Larry | March 8, 2010
There’s an old story of a cobbler who has quite a following of happy shoe owners. But somewhere in the story we are told that the cobbler’s son has no shoes. This story is used as a moral lesson in several contexts and I’m not here to quibble with any of them. But I think [...]
Larry | February 15, 2010
I’m struggling with the design of the vanity area of a bathroom, as described in a previous post. While I’ve been keeping SketchUp warm, everything I come up with looks like a big box and I’m not sure what to do about it. So, I’m coming to you. Any and all ideas will be appreciated.
Here’s [...]
Larry | February 13, 2010
I suppose I’m a curmugeon but I oppose the very notion of spending $4-5 on a piece of paper that will end up in the trash the day after it’s given. And so, every time Valentine’s Day rolls around I’m faced with showing my Valentine(s) that I care without succumbing to the card marketeer guilt [...]
Larry | February 10, 2010
Sometimes I wonder about myself. I’ve been a woodworker for a long time but like so many, I did most of my early woodworking by flipping a switch. But I’m a guy and guys like tools. The notion of having an excuse to dig through piles of rust at flea markets was appealing
So somewhere in [...]
Larry | February 8, 2010
First let me apologize for the “pre-release” of his blog post. It was just me screwing up posting dates. Anyways, here it is…with words and pictures.
I’ve been distracted from the shop, playing Mr. Fix-It, and my woodworking time has been spent navel gazing and some doing some sketching as my aged brain grapples with what [...]
Larry | February 6, 2010
Anyone who has followed this blog knows that I’m a fan of hide glue. I like the fact that it is stickier than PVA glues and thus the pieces I’m gluing don’t slide around while I’m clamping. More important, though, is that it can be debonded with heat and moisture, making repairs easier. It’s easy [...]
Larry | February 1, 2010
We often find ourselves building a cabinet or furniture piece for a particular space. I thought it might be useful to report on my actions as I stumble through the design and creation of a set of bathroom cabinets.
I must start with a confession. Years ago, in a galaxy far, far away…no, that’s another story. [...]
Larry | January 31, 2010
When I started this blog my thoughts were to record some of the activity in my shop. To be honest, there wasn’t much thought about that either. It just seemed the thing to do at the time and I had no expectations that anyone would care to read it.
It seems I was wrong. The readership [...]
Larry | January 22, 2010
You know you’re a left-handed woodworker when you prefer your face vise on the right end of your bench. The photo above demonstrates this. That’s Shannon Rogers, the Renaissance Woodworker, showing everyone his newly completed and totally awesome Roubo-style bench. It’s built from ash and weighs about a gazillion pounds so it’s hard to understand [...]
Larry | January 7, 2010
In my last post on this subject I outlined my strategy to become as good a woodworker as Tom Fidgen. Having concluded, from studying his book Made By Hand, that he’s achieved his prowess by having a set of shop bents available to him I decided to build a set of my own, thus improving [...]
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