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 | February 3, 2010
Several people asked me that question as I’ve made comments about my tablesaw being little more than a table in my shop as, more and more, I use handsaws to do my work. The short answer is “No.”. The not so short answer is “Heck No!” But the only answer worth writing about is a [...]
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 | 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 | October 25, 2009
One of the best books on how to get the most from a table saw while keeping all your fingers in the process is Table Saw Magic by Jim Tolpin. This book has been around a long time and it remains the most recommended text for would-be table saw drivers. It’s been my go-to table [...]
Larry | October 13, 2009
A friend of mine called me this morning with a request. He needed a small piece of hardwood of a certain length and width. I told him to come over and that he was more than welcome to the wood. When he arrived we descended into my dungeon and I picked up a cross-cut saw [...]
Larry | October 10, 2009
Are you one of those guys who has a wall of woodworking tools, each in its place, all lined up according to size as though they’re part of a museum display? Does your workbench sit in the middle of a nice, clean space, probably on wood floors? If so, then I’m jealous of you. I [...]
Larry | June 17, 2009
One of the fun things about being a woodworker is that once you have a bunch of tools, you can do a lot of things with them. Oddly, most people don’t, concentrating on a single form of woodworking, whether it be scrollsawing, furniture making, miniatures, or whatever.
I’m not so much that way. I enjoy working [...]
Larry | June 7, 2009
I thought some of you might find this interesting. It looks at ‘diorama’ as art. I find some of it weird, some of it very cool. If nothing else, it provides fodder for the thoughts of those who enjoy doing scenes with their miniatures.
Cheers — Larry
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Larry | May 29, 2009
The miniatures world is dominated by women while the woodworking world is dominated by men. I do miniature woodworking and so the differences in how men and women approach creativity and craftsmanship are ever-present in conversations I have with people. You’d think I’d be good at discussing these differences. I thought I was – until [...]
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