I know it happens every year at this time. You pull out your trusty sundial, set the gnomon, orient to north and you get a reading that is over 16 minutes SLOW. It has to do with the position of the sun everyday at noon. When plotted over a year it forms an irregular figure [...]
Here they are! If you missed the coverage on the show, check out Arielle’s recap here. Let us know what you think!
As well as being perplexed as to what to do with the last obstacle in the middle of my shop floor. Now I must prepare you for this first photograph. While the shop may look messy to some, it is actually in real good shape and within a day or two of being used. I [...]
I’ve been using my hand saws more often lately, despite finally having my power tools wired up. I think it can be easier, especially on small pieces, to just grab a crosscut saw and cut off what I need with a bench hook. I wanted to get my saws up off the bench, so that [...]
I bet you were wondering when and/or if you’d see me writing about the Sculpted Rocking Chair build again here at the blog. Well, wait no longer, at long last I’m back at it and writing about my progress. In reality, I have been doing some smaller bits of work on the project as time [...]
For Artisans Benefits Sign Up Share Home Blog About Us Back To CustomMade.com 10.21.10 : New Artisans of the Week Help me welcome to some of the newest CustomMade members for this week Dan Mosheim of Dorset Custom Furniture Claro Walnut Slab Table They always seem to have this mysterious sense of substance to them when they are completed . The wood is dark and deep and totally unpredictable in its grain and color . We like the steel bases too . This one is cut from 1.75” thick steel plate and looks a little shinier in the picture above than it is in person . There was a little sunlight sneaking in the door when I took the picture and , reflected off the floor , it made the base look pretty impressive . Actually , it’s clean , but not real reflective and is meant to match the zinc’ counters
Now that I’m settling in to my garage workshop, and the Maddie is 3 months old, I’m starting to get a few minutes here and there in the shop. I had a little bit of time, and I realized the biggest barrier to making some progress on my projects is that pretty much all of [...]
For Artisans Benefits Sign Up Share Home Blog About Us Back To CustomMade.com 10.18.10 : 15 Reasons To Attend The 15TH Annual Providence Fine Furnishings Fine Craft Show PROVIDENCE , RI October 12, 2010 The 15 th Annual Providence Fine Furnishings Fine Craft Show is just around the corner and there are 15 reasons to celebrate this milestone year with us at the Rhode Island Convention Center October 22-24, 2010. The show features handcrafted furniture with accessories , fine art craft too 1. Meet 100 talented artists craftsmen both local and from far wide . 2. Experience a wide range of styles materials Traditional , contemporary , modern and . more 3. Go green with furniture featuring live edge , recycled materials and more 4. See it first Hundreds of new pieces make their debut some real
I was a member of this club when I lived in Reno in 2002. If there was a woodworking club like this one in Salt Lake, I would join, they have a great clubhouse [albeit on a flood plain] and are a great group of people. I have done several workshops for the Nevada Woodchucks [...]
At the risk of repeating my self, or stating again what I have already stated, or mentioning again what I have alluded to in the past, i will again reiterate why I think laminated or laid steel tools are better.
For one reason I have a brand new, state of the art technology [from the nineteenth [...]
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Many woodworkers have someone in their family who was a woodworker as well. They might remember hanging out in the shop with their dad, or their grandfather – or these days, their mom or their grandma.