| This blog is written by Brandon | 20 entries so far |
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Vintage Hand Tools #3: Tenon Saw Rehab
Here’s an old tenon saw that I purchased from Ebay some time ago. I hadn’t done anyth...
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Dutch Tool Chest #6: Adding a Double-u on the Lid
Warning: The letter W makes a lot of appearances in this post. If, for some reason you don’...
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Dutch Tool Chest #5: The Larger Saws
My goal on the Dutch tool chest was to incorporate a space for two larger saws in the design. Lik...
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Dutch Tool Chest #4: Tills and Thrills
This is where we left off last time—- a basic carcass completed but no tools inside it yet....
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Dutch Tool Chest #3: The Lid, Handles, and Casters
I wanted to make the lid a breadboard to keep it nice and flat. I started with two boards of east...
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Dutch Tool Chest #2: Building the Carcass
So I’ve manage to build the carcass for the tool chest. Its footprint is about 33” wi...
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Dutch Tool Chest #1: Design Considerations
The topic of tool chests has been quite polarizing on lumberjocks.com. The benefits, some would a...
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Portlandia - He's Making Furniture Now
My pastor sent this to me and I got a good kick out of it, so I thought I’d share it here.
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Roubo Workbench #7: The Sliding Dead-man
I don’t think I’ve really covered the dead-man much in this series, so here’s a...
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Roubo Workbench #6: The Leg Vise
Before getting to the leg vise, just a quick note on the tenons on the top. I purposely made the ...
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Chamfer Plane
I decided to make a chamfer plane by adapting an old Stanley 220 plane. Now before any...
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Roubo Workbench #5: The Legs and Stretchers
I have neglected this blog, but I still have tons of photos of this build, so I thought I should ...
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Pipe Clamp Woes
While gluing up my workbench top with pipe clamps, there was one part of the bench that didn̵...
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Roubo Workbench #4: Constructing the Top
My workbench does not have a traditional laminated top. Rather than gluing the main planks on the...
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Roubo Workbench #3: Some Design Considerations
Plans—they’re useful I’m sure, but I hardly ever use them. Sometimes I’ll...
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Roubo Workbench #2: Choosing the Material
I considered a lot of different materials for my bench. At the top of the list were southern yell...
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Roubo Workbench #1: Getting Started
The Predecessors One of the first projects that I made when I first started woodworking in 201...
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Building a Moxon Vise
Why I wanted to Build a Moxon Vise Work benches are low. When I was first learning about t...
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Vintage Hand Tools #2: The Keen Kutter K5 Plane
The first bench plane that I purchased was a Buck Bros jack plane. I bought it at Home Depot on a...
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Vintage Hand Tools #1: The Slippery Slope
I have been on this website for about a year and a half now and posted many projects and forum to...
