I’m traveling now, writing this on a laptop in my hotel room. As with most trips, it’s been a series of unfamiliar places and faces, but I enjoyed a bit of familiarity last night. (Read More…)

If you lost your shop – I mean everything, wall-to-wall and floor-to-ceiling – would you be able to accurately reconstruct its contents? (Read More…)

Woodworking is inherently dangerous, sometimes in ways we don’t expect. For example, while working a sheet of plywood yesterday I almost wrecked somebody’s car. (Read More…)

Words are great. Between my broadcasting and publishing careers, I’ve made my living by either speaking them or writing them. (Read More…)

I have little interest in wineries, other than they’re pretty interesting places.  However, Sally and I recently visited a local winery of more than passing interest for this beer drinker. (Read More…)

Because I live in a small town in the middle of nowhere, all my woodworking friends are located elsewhere. Getting to visit one of their shops, which I did this weekend, is always a treat. (Read More…)

I need a small tool to cut out tight curves and circles, but it looks like only two solutions exist: Good, but expensive; or pure junk but reasonably priced. (Read More…)

Once upon a time, tools – like cars – came in just one color, usually the metallic gray of their metal casings. (Read More…)

Last time I spoke about woodworking tools and materials, and how we had to research them more carefully than ever. This time, here’s what the manufacturers have to do. (Read More…)

Like it or not, we’re a global economy. I fully understand the “buy American” sentiment, but that’s a political stance. I look at it from a more practical stance. (Read More…)