This is the second Roubo bench that I have built this year; this one was for a local high school. The top and legs are made from laminated douglas fir. The vise block is from a nicely figured piece of ash. The initial dimensioning was done with machines, but all of the joinery (12 draw […]
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Cabinet Doors
I have been building some doors for a built-in cabinet and bookshelf project. Each corner of these doors are held together with something called a haunched mortise and tenon joint. So what is that and who cares anyway? Well, a joint is any place where two pieces of wood connect. Joints can be super, duper […]
Shop Update – 11/14/18
Winter is here in Wisconsin, albeit a month early. Fortunately planing boards and chopping firewood has been keeping me toasty. I’ve been working on a order for some Roubo-style workbenches for a local school–the same place I built the arcade for. If I wanted to feel like a factory worker on the production floor I […]
Wonderful Variety
Fall is here and things in the shop have been busy. Before I delve into what’s being built check out this view of the river from the back of the property. There is always something going on here. Okay, on to the shop work. . . I have been building a built-in unit. This is […]
A Week Learning from the Best
I just returned from an awesome week studying advanced trim carpentry at the Marc Adams School of Woodworking outside Indianapolis. I can’t recommend this place highly enough for anyone interested in woodworking–or any kind of making for that matter. The class I took was taught by Gary Striegler (http://www.craftsmanbuildersnwa.com/). It covered casing doors and windows, […]
