Home #Makerspace: A Small Bookshelf Using Only Hand Tools

This week we will build a small, simple shelf to practice our hand tool skills.  We will learn the rip cut and how to use the coping saw successfully.  We will assemble and hang our shelf using wood screws, the quickest fasteners around. This project can be completed in a 15 to 20-minute session byContinue reading “Home #Makerspace: A Small Bookshelf Using Only Hand Tools”

The New Tools in the Shop

I’ve spent the last three weeks (since mid-July) avoiding the woodshop both at work and home.  At work, a series of major structural changes has kept me away from the wood – which will turn into a good thing.  Exciting times ahead my friends. At home, I finished a refurbishing an old office chair.  TheContinue reading “The New Tools in the Shop”