Tag: Hand Tools

  • Sushi Cutting Board from David Picciuto’s ‘Make Your Own Cutting Boards’

    As a wedding gift, I recently made the Sushi cutting board from David Picciuto’s book Make Your Own Cutting Boards: Smart Projects and Stylish Designs for a Hands-On Kitchen. This cutting board really has an elegant design with an Eastern feel. The hard maple and walnut contrast nicely on a smaller project like this. Sometimes,…

  • Accordion Style Christmas Tree Decoration

    Shop time has been a bit in short supply lately. I had a couple of days off this week where I was able to spend some quality time there finally. Sometimes a small, easy project is great to get back into the groove and get a feeling of accomplishment that you got to finish something.…

  • Argh! Rust!

    I recently went into the shop after a few weeks of not being able to spend as much time in there as I would like, only to discover some rust on my combination square! So, this video talks about what I think happened, how I fixed it, and what general steps I take to try and…

  • A Bit of a Catch Up Post

    The first half of 2015 really didn’t turn out to be much of a great woodworking period for me for various reasons. It hasn’t been until the last couple of months that I’ve been able to get any significant shop time, but now that I have been able to get more shop time, I wanted…

  • A Woodworking Mindset During An Unintended Hiatus

    Unfortunately, various events of late have kept me from getting into the shop as much as I would like. From end of summer and back to school, to giving my dad some extra help as my mother has experienced increasing health issues the last few weeks, I haven’t spent too much time in the shop…

  • A Day At Fine Woodworking Live 2013

    This post is following my usual theme of “better late than never”… I got the chance a few weekends ago to spend a day in New Haven, CT to attend Fine Woodworking Live. The event was the whole weekend, however Fine Woodworking also offered day passes for this year’s event. Not to get into too…

  • Narex Chisel Set Unboxing & Test Drive – Part 2

    I finally got some supplies to start flattening and sharpening the Narex Chisels I got from Lee Valley a while back. So here is part 2 of the test drive where I compare a tuned up chisel to one of the ones untouched out of the box. I’ll also over go over some of my…