Tag: Woodworking Education

  • It’s Get Woodworking Week! Two Things To Keep In Mind.

    It’s “Get Woodworking Week”! Begun by Tom Iovino from Tom’s Workbench, it’s a week to think about ways to introduce the craft to others. For this year, I’d like to offer a couple of things to keep in mind… Mistakes are okay! I think the fear of failure makes some folks a bit timid about…

  • 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…

  • The Sawdust Tour & The Woodworking Shows

    I recently had the chance a couple of weeks ago to take a Friday off from work and take the couple hour drive out to West Springfield, MA for The Woodworking Shows stop at the Big E (aka the Eastern States Exposition). This was my first trip to one of the Woodworking Shows, so of…

  • Double Dose of Goodness

    The months of November and December have been great ones here at the shop. Allow me to explain… November – The Puja Table is complete! The Puja Table, the project that I had been working on for the better part of the past year, was finished back in November and given to my friend who…

  • WoodExpo 2011

    I recently had the chance to go to WoodExpo, part of the New England Home Show in Boston, MA. I have to say all the projects there were to say the least impressive. Project on display included those done on “Rough Cut – Woodworking with Tommy Mac”, from students of the North Bennet Street School,…

  • Is It October Yet?

    Check out the trailer for “Rough Cut – Woodworking with Tommy Mac”, by clicking here, or the image below. Is it October yet?!

  • The True Value Of Free

    I’m still what I would consider a novice woodworker, and ever since I’ve become interested in woodworking, I’ve been soaking up any information I can get. Books, magazines, DVD videos, and especially online content available for free. As someone who wants to learn about all facets of woodworking – not just techniques, but also ideas…