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I went to the shop tonight just to check on a couple of things, change out a flickering fluorescent and deliver a couple of things and I remembered someone asking about my mobile workbenches that work as auxiliary benches to support the different aspects of my work. One of the

I’m used to working from big benches, not massive ones, just long ones and ones that are 3-feet across. In my beginnings at school they were silly little things but when I went to work, on the first day, I was given the corner of a long bench with

This is a Spanish translation of Paul's post Sharpening Is Mostly An Abrasive Issue from 16 December 2014. Thank you Carlos! traducción del inglés por Carlos J. Collazo  El título de esta entrada parece ser casi una contradicción. Lo afilado y la abrasión. ¿Como es que funciona eso?

There’s something about making your own tools, even when you buy the parts from say Lee Valley Veritas or some other resource provider because you're a woodworker and not a metal worker—not quite yet! Knives and mallets, peeled from a chunk of wood become really special

The mallet is the fundamental partner to chisels and the next part to the video on mallet making was just posted to YouTube so here it is. I think you’ll enjoy it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeOtTkW9oJw

My creative workspace seemed softer this morning when I arrived. It’s funny how it does that; takes on different shades as I work through the hours of a day and the days of a given week. It changes according to task really, but I am obsessed about dust even