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my favorite power hand sander Sanding is a big part of almost any furniture or home improvement project. In fact, it's one of the fe...

I posted an edited version of the Wine Bar Video Tour on YouTube. It's shorter and I little faster-paced. I welcome comments.

I am so happy about my new Wine Bars, I want to tell the world!  But I'll settle for a YouTube video... Here is my second YouTube vide...

Sliding dovetail joints are very useful in a number of furniture making applications.  They are sometimes used instead of dadoes to join she...

Now available at www.wineondeck.com I am pleased to announce the arrival of the Wine Bar, an innovative new product from Wine on Deck. Wi...

Over the past year practicing woodworking, I have completed a few furniture pieces, and explored some of the basic techniques of the craft o...

If economy is a hallmark of good design, then this dresser is one for the record books.  Every single part of it was a piece of scrap, nearl...

I like this technique!  If you have a workbench with dog holes, it's possible to set up this clamping system right on the bench top. The...

For final sanding and rubbing out a finish, a good sanding block is essential.  These final finishing steps require precision and flatness, ...

A dyed chest.  All it needs are feet and drawer pulls and I'm done! When I first got into woodworking, I didn't like the idea of ...

I have decided to build another open baffle speaker, and instead of making my own design, I am going to use the plans for the Zen Open Baffl...

Getting a good black finish on furniture can be a challenge.  There are plenty of ways to attack the problem, and I have tried most of them....

The Festool TS 75 plunge cut saw is a big circular saw.  So big, in fact, that my contractor friend Kris doesn't much like it.  He's...

I have been using my Festool Rotex sander for about a year now, and I love it.  The Rotex is special because of its two sanding modes: gear-...

A friend of mine - Vicco Von Voss - is a master furniture maker and timber framer.  He works out of a studio on the Eastern Shore of Mar...

My fav: The Festool 15+3 I have three drills in my shop: a Ridgid Fuego mini drill, a larger DeWalt DC720, and a Festool 15+3.  This post...

My ash and maple "fish" stand is now on sale at Skipton Unique Aquaria and Reptiles.  It's made for a 20 gallon "tall...

I use frame and panel construction for many of my cases.  There are a few well-known rules of good frame and panel case-making that ensure a...

My Bosch 1617 router was the first tool I purchased in my woodworking "career".  I got it some 13 months ago, one month longer tha...

My daughter has started taking a wood shop class at the Eliot School for Fine Arts in Jamaica Plain, MA.  Of course she likes wood shop, ...