Larry | February 22, 2010
I’ve been a blogger for a bit more than a year. I never thought of it as a money-making venture and, in fact, it’s lived up to those expectations. But if you’re on the Internet you can’t help but notice that there are lots of people making, or at least claiming to make, lots of [...]
Larry | February 19, 2010
There’s not much going on in the Wood’n Bits Workshop right now. You’ll probably laugh but the Olympics has turned me into a couch potato. Well, I shouldn’t blame the Olympics for my shape but they are causing me to sit on a couch firmly attached to the glass teat.
I not sure what it is [...]
Larry | January 24, 2010
I’ve waxed poetic, in my way, about Tom Fidgen’s Made By Hand book. I’ve also documented the building of a set of shop bents illustrated in this book. But the good stuff about this book continues. Tom has moved his brilliance from his old blog, Working Wood to a new website called the Unplugged Workshop.
The [...]
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 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 | 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 2, 2009
I’m a sucker for things miniature so when Lee Valley announced the release of a new, miniature shoulder plane, I ordered one. The surprising thing was the price as they give this plane away, along with a great dual marking gauge for $41 CDN.
And are these tools KEWL! The photo above is the miniature plane [...]
Larry | October 31, 2009
Norm Abram, Mr. New Yankee Workshop, has recently ended a 21-year run on PBS. Without a doubt the New Yankee Workshop has inspired many of us to be woodworkers and we’ve all learned a lot from Norm. The much-deserved adulation given to Norm, and even a bit of kidding in the form of Popular Woodworking’s [...]
Larry | October 7, 2009
When someone touts the virtues of any workbench, all the emphasis is placed on the nature of the vises. I’m an oddball, I guess, as in my view, most benches have their functionality limited by the vises hanging off of them, not improved.
Yes, a vise is nice and when I build my dream bench I’ll [...]
Larry | October 2, 2009
Those of you in the US who understand that finishes vary in quality know the brand General Finishes to be on the high end of the quality scale. They’re a bit more expensive than what you find in the big box stores but the results are well worth the slight difference in price. General Finishes [...]
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