Woodworking in a Tiny Shop

5 min read 2023-01-06 01:29:00

2022 Review

First and foremost, let me wish everybody out there a happy, healthy and productive New Year.For me, 2022 didn't see as many woodworking projects as

3 min read 2022-12-23 06:41:00

There has not been a lot of carving out of my shop - just a few isolated instances. But I've long held that laying out lines properly and cutting

3 min read 2022-12-16 05:13:00

This past year I've done more in the shop with new-to-me tools than with building things. After the last several weeks of working with old tools, I

4 min read 2022-12-16 05:13:00

This past year I've done more in the shop with new-to-me tools than with building things. After the last several weeks of working with old tools, I

5 min read 2022-12-10 06:08:00

This post is as much a request for information as it is to document these two saws. If anybody knows something about these saws, please

6 min read 2022-12-05 03:31:00

Part 1 showed the workings of an E. C. Stearns portable saw filing vise. Today I have one by E. C. Atkins. This one was more difficult to figure

4 min read 2022-12-03 11:29:00

Along with the other tools that I recently bought in an auction lot were these two items that I'd never run across before - never knew such a thing

3 min read 2022-11-23 07:19:00

Sometimes in our crazy world there are simple acts of kindness that make all the difference. This is one such instance.I wrote about this saw a

3 min read 2022-11-18 12:29:00

At the recent PAST Tool Collectors show, I bid on and won a box of tools that included two Spofford patent braces. I've known about this type of

7 min read 2022-11-12 01:30:00

This saw was part of an auction lot that I bought at a recent tool meet by my local tool collectors organization, PAST Tool Collectors. Before the

4 min read 2022-11-04 02:47:00

Recently at a tool show put on by my local tool collectors group, PAST, there was an auction and I came home with a couple boxes of tools. One of

6 min read 2022-10-28 02:45:00

This post is about the hand crank grinder found recently at an estate sale. There was no maker name - that always bugs me. Seems to me that if

7 min read 2022-10-14 11:58:00

This North Bros. #233H Yankee Handyman screwdriver was the first tool I cleaned up from the items found at an estate sale a few weeks ago. This

5 min read 2022-10-06 23:14:00

Tool hunting has been very slow the last few years. But checking Craigslist once a week for promising garage or estate sales can pay off - you just

4 min read 2022-10-01 06:58:00

The previous post ended with a 12-sided bucket glued up and the top and bottom edges trued up.The glued-up bucketIt still needed a lid. The idea