Changing the wood one shaving at a time ;0)
I don't spend a lot of time on Pinterest, I mostly use it if there is something I want to do and need to figure out exactly how I want to do it. I think I was trying to figure out how to finish my wood floors or something related when I stubbled across "End… Continue reading Herringbone End Grain Floor
About a year ago we bought a Woodmaster 725 off the classifieds. I'd never heard of Woodmaster, so I looked them up and one of the touted features on their website was the ability to make curved molding. Pretty much had to have it after that because my head was filled with visions of arches, ellipses,… Continue reading Curved Molding
There are those master woodworkers who believe that the only time you should use a block plane is if you are reaching one handed standing on a ladder.
Buying new good tools can be expensive...buying tools off eBay often means they need a little TLC before their ready to use in the shop.
My husband doesn't love wood working, he actually prefers metal, welding and engines when it comes down to it. Normally he doesn't show much enthusiasm when I get new tools, these were an exception. He thought holdfasts were pretty amazing. He actually sat and played with them for a while to see how well… Continue reading Holdfasts
This is the third of the three toy boxes I put together this spring. About a week after I finished it, I looked closer and realized I had used the door stop I bought for the Library Closet Door as trim, oops! That's what happens when you're building stuff out of the "scraps" in your shop ;0)… Continue reading Toy Box Construction
One of the hardest things as a parent can be letting a child "help" with something you are building for them. Over the last few weeks I have put together 3 toy boxes out of scraps from the shop for my 4 youngest kids and some of them have wanted to "help" paint. 6… Continue reading Toy Boxes: Letting the Child be more Important than the Project
An overview of all the paint and finishes I love to use on my projects.
We took the bedroom just off the living room and converted it into our library. This involved dividing the existing closet in half and making a small shelved closet for games etc. in the library and a broom closet in the hall. We also moved the doorway to the room from the hallway to the… Continue reading Library Closet Door
Free push stick for table saws pattern download.
Girl with a Hand Plane 