Airframer's Blog Archive

• Hand Tool Journey #46: Stanley 244 Miter Box Resto-. My gawd did I ever F up! - 06-14-2021 08:49 PM | 6 comments

  I was reading back through this blog last night (I was bored ok?) And remembered that I was in th...

• Around The Shop.. #5: Organizing the new shop.. Hanging Tools up Finally! - 06-09-2021 06:24 AM | 7 comments

  It’s been a busy couple of days here in the shop. I am trying to get all my tools in a spo...

• Around The Shop.. #4: Space is Clean! Time to get organized! - 06-07-2021 07:42 AM | 5 comments

  Well today was a pretty productive day in the “new” shop space. I was able to get th...

• Around The Shop.. #3: 5 yrs later. Let's catch up a bit... - 06-06-2021 04:06 PM | 5 comments

  Well it’s been a busy and chaotic few years since I last posted about my new shop. Would l...

• Around The Shop.. #2: 1200sqft Barn Shop Setup ..part 1 - 09-09-2016 01:54 AM | 11 comments

  Well.. It has been a while since my last blog post and wanted to catch everyone up on what’...

• Tool Cabinet Build #23: Making Trim for the Drawers... - 06-19-2015 02:33 AM | 10 comments

  I took some time today to experiment with making some trim for the drawers. All in all I’d...

• Tool Cabinet Build #22: Drawers Part 2.. Mostly done. - 06-15-2015 02:12 AM | 8 comments

  This weekend was fairly productive. Saturday morning I set out to get the rest of the drawers do...

• Tool Cabinet Build #21: Starting on the drawers.. - 06-10-2015 02:08 AM | 12 comments

  Today was a day of first for me. I have never made a drawer and I have never cut half blind dove...

• Tool Cabinet Build #20: Doors Complete and Hung! - 06-08-2015 03:06 AM | 16 comments

  I really had thought I had updated this blog since the last one… sorry about that. Since...

• Tool Cabinet Build #19: Starting On The Box Doors.. Plus Bonus Dovetail Tool Mod - 04-23-2015 02:58 AM | 7 comments

  This week has been all about getting the door frames dovetailed together for the box style front ...

• Tool Cabinet Build #18: Saw Till and Tambours Finally Finished! - 04-13-2015 03:00 AM | 8 comments

  We had some nice weather today so the shop door was opened and sanding and finishing of the secon...

• Tool Cabinet Build #17: Saw Till and Tambours #3... - 04-11-2015 01:29 AM | 5 comments

  A lot has happened since the last update just nothing that looks like much of anything has been d...

• Tool Cabinet Build #16: Saw Till and Tambours Part Deux.. - 04-09-2015 01:33 AM | 7 comments

  I made more progress on the saw till Yesterday. At this point I can call t...

• Tool Cabinet Build #15: Saw Till and Tambours Oh My! - 04-07-2015 02:29 AM | 3 comments

  I had to put on the breaks this morning just before I started working on the doors some more. I ...

• Tool Cabinet Build #14: Cabinet Doors #1 - 04-04-2015 01:45 AM | 7 comments

  Welp, today I got started on the doors for the cabinet. First though while the wife and I were a...

• Tool Cabinet Build #13: Getting Back At It... - 04-03-2015 02:28 AM | 3 comments

  Aside from this being the second longest build on LJ’s next to Stef’s workbench build...

• Childs Play #6: Small Tool Chest #2.. Done Just Need to Finish.. - 12-20-2014 05:33 AM | 7 comments

  I am not exactly sure how I pulled this off in 8 days but I have finished up the build portion of...

• Childs Play #5: Small Tool Chest.. Case and Bottom Skirt.. - 12-13-2014 03:34 AM | 6 comments

  With the tools for Christmas I wanted to give him something to hold them all in. That means some...

• Childs Play #4: Toy Handplane Build #4.... Finishing Up The Handplane - 12-13-2014 03:12 AM | 4 comments

  I just wanted to wrap up this build blog with a few pics from the last few steps before completio...

• Childs Play #3: Toy Handplane Build #3.... Frogs and Totes Oh My! - 12-02-2014 03:21 AM | 7 comments

  I have taken some long over due time off of work this week and am taking advantage of it as much ...

• Childs Play #2: Toy Handplane Build #2... Drill Press Turning and Stuff.. - 11-23-2014 11:15 PM | 6 comments

  I had hoped to be further along on this by now but progress is still progress I suppose. I am ta...

