My Brilliant Wife's Invention!

Here is my brilliant wife’s latest invention!

She has posted it for sale, on Etsy!

Her invention is called the SkeinSnake! It zips up around a skein of yarn. This way, the skein can be washed without all the tangling. People who want to preshrink fibers, remove the odd chemicals, and relax the wave from […]

January 27th, 2009 | Category: Tools | 2 comments

Repairing a Japanese Saw

In a previous post reviewing the Grizzly Japanese Chisels, I mentioned the repair of a Japanese Saw that had it’s handle broken.

On the left is the new handle mortise being made. On the right is the broken handle. Note that the mortise on the new handle is smaller, in width and length. This […]

January 26th, 2009 | Category: Flowers, Gardening, Hand Tools, Husbandry, Tool Making, Tools, Tutorials, Woodworking | Leave a comment

Grizzly Japanese Chisels and Gouges, Part 4.5 Deep Tennon

Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, (Part 4.5,) Part 5

I broke a Japanese saw handle a while back, and I have been needing to remake it.

The old handle cracked out. The saw itself is not so bad, but the handle was a lemon. No problem here I like to remake […]

January 23rd, 2009 | Category: Hand Tools, Metalworking, Tool Box, Tool Making, Tools | One comment

Nifty Hand Cart Plans on fullchisel.com

Steven Shepherd has a really neat post on an 1856 hand cart.

I really want to make one. It would be handy around the yard!

Bob

January 22nd, 2009 | Category: Hand Tools, Tool Making, Woodworking | 2 comments

Outdoor Workshop for the Shade Tree Woodworker

I have made an experiment of working outdoors.

Three workbenches here.

The one in front consists of two sawhorses supporting a four foot by ten foot frame. Sixteen foot long slabs of cedar make the table.

The one in the middle is treated pine. It has to be covered because of the pattern […]

January 21st, 2009 | Category: Woodworking | 3 comments
« Newer Entries  
  Older Entries »