When I first began woodworking, back in the late 1990′s, Norm Abram’s “The New Yankee Workshop” was by far the most popular woodworking show on television. Once I discovered the show, I couldn’t get enough of it. Here was this regular joe, (ok, regular Norm) making such beautiful projects that almost anyone would want in their home. And Norm made it look sooo easy! Of course, nothing is as easy as it looks on television. But that didn’t matter because I had been bitten by the “I can build that….” bug. Continue reading Homage
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There are a lot of things to consider when buying lumber for your woodworking projects, and cost is certainly one of them. There are many ways to buy lumber, and the way that you choose will depend on how much time and money you want to spend on getting the lumber ready for your project. Continue reading Lumber Costs If you are a new woodworker or are interested in trying your hand at woodworking, you may be wondering what tools you should start out with? With so many tools on the market today it is hard to know what you should spend your hard earned money on. There are certain fundamental basic tools that everyone should start out with in their shop. Continue reading New Woodworker Tools So you’ve decided to get start learning woodworking. But you are not sure where or how you should start. Maybe you’ve seen those guys on TV make some really cool stuff and you want to be able to do the same. That’s how I got started anyway. The problem is that you probably don’t have enough tools or experience to even come close to being able to do those kind of projects. So where do you start? Well….. Continue reading Learning Woodworking |
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