Wakened Hands

Lessons from the bench

It’s easy to cheat yourself out of experiences when woodworking. The crosspin is one of the more difficult parts of building a krenov plane…

A Handtool Cabinet

Time for another right of passage build and this one’s a big one, a wall mounted hand tool cabinet. I’ve given the design and tool selection a lot of thought but I’ll save that commentary for another post. First things first, the shop needed a good tidy and my wood rack need some kondofication…

Stay sharp

This little lie nielsen sharpening jig was a good project to ease back into it…

Offcuts

There’s something deeply satisfying about making your own tools.

Carte blanche

It’ll be a long winter but building a new workshop should keep me plenty busy. 

First Steps

Building this Roubo will be an exercise in timberframing before cabinetry.

Progress slowly

If all goes well the shop should be up and running in a couple weeks.

A french connection

I’ve been deep in the minutiae of workbenches for some time now…

An industrial revolution

The machine shop side of the workshop is complete.

Beams to dreams

It’s time to get started. No more planning, no more thinking and hopefully no more tooling up.

How to eat an elephant

One weekend at a time… Legs and stretchers have all been milled down to their final dimensions.

To the top

Today was a tough day, tackling the roubo top beams proved challenging.

Forgive me Roubo

For I have sinned, I’ve brought epoxy into your house….

A leg to stand on

After months of planning, reading and designing in sketch-up, it was time to install the benchcrafted leg vice.

Capital improvements

I had two LED bulbs illuminating my space and they just weren’t enough.

The best laid plans

Time these days is somewhat of a precious commodity and time spent in the workshop even more so.

Overdue

I’ve neglected updating for some time but the pace has picked up and I’ve made substantial progress.