Here are my tips for making your own fancy kindling blanks. Remember – nobody has nicer firewood than woodworkers!
It’s slaburday!
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Category Archives: Woodworking projects
The spring joint
All of a sudden I’m kind of hungry… Spring rolls and “flied lice”, baby! But for now, I’m building a birdhouse with my daughter. I had to glue up some wider boards, and soon I found myself on a roll. So to speak…
The Veritas planing stop
Flailing a plane about can be very rewarding or make the piece of wood look more like a cat’s scratch board. It comes down to whether the thing stays in place or not. Hence a planing stop. I bought one from Veritas, and tested if it wood stop the would. Or.. something.
Dust collection
Dust collection is absolutely not just for sissies! There’s nothing manly sneezing a couple of particle boards after a shop session. Nor is breathing through a permanent piece of luggage, so take this topic seriously!
The Elf on a shelf accessoires
The elf on the shelf moved in this year. I had to accessorize him a bit…
A small bench gift box
We’ll give a garden bench to my inlaws as a Christmas present, but the idea came too late for any bench to be built in time. A card is boring, so I made a box…
The work bench
I saw a British gentleman flailing a hand plane at some wood propped up against a tree. Some episodes later, he had a work bench. Well, giddyup! I thought to myself.
Slabs, planks and automotractors
Every woodworker worth his shavings should rip a tree out of the woods, cut it to planks and make stuff out of it!
A wall shelf
We needed a few shelves for our home, and I made the mistake to open up Pinterest…
The fire pan benches
We love our fire pan, but standing around it gets old. Or is it me?
The rocking cradle
As soon as I got the news that I would become a father, I started to design a rocking cradle. The cradle will become a heirloom for my oldest daughter.