Tag Archives: diy
Repairing and Refinishing a 19th-Century Sideboard – Part 1
When I visit antique shops, I’m always pulling out drawers and looking underneath pieces to see how–and when–the thing was built. Most of the older, handmade pieces are way out of my price range, so I’m just looking appreciatively. But … Continue reading
The Wardrobe
I am, among many things, an opportunist. Two of my daughters, who share a big bedroom with no closet, have been after me to build them a proper wardrobe. I had been putting the project off because it was going … Continue reading
The Most Basic Woodworking of All: Cutting Firewood
The holiday season is a wonderful time to catch up with friends and family, who inevitably ask me what kind of woodworking I’ve been doing lately. With some chagrin, I have to say that I’ve been so busy that I’ve … Continue reading
A New Workbench, Part 4: Additions and Accessories
You never really know what you need in a workbench until you build one and work at it for a while. For that reason, it’s always advantageous to make your initial design as simple as possible. That way, when (not … Continue reading
A New Workbench, Part 3: The Vise and Planing Stop
In my last post, I showed how I constructed the legs and stretchers of my new workbench. In this post, I’ll show how I built in two of the main work-holding features of the bench: the face vise and the … Continue reading
A New Workbench, Part 2: The Legs
In my last post, I showed how I built the top of my workbench with yellow pine boards that I brought from Alabama when I moved to Ohio last year. In this post, I’ll show you how I built the … Continue reading
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