After using my bandsaw on the corners of my bird house, it occured to me that this technique could be used to make shop-milled boards. To try this out, I… Continue Reading Turn a Branch into a Rustic Coaster
As you might have guessed, this is my entry to this year’s Birdhouse Competition hosted by Summer’s Woodworking. The Reclaimed Adirondack Endgrain Birdhouse offers so many advantages to the inhabiting… Continue Reading Reclaimed Adirondack Endgrain Birdhouse – with a bow!
This is based on a comment April Wilkerson made in an old video on how she used her bun as a pencil holder. With not quite enough hair of my… Continue Reading Simple Pencil Holder – Inspired by April Wilkerson
After using the rust solution on my Rune Blade build and really loving the result I experimented with other ways to create unusual colors on “plain” wood – the cheap… Continue Reading Juice up Your Wood – Color Wood using Vegetable Juices
I saw this doormat at an open air museum for old farm houses here in Bavaria, and I just had to make one. It is a simple concept, easy to… Continue Reading Doormat from Scrap, inspired by a historic Piece
Make a rune blade for the sheer joy of it. And it looks great, too. Is is another one of my fantasy pieces, and one that inspired a different direction for the flavor piece(s) I made for the first one. Enjoy, and remember to be inspired! Videolink! Keep on reading for more images of the finished blade, a vague hint about the new flavor solution, and some thoughts on my video making process!
Steve Ramsey of Woodworking for Mere Mortals and Alex from ThisWoodwork put out a kind of challenge or rather a contest (without actual competition) – make something that represents your home,… Continue Reading Mount Tealight – “What does your home mean to you?” Woodworking Contest
You have probably seen this piece of shop hardware in my Conch Shell video, but as I promised, here is a dedicated video about the sled and another way to use it. Enjoy, and remember to be inspired!
Continue Reading Router Table Sled – featuring simple spiral on square stock
While you can see my first Whirligig entry here, this is about the actual Dragon take off, which meant editing more than 6 hours of raw footage down to a… Continue Reading Dragon Take Off – Getting the Dragon into the Air
I am working on the promised video about my first Whirligig build, and this came out as a by-product, based on Adam Roman’s video about his bandsaw dust extraction. Enjoy, and… Continue Reading Quick & Dirty Zero Clearance Bandsaw Table