I’ve talked before how some small businesses, like Mom & Pop corner hardware stores, are disappearing. I got a perfect example this week of another reason why. (more…)

When it comes to facial hair, woodworking has to be the second most common profession to espouse it. Only Geico cavemen seem to have more. (more…)

Ever try to figure something out that should be easy, but for some reason you just can’t come up with what you’re looking for no matter how hard you try? Yeah, me too. (more…)

I have both corded and cordless tools, but I’ve never made any secret of the fact that whenever possible I prefer cordless. (more…)

I hate chain emails, the junk that friends forward to everyone in their address book. But one I got the other day is an exception. When you see the photo in it, you’ll understand why. (more…)

There are lots of woodworking shows, but this week is the year’s biggest: IWF Atlanta. What do these shows mean to you and how/why are they important to how you work? (more…)

Went to a tag sale yesterday that had tons of tools. Didn’t buy any, but it was an interesting peek into someone else’s woodworking. (more…)

I’m about to make a project, as a small gift, that has to work perfectly the first time. Trouble is, I don’t know what size it has to be, and I can’t ask. It has to be a surprise. (more…)

I just made the ugliest quick-and-dirty, needed-one-in-a-hurry project ever. It’s nothing you could shake a stick at. Literally. (more…)

With limited shop space, placing a new piece of stationary equipment has to be very well thought out, unless you make it mobile. (more…)