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...

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...

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...

    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...

Last weekend while up in North Carolina visiting family, my dad gave me one of his old hand saws.  I can remember this saw being around all of my life.  Dad thinks that it is a Sandvik and is not sure...

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...

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...

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   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...