3 Weeks to Christmas
It was Christmas day in the workhouse...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AW9sbQJL9s...so here we are.
Christmas projects and gifts
Making a Shining Star for Christmas Decor
Christmas in the US starts after Thanksgiving Thursday for the busiest shopping day of the year (USA), but for those of us living around the rest of the globe making gifts and decor begins when we find half a day to do it. To give you a heads-up we made
Two Possible Stocking Stuffers for Christmas Gifts
I recently blogged about saw handle sizing because many handles since the last World War often became undefined, utilitarian and too big for anything but brutish work. That’s true of most hand tools that are mass made. Some of you responded with suggestions for high-end saws ranging in price
Some Thoughts for Christmas Gifts
This past year some things have impressed me. Tools, equipment, books. I used a C.K. Square awl for many years and then they switched maker and the square bit snapped on many of their awls so I had to abandon them. C.K. probably changed to make 10 pence
Video with some small Christmas projects
A week or so ago I posted in a three-hand tool gift set as an introduction to woodworking for someone you know and you want to get them started. Here are four projects with three tools in a 30 minute video to watch with the kids and the grandkids that
A Perfect Christmas Gift Set - Last Minute Suggestion
On tools for Christmas Presents
Wood is an inexpensive commodity even though we do complain about the prices we pay. It’s cheap in this one way; from a short board of wood and with three tools like those in this blog, you can make several projects ranging from cutting
Buying Tools for Christmas Gifts
Buying tools for Christmas gifts makes gift-buying quick and simple, especially through eBay and online buying. This is the reality of woodworking. The price can be matched to any budget from a few pounds and on into the hundreds.
I am glad there are so many Stanley 4s and 4