Wood’n Bits Workshop

General Woodworking and the Creation of Miniatures from Wood

You Know You’re a Left-Handed Woodworker When…

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 [...]

Sharpening on the Cheap

Larry | April 23, 2009

We woodworkers are suckers for gizmos and when you couple gizmos with the concept of sharpening (the woodworker mantra), lots of dollars flow.  If you’ve got $500-600, run right out and buy a Tormek sharpening system.   Many who can’t come up with that kind of change to sharpen their tools,  have adopted the WorkSharp system, [...]