Friday night, I went to down the shop because I wanted to build something. I started with a small slab of Western maple and designed the piece on the fly. I documented the build live on Twitter and what you see below are the updates from the second session (see what I did in the … Continue reading Maple Slab Build, Session 2
Yesterday, at 2:05 pm, I decided that I needed to get my benchtop mortiser off my bench. I documented the process of building and mounting wall brackets live on Twitter and what you see below are the updates. This was useful because each update had a time stamp so followers could see the rate at … Continue reading Wall Brackets for Hollow Chisel Mortiser
This is the second post on the construction of my Table with a Twist. The first post covered the making of the legs. I had initially thought about making the aprons square like the legs because I knew how to twist a square blank and wasn't sure how a rectangular blank would work. I experimented … Continue reading Construction of “Table with a Twist” – Part 2: Twisted Aprons
A few months ago, I picked up a Festool Domino Joiner (#574308) for myself. I had been considering it for a few years while also looking at other options such as a mortising block, horizontal slot mortiser or hollow chisel mortiser to name a few. Ultimately, I came to the conclusion that I would want … Continue reading Festool Domino
