Do you love to work with wood? Is this your chance to get away from all the other worries and just relax? Do you dream of new projects you can build and new tools you need to build them with? Building a gun cabinet is an excellent was to put your skills to work and [...]
Jan 292011
Nov 182010
Quite simply, a woodworker is someone who makes things out of wood. This could be as a hobby or in fact be a full time profession. A woodworker that makes things out of wood for a living is often referred to as a carpenter. With wood becoming scarcer by the day and being replaced by [...]
Oct 182009
We are living in difficult economic times. Many of us are having to tighten our belts and this may extend to woodworking projects. Popular Mechanics has a page on their website listing eight different easy woodworking projects that emphasize frugality by such tactics as using reclaimed wood and avoiding high cost machinery. The eight projects [...]
There is a lot of talk about going green and reducing your carbon footprint these days. It is refreshing to read in an article from Ashland Daily Tidings that some young people are taking that goal seriously and working toward it. Three high school students from Ashland, Oregon, are taking on a green easy woodworking project [...]
Sep 122009
Looking for an economical and easy woodworking project? You may want to try a portable stool project similar to the one I found in an article on Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories. The stools are made entirely of flat plywood pieces, can be designed in different ways for different uses, and may be designed in miniature [...]
Jul 282009
When a tree is dead, what should be done with it? Most people would say it should be cut down and discarded, but others come up with more creative solutions. One Colorado man fills a niche in his area by making woodwork projects out of standing beetle-killed trees into a variety of items. Mark Mahoney [...]
One of the most exciting advances in Web 2.0 is social networking. While sites such as Facebook do include woodworking groups, there are advantages to sites that are designed specifically for creative individuals. A social networking site called The Behance Network offers a forum for artists such as woodworkers to showcase their work, get feedback [...]
