Joe Woodworker’s All About Veneer page
Veneer is one of those things that leaves a lot of woodworkers scratching their heads. How do I use the stuff? What’s the best way to prepare it to work with? What are the best adhesives to use?
Fortunately, Joe Goreleski of Joe Woodworker put together a dynamite page describing the product and the process to get the best results when veneering.
If you have never used veneer – or you have but are looking to learn more – this is a great place to start.
There is nothing quite as elegant as the simple, strong lines of Japanese Shoji screens. These traditional room dividers are made to look delicate, but have incredibly strong joinery.
If you wanted to ever try your hand at making traditional Shoji, eShoji would be an excellent place to start. Here, you can learn about the history of these decorative panels, discover the classic ways in which they are used and find the materials and resources you need to build your own.
Artist. Craftsman. Teacher.
There are a lot of things you can call woodworker Ron Brown, but one of the most appropriate thing might be woodworking wizard.
Known for his how-to videos, plans and pen blanks, perhaps his most notable project plans are to make some crazy personalized hammers.
Yes, these are hickory handled hammers with the letters scroll sawn through the handles. Ron sells DVDs that show the procedure step-by-step so you can build your own. Needless to say, you aren’t going to be using these for driving nails after they are done.
Definitely a site you want to check out.
Gardening Know How’s composting sawdust page
Ahh, spring is in the air. That means it’s time to put the snow shovels away and get outdoors. (Unless, of course, you live in the southern hemisphere).
While we love woodworking, some of us also have a passion for getting into gardens to grow bushels of fruits and veggies or bunches of glorious flowers. If that’s the case, there’s a great way to make your shop waste serve your garden.
Gardening How To offers numerous tips on gardening know-how, and this particular page tells readers about the ins and outs of composting sawdust. Here, you will find out how much sawdust to add to your cooking compost pile, what kinds of things you have to add to help the compost cook and how to know when it’s ready for use in your garden.
Of course, it goes without saying that you shouldn’t use pressure treated or plywood sawdust in your pile, and walnut has natural plant killers in it. Other than that, happy gardening.
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Nestled at the former Union Provisions butcher shop in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (in a neighborhood known as Lawrenceville), woodworkers Garth Jones and Don Reed opened an artists’ gallery and shop.
One of many galleries in the formerly industrial area, Slaugherhouse has space for the exhibit and sale of such crafts as fine jewelry, paintings, photography and printing. While that’s great to see, the gallery is also the home of Jones Furniture Design… the workshop space of co-founder Garth Jones.
Garth’s work is very cool, and it’s great to hear about the arts and crafts reviving a formerly economically depressed area. I wish them all the best!
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Building furniture is cool, but building models of things like cranes, castles, dinosaurs and the Mars Rovers, well, that’s just something any kid would love.
Wood Marvels creates wooden 3-D puzzles that you snap together to create some interesting projects. You can either buy the project completely cut out and ready to assemble, get plans for a CNC routing or laser cutting system or – if you are feeling brave, .pdf plans that you can cut out using your scroll saw. This is definitely a site worth checking out.
So, you have some neighbors across the sea you feel like raiding and plundering. Gosh, it would be swell to sail – or row – your way over there and take care of business, but you need a ship…
If you have some time and the inclination, following these plans can help you build your own Viking longship. Clear illustrations and step-by-step directions show you which parts go where and how they were made back in the good old dark ages.
While this page is in English, other parts of the site are written in Norwegian. In either language, the work is exquisite.
Lykke bygge skipet ditt!