Hand Crafted Woodworking
The objective is finishing the top and base. Full disclosure… The “Days” have become more of a group of days that all relate to the same process. After a great amount of discussion with other woodworkers, especially at HandWorks 2015, I finally came to a decision about the finishes for the workbench. One option was […]
The objective today is the bottom shelf. As the bottoms rails were milled, a 3/8″ dado was cut in each. I had also milled up the shelf supports several days before. So all was ready to start the install and shelf milling process. I also setup a 2nd work table in my “finishing” area. […]
As part of Handworks 2015, the Amana Furniture Shop offered a tour of their production woodworking shop. The tour was limited to 25 people for each tour. I was fortunate to get a 3pm Saturday tour. The Amana Furniture Shop is one of the four shops actually owned by the Amana Colonies Corporation. The […]
I purchased my ticket for the Studley Tool Chest Exhibit about 1 year ago. I just knew this was something that was important as a woodworker. I had decided that I would not buy the book. I have a lot of books and so much to read, learn and make. This decision was changed […]
There is so much that could be said about Handworks 2015. I attended. I saw old friends, and made new friends. Found people who knew me from Instagram and this blog. So many excellent tool makers, craftsmen and teachers. There is so much that should be said. If you love woodworking and handtools then this […]
The objective today was to fix the problem on the tail vise mounting stock. I realized yesterday as I was writing the notes for Day 26 pictures there was a problem with the mounting bolts for the tail vise stock. The sliding nut assemblies were engineered as two aluminum pieces so the bolt could move […]
The objectives today are to finish the twin vise and tail vise installations. Twin Vise All that remains for the twin vise is to mill a 2″ front vise face. This is required so that I can mark the shaft center holes on the vise front face without have to do very intense measurements […]
The objectives to day are finish the bolts and barrel nuts installation on the long rails and work on the twin-vise install. NOTE: The pictures for this day contain extensive step by step notes. Please refer to them for any questions you might have regarding the details of the installation noted below. First the bolts […]
Objectives for today are trimming the drawbore peg, drilling pre-drill holes for lag screws and sizing, cutting tenons and fitting the long rails. Trimming the drawbore pegs was a first for me. I used the Veritas Flush-Cutting saw. The cut was amazing. A little experimentation to hold the saw very flat and I […]
