Larry | December 31, 2009
What is it that causes teenage daughters to turn on every light in the house? Our electric bill is just nuts.
Anyways, I was reflecting on 2009. Lots of bad stuff happened but also a lot of really good stuff. This blog has accounted for a lot of the good stuff. When I started it a [...]
Larry | December 23, 2009
Larry | December 21, 2009
We’re about to finish a year and I’ve just finished a cabinet – with a finish. On all counts I’m happy as I can move into the holidays unencumbered by pressing schedules.
I’m posting this for two reasons. The lesser of the two is that I’ve talked about this project in previous posts and thought some [...]
Larry | December 16, 2009
If you’ve been following my blog you know that one of my current projects is a hanging cabinet that will house a spoon collection. I’m at the fiddly stage. All the basic construction is done and I’m dealing with hinging, wall mounts bracketry, door magnets – the fiddly things. In many ways this is the [...]
Larry | December 12, 2009
The new issue of Woodworking Magazine is out and I received my copy a few days ago. I subscribe to several woodworking magazines but when Woodworking shows up in the mailbox it’s a good day – a very good day.
The odd thing is that if I describe Woodworking Magazine to someone they look at me [...]
Larry | December 10, 2009
When you’re new to woodworking, and trying to learn, it must be frustrating to read “Prepare your surface and then apply your favorite finish”? This is an example of well-meaning woodworkers, and woodworking magazines, attempting to help people while forgetting that those who need advice also need the details. All of us who fall into [...]
Larry | December 7, 2009
Last week, on Twitter, Kari Hultman of the Village Carpenter posed a question about carving really small areas. The ensuing discussion was a good one and you can see Kari’s solution in her excellent blog post.
I thought, with the interest raised, I would talk a bit about some of my “tiny tools.” I create miniature [...]
Larry | December 4, 2009
“Education is everywhere whether you choose to listen and learn it or not.” – Tom Fidgen
Those of us interested in working with hand tools truly live in a golden age. One wonders what the masters of the 17th and 18th Centuries would think of the wide array of tools we have available currently. And more [...]
Larry | December 3, 2009
A few days ago I posted a description of energy expenditure, by me, to produce a plane hammer for adjusting wooden planes. In that post I joked that maybe if I created such a hammer I could adjust wooden planes as well as Bob Roziaeski, who is quite good at it. I admitted that [...]
Larry | December 2, 2009
I have an itch. It needs to be scratched. The source of my itch is the woodworker who recommends to every newbie that they run out and buy a jointer, planer, and table saw BECAUSE, until they do they can’t work with unfinished lumber and/or create furniture. People who say these things are unfettered by [...]
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