Adventures in Woodworking Adventures in Woodworking Adventures in Woodworking is a blog that chronicles my successes and failures as I delve into the world of hand tool woodworking.
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Poll: Which Plane?
2008-02-13 10:57:00 I posted a poll over on LumberJocks, but for some reason the code would not work here. So if you’re interested in weighing in on whether I should look to get a Stanley #78 rabbet plane or a wooden shoulder plane, head on over there and cast your vote! ... More About: Poll , Plane
Price of Wood in Malaysia
2008-02-11 15:30:00 Funny. In Malaysia , land of rampant logging (legal and illegal), I can’t seem to find really nice wood. Well, maybe the wood is nice, but it is stored horribly. It’s typically kept out back behind the hardware store under a big tin roof, all stacked right on top of each other. So you can imagine that ... More About: Wood , Price
I Really Need a Patent
2008-02-10 13:01:00 Today when I finally got ready to start chopping my dovetails, I felt cramped way over on the left side of the bench where my handyman vise is precariously mounted in 1/8″ plywood. So I dismantled the sweet sharpening station setup I just blogged about and jimmied this little rig. It was solid, and apart ... More About: Patent
About to Cut the Dovetails
2008-02-09 08:03:00 So I’ve finally gotten the walls of the box flat. Well, mostly flat. They still wobble just a bit when I put them together, but I don’t want to plane these things down to wooden cards trying to get it just right. Plus, it’s not like I’m face-gluing them together. When they’re joined together as ... More About: Projects , Workin
Creative Use of Little Space
2008-02-08 11:08:00 I’m glad that I had a sharpening session directly on my temporary workbench, before I finished (or even started, ahem) my “real” bench. After a while, the water and slurry started to fly, and the amount that sloshed over my simple little sharpening stone base would have given me a fit over my nice workbench ... More About: Creative , Space
Dovetail Template
2008-02-04 11:08:00 Before I get to making the dovetails for my wife’s dovetail box, I thought I’d make this little template. The design came from the fine folks over at Homestead Heritage, where I was privileged to receive a day of hands-on joinery instruction. I did modify the design somewhat. The original design has a square on one ... More About: Projects , Template , Workin
Almost Ready for the Dovetails
2008-02-03 16:37:00 So I’ve got the pieces for my box cut mostly to size. The walls are all currently about 5 1/2″ - I’m going to trim just a bit off of two of them (to get them to 5 1/3″) and I’ll trim the other two down to 4″. But first, I have a planing issue. I ... More About: Projects , Ready , Workin
What A Cute Little Plane
2008-01-31 13:22:00 I was in a random hardware store today when I saw a couple of these little guys sitting on the shelf. I thought, for $9, why not? Rosewood body, with a small brass wear strip on the bottom. The blade is 7/8″ wide, and seems to be positioned well in the mouth. It’s probably a ... More About: Cute , Plane
Can You Guess?
2008-01-27 11:59:00 So I was thinking that I’d cut two 3/8″ slices off of this block, and then cut those in half longways to be the walls of the box. I went with my dovetail saw to have a finer cut (and leave me with more wood left on the block for the top and bottom). Can ... More About: Projects , Wood , Guess , Workin
Dovetail Box: The Wood
2008-01-26 09:13:00 I mentioned recently that I felt like actually making something before working on my bench. What better project for my beginner skills than a simple dovetail box? I haven’t waded through the loads of plans online for boxes, so this plan of mine might not work. Let me know what you think. First, I had an ... More About: Projects , Wood
Shooting Board
2008-01-25 11:06:00 A shooting board isn’t considered a major project - or even a minor one - for most woodworkers. However, it’s something I want to write about because at this early stage in my woodworking journey, I’m learning something new with every endeavor. Skills Learned/Practiced: using a square (and I’m glad I invested in a Starrett) using a block ... More About: Board , Shooting , Workin
Jigs as Important as Tools
2008-01-23 14:29:00 My wife is out of the country attending a conference, and while I do have kid duty (age 4.5 and 3), I still manage to steal away from time to time to do some woodworking. Gotta love those DVDs that have the “Play Continuously” option! So even though I’m supposed to be working on my bench, ... More About: Tools
I Have a Dream
2008-01-22 22:00:00 I’ve never been a woodworker. Shoot, I was never even a handy man. For the first 35 of my 38 years, I never owned a tool more “tooly” than a hammer. So why do I have a dream of one day running a shop making furniture and teaching woodworking? I think part of it is just from ... More About: Personal , Dream
First Dovetail, First Jig
2008-01-21 07:41:00 I was considering using dowels to help hold my boards together for my benchtop; specifically, those boards that are a little extra bowed. However, Matt of Matt’s Basement Workshop has informed me that due to the considerable strength of face-to-face gluing, that dowels might not be necessary - even for bowed boards. However, just in case, ... More About: Workin
A Couple Great Sites
2008-01-16 13:48:00 Last week, I discovered The Wood Whisperer, thanks to a comment here by the whisperer himself, Marc Spagnuolo. He’s got a great web presence thing going on, with his video podcast as well as an audio podcast (Wood Talk Online) that he does with Matt Vanderlist of Matt’s Basement Workshop (also a podcast). I’ve downloaded ... More About: Great , Sites , Couple
A Productive Weekend
2008-01-13 15:24:00 A couple weeks ago I talked about my workshop: a utility room in the back of the house that is about 6 1/2 feet by 8 1/2 feet. This weekend I spent a considerable amount of time in there organizing it. I still had tools wrapped in bubble wrap and newspaper, sitting idle in my ... More About: Weekend
Benchtop Wood Identified: Kempas
2008-01-08 14:25:00 It seems that the most common lumber you can get at the local hardware stores is meranti and merbau. These are two different types, if I’m not mistaken, of the same species, Shorea. I thought that this would be what I’d be building my bench out of. Turns out that the stuff most readily available ... More About: Wood , Workin
My Workbench Is Finished!
2008-01-05 04:04:00 Hey, I had to do something while figuring out my plane problems! It’s not a bad-looking Roubo, is it? More About: Workbench
Plane Problems
More articles from this author:2007-12-29 14:25:00 I’ve got three planes. One is a brand new Stanley #4. I bought it from Woodcraft when taking a Hand Tools Basics and Sharpening class. The other two are a Stanley block plane and a Victor jack plane, both of which belonged to my great-grandfather. I’m having problems with ol’ Rudolf’s jack plane right now. When ... More About: Problems , Plane 1, 2 |
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