Thanks and Giving
Two benevolent woodworkers recently sent me some fancy wood to play with. Thanks guys!One woodworker is Ethan Sincox and the other wishes to remain anonymous.The woods include spalted walnut, pearwood, satinwood (which smells exactly like coconut oil and pineappl

Carved Stone Holder
I was crushing pretty badly on the carved oilstone holder I photographed at the Brown International Tool Auction and Dealer Show (at right), so I decided to make one.I'm using my other current crush—Swiss Pear—for the carved secti

VC's Top Ten Tips for Wives of Woodworkers
1. Sitting in the shop and staring at a pile of lumber counts as woodworking.2. When your spouse says, "Don't buy that armoire—I can build one for you," just smile and say "Great!" Then go back to the store in a month and buy it. Because he's either forgotten all about it or has been feeling guilty for not having started the project, and you will be letting him off the hook. 3. Sometimes your husband will buy wood just because it's pretty and he has no idea what he plans to do with it.4. Expect a Sammy Sadface when you hand him a Honey-Do list.5. Yes, he does need 5 routers. And 6 marking gauges.6. Heaping mounds of partially- or un-read

A Visit to Fine Woodworking
Last week, Fine Woodworking presented a live stream competition between Asa Christiana (armed with a random orbit sander and sanding block) and Michael Pekovich (equipped with a #4 LN hand plane and block plane) to see which method prepares a finished surface the fastest.

Kick Back With a Good PDF
Have fun perusing this huge library of downloadable woodworking books (some very old) online.