Woodworking should be shared, but I recently learned that I’ve been sharing my shop with some very minuscule shop mates. (Read More…)

Shop sharing
January 24th, 2012
Good stuff
January 20th, 2012
I’d like to expand on what I discussed on Tuesday, and on what David talks about today. And that’s good stuff, and where it comes from. (Read More…)
Buy American! (Or, maybe not)
January 18th, 2012
I get very weary of constant complaints about the quality of foreign goods versus American goods, even though sometimes I’m the one complaining. (Read More…)
Snow day
January 13th, 2012
It’s snowing here, and because these days anything with more than three snowflakes is considered a “storm,” I’m forced to endure another snow day. I hate snow days. (Read More…)
Why we throw it away
January 10th, 2012
There’s been discussion here and on woodworking forums about how we’ve become a throw-away society. Here’s an example of how that’s happened. (Read More…)
Things to do in two-oh-one-two
January 3rd, 2012
I don’t make New Year’s resolutions, but I do have eight items on my woodworking to-do list for the year 2012. (Read More…)
2012
December 30th, 2011
What kind of woodworking year will we have in 2012? No one knows for sure but I have some thoughts, and a few hopes. (Read More…)
Update
December 28th, 2011
Judging from the thousands of calls and letters my staff gets, you’re all wondering “yeah, but then what?” with regards to several blogs this year. OK, here’s an update. (Read More…)
Time tested
December 21st, 2011
Man, another year coming to an end. Getting older, that mirror is showing a lot of wrinkles. Did I say wrinkles? I meant character lines. (Read More…)
Running with the rabbets
December 16th, 2011
I recently did an article on a little-used woodworking technique: cutting rabbets on the jointer. The only mystery to the process is why it’s so little used. (Read More…)