Tom’s Workbench Spotlights Matt Gradwohl and Upper Cut Woodworks
The Woodworking community is very supportive and dedicated. Woodworkers are actively preserving the materials, designs, tools and techniques. Some of this preservation is happening on the Internet via...
View ArticleWoodworking Shop Upgrades Part 1: Unpacking of Grizzly Jointer and Planer
More than ten years ago I bought a Delta 22-560 12 1/2” Planer and a Grizzly 1182ZX 6” Jointer. Both tools have served me well, and helped me create some great projects. I need some more capacity now...
View ArticleThe Awesomeness of Woodworking for Mere Mortals
In the online woodworking world, there is (thankfully) lots of content from lots of sources, covering a very wide range of topics and catering to a broad range of skill levels. If you want to learn...
View ArticleVideo Post #7: Woodworker’s $160 Portable Spray Booth Part 2: The Finished Booth
I’ve been holding on to some video for a while, things have been busy at work shipping the Internet Explorer 9 RC. If you aren’t running IE9, you should, and check out the Site Mode Integration for...
View ArticleEnhance Your Woodworking Business for $5 a Pop at fiverr.com
Somehow I found fiverr.com. Their tagline is “The place for people to share things they’re willing to do for $5” which at first, sounds a little sketchy. Is this the website where you can pay the...
View ArticleWoodworker’s Spray Finishing Tips
I’ve been using my Earlex HV6900 for about a year, and sprayed with other methods before that. I’ve sprayed paints, lacquers, polyurethanes, and shellac. Now that I’ll be spraying a lot more, I thought...
View ArticleLimericks for Popular Woodworking
There have been a lot of editorial staff changes over at Popular Woodworking Magazine lately. Glen Huey is transitioning from Senior Editor to contributing editor. Chris Schwarz is leaving his role as...
View ArticleWoodchat is Going Strong: Almost Two Years and 48 YouTube Videos
Tonight we had another great Woodchat, just like we do darn near every Wednesday at 7pm Pacific/10pm Eastern. When we were done I went to the YouTube page to check on things. That’s when I realized...
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