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The wood for this bench came off the streets of Brooklyn, NY. Ash, White and Red oak, and even walnut. The walnut were two 3x5x8 skids of a pallet left for the trashman. The vises, of course, just...
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Recent comments
Re: UPDATE: Book Giveaway: Workshop Machines
Love my hand tools, but it's the machines that take the slog out of the job. It's also the machines that will remove a finger or two. More understanding, the better.
posted: 8:58 pm on June 29thRe: UPDATE: Book Giveaway: Getting the Most from your Wood-Buying Bucks
Looks like a great book to have in these days of diminishing resources.
posted: 9:22 am on June 4thRe: UPDATE: Book Giveaway: Taunton's Complete Illustrated Guide to Choosing & Installing Hardware by Robert J. Settich
I need this book. Pick my name, please.
posted: 8:47 pm on May 25thRe: UPDATE: Book Giveaway: How to Choose and Use Bench Planes and Scrapers by John English
I gave my favorite plane to my father when I was fourteen. He never used it... And it's now still my favorite plane.
posted: 8:46 am on May 17thRe: UPDATE: Book Giveaway: Contemporary Hawaii Woodworkers by Tiffany DeEtte Shafto and Lynda McDaniel
Someday I'll get there. Until then, this fine representation of woodworkers will have to do.
posted: 9:25 pm on April 17thRe: UPDATE: Book Giveaway: The Chairmaker's Workshop by Drew Langsner
When the work is done, it great to sit in a comfortable chair.
posted: 8:31 am on March 1stRe: UPDATE: Book Giveaway: Windsor Chairmaking by James Mursell
This book would point the way to making my first chair. Love to have it.
posted: 1:19 pm on February 7thRe: UPDATE: Book Giveaway: Made By Hand by Tom Fidgen
What a great book. If I don't win it, I'll probably buy it.
posted: 9:31 am on February 7thRe: UPDATE: Book Giveaway: Made By Hand by Tom Fidgen
Hand skills is a major constituent of my joy of living. A book celebrating tools and skills would be a pleasure.
posted: 9:34 am on February 3rdRe: UPDATE: Book Giveaway: Make Your Own Walking Sticks by Charles Self
My favorite walking stick, I can actually sit on too; a British shooting stick picked up in a junk shoppe near Victoria station, London. Hitching around Europe and N. Africa in the late 60's, the stick proved it's worth many times.
posted: 8:44 am on January 25thI would enjoy a book about others' innovations.
Re: UPDATED: Giveaway and Poll: The Most Requested Woodworking Gifts of 2009
Witty repartieeee. Sign me up.
posted: 10:04 am on December 26thRe: Update: DVD Giveaway: Working with Plywood by Hendrik Varju
May the luckiest person win. Enjoy!
posted: 12:49 pm on December 25thRe: Bench Cookie Giveaway
Wow! So many different personalities, if the avatars are any example. And the one factor we have in common... Wood!
posted: 9:47 am on October 31stRe: UPDATE: Book Giveaway: New Masters of the Wooden Box by Oscar P. Fitzgerald
High time I took up boxing. A punchy surprise awaits the curious; from a quiet exterior to a wow finale.
posted: 9:04 am on October 10th