Professionelt bord med 40 mm massiv bordplade
Lately there have been discussions about workbench designs on forums and blogs that have concluded with a warning: Don’t be a slave to “fashion” when you design your bench. Instead, do what I did…
Interesting restaurant located in Romania.
These cabinets are made of cherry and sycamore. The sycamore door panels are of note because they came from trees felled in 2005 to make way for the expansion of the Cleveland Museum of Art. I...
The good workman will never use poor tools when he can obtain good ones. The careless workman may, but such choice is an evidence of inferiority, and brands him at once as a man who takes little pr…
Modern maker of 18th-century furniture offers some tips on working smart
The GRS Jeweler’s Workbench is an exquisite piece of equipment, made to deliver comfort and style to your workspace. Order Now!
He delivers a message of intimacy and excellence in furniture, in print and in person
Explore Wizabit's 167 photos on Flickr!
Explore Eastlake Victorian's 1541 photos on Flickr!
Jan Zoltowski built this cabinet after amassing tools for 35 years. There's no reason for you to wait that long.
Inspired by Chris Becksvoort’s cabinet and the H.O. Studley cabinet, Campbell set out to display his tools well and make them easily accessible. The cabinet sits on Campbell’s benchtop and […]
How to Look After Your Tools: Words and photos: Robert Howard If you depend on your woodworking tools to earn a living and therefore use them every day, you have more opportunity to look after them. For the hobby woodworker, tools may be used haphazardly and infrequently. They …
At the foot of Mallorca's highest mountain, Puig Major (1450 meters) in the Sóller Valley, the beautiful little medieval village Fornalutx is surrounded
Earlier this week we traveled to Chicago to catch up with Jeff Miller in his bowling-alley turned furniture-making magic castle. When we arrived at Jeff's he was busy ripping some styrofoam on the sliding table saw, packing up a couple cherry side tables for a customer in Las Vegas. I commented that I hoped he'd built the chairs in the winter. He replied "I never thought about the humidity levels out there". And you know what? He doesn't need to. Jeff could fit a piston-tight drawer in January, ship it off to Da Nang in July and never get a call back. He's that good. So when we walked up to Jeff's FORP bench, it was not unexpected when our jaws fell to the floor like a cold steak. But they fell nonetheless. First off, Jeff departed from the Plate 11 bench a bit by incorporating a wagon vise and a row of square dogs. Jeff has probably installed more Benchcrafted Tail Vises than anyone we know, so its no surprise that his wooden wagon vise shares some features with our vise. The dog block is tapped to receive the 1-3/4" X 3-1/2 tpi left-hand screw. To install the block into its cavity, Jeff milled some wide rabbets into both the front laminate and the front edge of the rear top section to receive the block, which in turn has rabbets that engage the rabbets in the top. The block slides up from below, stops against the upper rabbets, then two rails are slipped into the lower rabbets in the block and screwed into the top from the inside. The components are massive, which lends great stability to the entire vise. I was shocked when I operated the vise. I felt no resistance along the entire travel of the vise. It was frictionless. And it was wonderful. The head of the screw itself is fastened to the end cap via a steel two-piece garter that resides in a counterbore behind the shoulder of the screw's head. Jeff tapped the garter for machine screws, the whole assembly goes in from the outside, while the screws pull the garter tight from the inside face of the end cap. When the vise is assembled, there are no visible fasteners, and the garter is completely hidden. If Roubo had designed a wooden wagon vise, this would be it. The vise hardware was made by Lake Erie Toolworks and smith Peter Ross. The leg vise is beautifully and meticulously crafted. Jeff played his cards right and waited until winter to fit the forged ring, and many of the other critical elements on the bench. Jeff fit his leg vise garter perfectly. It slips in and out without friction, and tightens up sweetly as you insert the last quarter inch. Jeff's bench was truly inspirational to behold. One of the finest benches I've ever seen. It was a great morning spent in Jeff's shop, reminiscing about FORP almost a year ago now. We're looking forward to getting together again next year to do it all over again. Yes, it's official, FORP II is a go. We've got the wood, and we've got the go ahead from Wyatt Childs. He's thrilled to be hosting the event again. The same group of people will be gathering in Barnesville, GA to make more incredible benches from this incredible material. Myself, Jeff Miller, Raney Nelson, Chris Schwarz, and Don Williams, all have agreed to return. Please don't send us emails at this time asking for more details. We simply don't have them. We will be posting the official announcement early this fall, and will give advanced warning before we do so. As with last time, it will be first come, first served.
This is the house that Greg Powlesland built - artist, designer, maker, boat-builder and reclaimer, repairer and re-purposer of old things - boats, vehicles, architectural salvage and industrial materials. He shares it with his son Rupert, and his wife Katie Fontana, (Creative Director of the company
Plywood is probably the most popular and versatile man-made woodworking material available in home centers today. Plywood is a laminated product made up
There is a need for "good guys" to man up and show the way for the next generation. Young men need a narrative that they can connect with. They need role models and exemplars that can portray a positi
Built-in stands keep an essential tool kit at the ready
Plain English Kitchens founder Katie Fontana's houseboat where a love of Pure craftsmanship & aesthetic simplicity reign supreme.
