a cabinet I’m making in previous posts. This cabinet is destined to hold the client’s spoon collection and so I’ve got to install holders for the spoons. Back when I was selecting wood I cut up a bunch of 3/8″ maple strips to use for this purpose and this post is but a [...]
Larry | November 18, 2009
Do you own one of these? Do you carry it with you everywhere? Writers are fond of carrying notebooks. They record ideas, observations, facts and probably grocery lists in their notebooks. Writers tell you that to be a writer you must write constantly. Apparently they do.
I acquired this habit as a writer but I do [...]
Larry | November 16, 2009
Anyone who has been a woodworker for any length of time has stories like this. I was slothing around when the phone rang. It was a friend on the phone. He wanted to know where to buy a “good” straight edge because he needed to cut a bunch of 6″ squares in Fomecore using an [...]
Larry | November 13, 2009
I recently lamented having problems with my “skills” while building the back for my cabinet project. I’m happy to say that it’s true – perserverance is a good substitute for ability and my cabinet now has a back.
The hinges are on their way from Lee Valley (the blue masking tape idea is just not going [...]
Larry | November 11, 2009
We all know the expression – “Measure Twice, Cut Once.” If you work enough wood you also know that there comes a time when you don’t cut in the right place no matter how many times you measure. The mystery, to me, is why each and every time I make an error it produces a [...]
Larry | November 5, 2009
It seems I was a bit spartan in my word use in my asymmetric tenon post, leaving much to be desired in terms of explanation.
Shannon Rogers commented, “I’m a little confused or maybe I’m missing a step. After you cut the tenons and mortises then you then go back and run a rabbet on the [...]
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