OK, Luddites, how many blogs do you follow, besides this one of course? What’s a blog anyway? Blog is a contraction of “web log” and it is a way to post things on a regular basis on the internet so others can follow what you have to say or see what you are making. I […]
Today’s #FollowFriday is Roger Moore from Aiken, SC, whose shop we featured in our August 2013 issue of Wood News. Roger is a retired nuclear engineer who left engineering in 2003 and built an entirely new two-story workshop right after retirement. He put a lot of thought and detail into the structure and specifications of […]
You may be familiar with the fact that New York City is a “concrete jungle”, where there are very few trees, lots of buildings, and even more people. Nestled between several warehouses and lofts in an industrious Brooklyn neighborhood known as Williamsburg, sits RE-CO BKLYN, a sawmill and lumber yard dedicated to sourcing locally downed […]
This month I’ll talk about the Lie-Nielsen Small Shoulder Plane (also known as the 041), which is the smallest of the three Shoulder Planes offered by Lie-Nielsen, based on the Record design. The 041 has a body cast from durable Ductile Iron with an adjustable mouth opening, a stylish cap made from beautiful Manganese Bronze and an A-2 […]
Today’s Follow Friday is Henry Parslow, a retired carpenter from Poughkeepsie, NY. We featured Henry’s “productive but small” workshop in the Show Us Your Shop Column for the July 2013 issue of Wood News. Henry built his shop over his garage in 1987 and despite the shop being on the second floor, it has never […]
A few weeks ago 22 woodworkers, master craftsmen, and hobbyists gathered together at the shop of Wyatt (Bo) Childs in Barnesville, GA to spend a week building 16 Roubo workbenches. Among the likes of Chris Schwarz, Jameel Abraham, and Bo Childs himself, these guys got the opportunity of a lifetime to learn from the best […]
Today’s Follow Friday is woodturner Temple Blackwood, who was featured in the Show Us Your Shop section of our July 2013 Highland Woodturner. Temple started his own woodturning company, Highlands Woodturning, over 40 years ago, and it has been going strong ever since. At Highlands Woodturning, Temple offers custom turning in addition to teaching classes and hosting open […]