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go devils
Hi: These small scrapers have other names, but I know them by the name of G0 Devils, because you can go like the devil with them. You can buy some really nice ones (rosewood and brass) from Veritas Tools, but I obviously made my own and that is what I am going to talk about today.…
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triangle stool
I’m headed up to the Greenwood Fest next month (Hosted by plymouthCRAFT), and have been dreading having to (maybe) stand up all day… my feet can’t handle it. So, I need a lightweight sit-upon that I can tote around. I thought that those folding triangular stools with the canvas or leather seats might just be…
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Shaving Horses
Not as my friends joke about.. shaving a horse, or a place to sit and shave myself. The shaving horse, schnitzelbank, zugstuhl, or whatever you want to call it is a very versatile work bench. I made mine way way back in ’84. It is modeled after several Bavarian style horses that I had seen.…
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Tapered reamers
Hi again! Did I mention I love making stuff? I do I really really do just love to make stuff, mostly out of wood. I also love the tools… I have too many of them. Long before I learned how to make Windsor chairs (from Mr. Michael Dunbar) I had read I needed a tapered…
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Workbenches
Where to start? Much has been said about workbenches… mostly about how great this or that type of workbench is. but seriously… what do you NEED? A workbench that bounces or “walks” when you use it, is adsorbing your efforts instead of your effort going into the work you are doing, making you work harder.…
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legs;
made some stool legs today: @ 12″ tall. made up a template. cut out on a band saw (beech wood). cleaned up on a sander (I have a 12″ disk and an OSS). Rails after lunch and I can think about finish this weekend. be well count your fingers
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looking for Green Woodworkers
Hi; this post isn’t going to be much at all. It’s just a shout into the abyss Looking for like minded people. It’s all about the wood. Green wood, and Green woodworking. Most of my career has been in large cabinet shops making huge orders of cabinets and plastic countertops. If I never have to…
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Sharpening
Hi again: so I think I will start with my take on sharpening (which I keep trying to spell with an extra “n”). Sharpening is easy, sharpening is simple, sharpening is an every day couple of minutes task, do not let anyone tell you otherwise. I have this theory that sharpening used to be done by…
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Hello world!
In the words of Kermit the Frog, “HELLO EVERY BODYYYYYYYY”! My name is Karl, also K, Kai Saerpren, Dusty, Lazy K, Karlton, “Hey you, wood guy”, etc. I make things out of wood, and I want a place to write about my woodworking. And talk about my woodworking and everything else I do. I don’t…
The Broken Tradition
my musings on woodworking and other things I do.