I’ve been asked this question a fair bit lately, ‘Why do I show my mistakes and leave them in my videos?’ Though to be honest the remarks come in two flavours: ‘Wow, it’s great that you leave your mistakes in!‘ or ‘Dude, you suck, give… Read More »Why do I show my mistakes?
What is the most ubiquitous wood working project you can think of? A box? A birdhouse? How about a spice rack? This is one that has been on my to do list for years, I keep telling my wife I’m going to do it, but… Read More »A spice rack? A Spice Rack!
As I did after the first part of the video was released, I thought I’d write up some more info and talk about how I built my workbench, and what I would do differently going forward. If you haven’t seen the Workbench build videos yet,… Read More »Workbench Writeup – Article Part Two
Flattening the slab top with a router, gluing up the frame, and hiding all of my mistakes! All this and more in Part Two of building my workbench! Why wait? Click play! Once again, I’ll add more detail about each step in a weeks time.… Read More »Building a solid and cheap Workbench – Video Part Two
Next week I’ll publish the second half to my workbench build, but I thought it might be nice to have somewhere to send people who have questions or who want to know a little bit more about it. If I miss anything, just leave a… Read More »Workbench Writeup – Article Part One
Good things come to those who wait right? I guess that this workbench is a good thing, cos it certainly took a lot of waiting before it came! This bench is something like 4 years in the waiting, and my god, had I known how… Read More »Building a solid and cheap Workbench – Video Part One
Ah, frustration, the most motivating of all the emotions! Case in point, it was 39 degrees, (a touch over 100f) and the humidity was through the roof. We have a good airconditioner in the house, but after 3 days of this weather and no breeze… Read More »Wainscoting on the cheap
Late in 2016 I started thinking about Christmas presents. After all, if I’m going to call myself a woodworker, I’d better start coming through with the goods. The goods in this case, are a Calendar holder for my wife. Each year my wife orders a… Read More »Building a Calendar Holder from Hardwood
For the longest time I managed to convince myself that I just don’t have the skills required to make anything by hand. I’ve always pictured the ‘hand-tool’ woodworker as being a special elite unit of men, ones that scoffed at the mere mortals who need a… Read More »Making a Marking Gauge
I’m still editing my workbench build video together! Seriously?! No, it isn’t some super epic production ala The Ten Commandments or Avatar, it’s just been built at the wrong time of the year. I work in the sports and racing betting industry, and when you… Read More »Melbourne Racing Carnival
Ah, poison. I just don’t get enough of it in my day to day life. So it was nice to step back during this project and be able to throw up clouds of dust and contaminate my working environment, just great… Ok, yeah, so that… Read More »How I made a bookshelf
John from Canada sent me through a few photos of the childrens workbench he built based off of my plans. He made these for his daughter who is a kindergarten teacher, for the children in her class to play with. It has a bulkier top than… Read More »Childrens Workbench