My shop like many of you is in my garage.  The main issue with this is that most garages are not made to host our shops that have power and lighting needs above a standard place to just park the car....

This week is the first annual Get Woodworking Week set up by my good friend Tom Iovino of Tomsworkbench.com.  Often we talk about traditions and how we would like to have them carried on and this week...

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...

Those that follow this blog know that I am a hybrid woodworker but also that I tend to lean toward handtools.  Given this fact it puzzles me that I have not built a good shooting board or bench hook...

Well we are finally getting to my favorite time of year….Fall!  Summers are just to hot and way to much going on to have much time to spend in the shop.  I tend to miss a lot of woodworking time...

I spent this past weekend with my wife and daughters up in the mountains of western North Carolina where I grew up.  It is always an enspiring experience for me and a note book is always on...

This is a guest post by Dyami Plotke of the Penultimate Woodshop. It originally appeared at penultimatewoodshop.com. Feel please check back there for post relating to Dyami’s woodworking ramblings. So...

This is a guest post by Dyami Plotke of the Penultimate Woodshop. It originally appeared at penultimatewoodshop.com. Feel please check back there for post relating to Dyami’s woodworking ramblings. As...

My Current Workbench Like many woodworkers my two-car garage is my workshop but unfortunately I have not convinced my wife to permanently give up her side.  So I have my shop bench and...

Hoffman & Hammer Workbench What is the best woodworking bench design?  Well, I could end this here and say whatever is best for YOU, but I won’t. In short that is the answer though, many...