Blogs about Woodworking
21 blogs about Woodworking.
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Accidental Woodworker
“The daily dribble from my workshop.” By Ralph Boumenot. 🇺🇸Updated
got a new toy...... Straight up front I'm telling the toy isn't woodworking related in the least. This morning around 0800 I ordered a fitness smart watch off Amazon. I got it just after 1200. Can we say wow …
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The Apartment Woodworker
“Hand-tool Woodworking for the Urban Apartment-dweller.” By James. 🇺🇸Updated
Apartment Woodworking: Year 10 Retrospective (Part 2) For several years, the floor of my workshop has been the OSB top of DriCore tongue and groove subfloor squares. DriCore is a modern miracle (not a sponsor, just to be clear) and going from …
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Building a Beg-Meil
“I’m building a boat – specifically François Vivier’s Beg-Meil design. And, I thought I’d document the process on this blog.” By Karl Nelson. 🇺🇸Updated
Respirators Preface: I’m by no means an expert, and you should absolutely do your own research before deciding what safety equipement to use. Don’t just take my word for it. Boat building involves coming in contact …
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Chris Cid ∣ CJCid
“XD/AI strategist and inclusive designer.” 🇯🇵Updated
CJ Solid Kibera A wooden cooking spatula that’s balanced and comfortable to use. Hand‐carved wooden utensils is an area that I was looking to experiment with. Solid, natural wood are my preference because of their durability, safety, and …
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David Fisher, Carving Explorations | Blog
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Update on the Upcoming Workshop Transition The house project has been progressing in spite of the typical delays and hiccups. It has been inspiring to meet and watch the many skilled tradespersons working on the project. From the framers, to the …
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The English Woodworker
“Woodworking blog & videos for the hand tool woodworker.” By Richard Maguire. 🇬🇧Updated
Which Saws Are Best For Ripping Thick Stuff? [Video] There’s a lot of choice when it comes to rip saws. And unfortunately options usually just make things more complicated.So hopefully the video above will help clear up some of the confusion around which saw …
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Fagerjord.org
“Woodworking and other hobbies.” By Vidar Fagerjord Harboe. 🇳🇴Updated
The boolean wall shelf Yet another wall shelf project. This time it is for my oldest sister, Unni. I got a text message with an image and “show this to your wife, she’ll love it!”. Subtle… But hey, it’s …
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IBUILDIT Blog
“The idea is to chronicle, in words and pictures, the things I’m currently working on and my plans for future projects.” By John Heisz. 🇨🇦Updated
Making a Custom Ceiling with Lighting – Sunburst Pattern -Black Friday // Cyber Monday- MAKER’S MOB BIGGEST SALE EVER CLICK HERE This project proves that the best laid plans don’t always guarantee success. I did a lot of planning before I started, but still …
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Joel's Blog
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The Stanley Number One The Stanley No. 1 in the palm of my handA few weeks ago I wrote about creativity and the idea that you are probably doing "it" all wrong. There are a lot of blind alleys …
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Satisfaction Trumps Speed As a hobby woodworker, I am fortunate that I don't need to worry about my woodworking putting food on the table. I don't need to justify purchasing a tool. If I want it, have saved …
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Journeyman's Journal
“This is a journal of the art of woodworking by hand.”Updated
Donations Cart Episode 4 This will be a four-episode build series on how to make a donations cart using only hand tools. This a rush order that I only had a few hours notice to build it. I was …
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The Literary Workshop Blog
“Making what I need with my hands.” By Steve Schuler. 🇺🇸Updated
How Do You Set Prices for Handmade Goods? So you want to sell your work at a craft market. One of the most common questions that new makers ask is how to set prices. We all know that everything has a price, but …
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Air-drying Lumber Fig. 4.11 The following is excerpted from the third edition of Christian Becksvoort’s “With the Grain: A Craftsman’s Guide to Understanding Wood.” It is, above all, succinct, easy to understand and perfectly suited for the …
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The Off-grid Wood Butcher
“Making shavings from deep in the wood.” By Lionel.Updated
On Pencil Sharpeners I am a great fan of pencils. I love to use them for marking but also to write and take note. The only thing that always annoyed me is pencil sharpeners.I always found very hard …
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Paul Sellers' Woodworking Blog
“A well-known amateur woodworker. Read his popular blog for hand tool woodworking tips, updates and project previews!” 🇬🇧Updated
PS Plough Plane Honing Guide Sharpening narrow cutting irons often tilt to surprisingly odd angles no matter how experienced you are at sharpening. It takes more than just countering the tilt to get the ends even close to never mind …
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Pegs and 'Tails
“Seventeenth- and eighteenth-century English and Irish furniture &c.” By Jack Plane.Updated
Out of Sight Christopher Storb has just posted a well-illustrated monograph on the unseen, hastily prepared secondary surfaces of furniture and architectural woodwork. Jack Plane
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TimeTestedTools
“Vintage Tool Information - Hand Tool Restorations - Tool Collecting - Vintage Tools.” 🇺🇸Updated
Sargent Model Shop Tools: Prototype Successor to Shaw’s Patent Planes? By James R. Gillis Here it is at only the second post of this blog and I’ve gone off the subject of Stanley Model Shop tools in my collection to discuss a Sargent prototype plane …
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Somethings never get old Been a tad busy as you may have been noticed. Not much woodworking but lots of small projects for storage and while Greenhouse No 2 is done, there is still a lot going on in …
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Woodworking in a Tiny Shop
“This is my attempt to record some things I'm doing. It's as much to help me remember some details as it is to share with others.”Updated
A Note About Carving I've never considered myself an artistic type. Being a total left-brainer (logical, analytical, orderly), that side of things has always escaped me. It doesn't mean I don't appreciate art; quite the contrary, I love beautiful …
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working by hand
“A site that looks at the human use of tools and things.” By Mike. 🇨🇦Updated
Tinkering with wood – tool kits for kids There was a time when some tool catalogs sold tool chests, brimming with tools – some of these were aimed at the youth market. Where are these tool chests today? True, Lie Nielsen sells “The …
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