For Mom
Losing a loved one is always difficult but when it’s your mother and she passes away way to young…well, it just seems harder.
Mom past away 5 years ago, she was strong, beautiful, and way cooler than me. I think of her every time I accomplish something and every time I make a mistake.
Mom...
Roubo Bench Build – Part 5
I spent a few hours in the shop continuing on the base of the bench. With the mortises out of the way, it was time to start cutting the tenons. I started with the four end rails, 2 on top and 2 on...
Chalkboard in the Workshop?
A few months ago while walking around in Home Depot, I noticed that they carry chalkboard, dry erase, and magnetic paint. My wife and I had been doing a lot of work to our 4 year old daughters room...
Roubo Bench Build -Part 4
So the bench build has slowed down drastically. I was making great progress when I received a phone call from my wife while siting on a plane here in Atlanta. She had fallen on Stone Mountain a local...
High Rock Woodworking and MWA T-Shirts
This past weekend I had the opportunity to do a tour of Fine Woodworking up in Connecticut. While I was there Dyami of Penultimate Workshop and I spent some time talking about the future of Modern...
Roubo Bench Build – Part 3
It has been a few weeks since I have made much progress on the Roubo bench as I ran low on 8/4″ boards for the legs and didn’t want to start on just part of the legs. The local...
Roubo Bench Build – Part 2
I am very pleased with the progress I have made this weekend on the Roubo bench. Right after I posted the last entry here my hardware arrived from Benchcrafted. I am very hands on and wanted to hold...
Roubo Bench Build – Part 1
As many of you know I am member of The Woodwhisperer Guild. If you are not familiar with the guild, I highly recommend checking it out as it is a great way to help challenge your skills as a new or...
Christmas Presents, Christmas Presents!
It is that time a year again. When as woodworkers we have been spending the past month not only buying Christmas presents but making a few also. For my projects I ended up with 6 end grain cutting...
End Grain Cutting Board
End Grain Cutting Board
Last week was my father’s birthday and I decided to make him an end grain cutting board. This has always been a project I have wanted to build but just never...
How Do You Measure?
Over the weekend I spent a few hours in Woodcraft with fellow MWAmembers after our monthly Atlanta meeting. As usual, I migrated to the hand planes isle and couldn’t help but notice on the other...