• Childs Play #1: Toy Handplane Build #1... Getting Started.. - 11-12-2014 04:07 AM | 9 comments

  After finishing up the boys workbench I figured a workbench is no good if you don’t have an...

• Hand Tool Journey #45: Just A Quick Distraction.. Kids Handsaw Build #1 - 10-13-2014 09:28 PM | 5 comments

  As I am smack in the middle of a workbench build for my 16 month old and we are currently waitin...

• Kids Workbench Build #10: Leg Vise Nearly Done... - 10-05-2014 11:42 PM | 8 comments

  This was a fairly productive weekend. We were able to get mostly finished with the leg vise. On...

• Kids Workbench Build #9: Wagons(vise) Ho! - 09-27-2014 08:14 PM | 2 comments

  Hiya, Last week was all about the leg vise and this week I focused my efforts on the wagon vis...

• Kids Workbench Build #8: Getting Started On The Vises... - 09-22-2014 02:42 AM | 15 comments

  Well, now that we have legs and about 99% of the vise parts have arrived I felt the need to get s...

• Kids Workbench Build #7: Legs Done.. On To The End Caps.. - 09-14-2014 09:10 PM | 8 comments

  Today we finished up the back 2 splayed legs. Now we have a tiny bench like appliance in the sho...

• Kids Workbench Build #6: It Has Legs!! Well... Two Of Them.. - 09-08-2014 02:43 AM | 9 comments

  Yet another weekend and yet another couple days of shop time with the boy working on his bench. ...

• Kids Workbench Build #5: Glue Ups and Legs! - 08-31-2014 06:42 PM | 4 comments

  The latest news in this saga are some final glueups on the top and getting the legs glued up as w...

• Kids Workbench Build #4: Work on the top continues... - 08-24-2014 10:01 PM | 3 comments

  When you have the attention span of a 1 year old things move a bit slow.. good thing the boy keep...

• Kids Workbench Build #3: Things are starting to come together now. - 08-16-2014 06:15 PM | 6 comments

  My new apprentice is visiting his grandma this morning so I took advantage of the time to get the...

• Kids Workbench Build #2: Glue ups are more adventurous with a youngin' involved.. - 08-11-2014 11:33 PM | 5 comments

  Just a quick update today. The boy and I got outside for a quick (that was the plan anyway) glu...

• Kids Workbench Build #1: The silliest of stuff is always worth doing right? - 08-10-2014 08:19 PM | 11 comments

  Over the past month or so my 15 month old son has been following me into the shop to “Help&...

• Hand Tool Journey #44: Stanley SW #358 Miter Box Restoration #10.. Calling it Done! - 08-03-2014 03:03 AM | 12 comments

  So… the box is finished as far as the restoration is concerned. The saw still needs sharpe...

• Hand Tool Journey #43: Stanley SW #358 Miter Box Restoration #9... Saw Handle So Far.. - 07-30-2014 02:48 AM | 5 comments

  I am not quite as far along as I had hoped I would be by now (I really wanted this wrapped up las...

• Hand Tool Journey #42: Stanley SW #358 Miter Box Restoration #8...Getting a handle on things.. - 07-21-2014 01:39 AM | 5 comments

  Moving forward with the saw restoration.. The original tote on this saw is usable but ugly and...

• Hand Tool Journey #41: Stanley SW #358 Miter Box Restoration #7... Cleaned Up The Saw Plate.. Is This Worth Saving? - 07-19-2014 10:54 PM | 8 comments

  I am going to present this question to the group. Saw restoration and sharpening is not an area ...

• Hand Tool Journey #40: Stanley SW #358 Miter Box Restoration #6... Assembly! Long Winded and A Ton of Pics.. - 07-14-2014 03:54 AM | 16 comments

  (Inhales deeply) OK, lets get this going. Warning up front to anyone NOT curious about how on...

• Hand Tool Journey #39: Stanley SW #358 Miter Box Restoration #5... Final Touches Before Assembly.. - 07-13-2014 03:47 AM | 6 comments

  I might have had time today to completely assemble this but I wouldn’t have had time to tak...

• Hand Tool Journey #38: Stanley SW #358 Miter Box Restoration #4... Made Some Sawdust Today.. - 07-06-2014 03:12 AM | 6 comments

  I finally got off my arse and bagged up and labeled all the parts to clear off the bench top. Ne...

• Hand Tool Journey #37: Stanley SW #358 Miter Box Restoration #3... Tape Bending and Paint - 07-03-2014 04:11 AM | 4 comments

  We found out this week that Grandma is not going to be in town next week so we arranged for her t...

• Hand Tool Journey #36: Stanley SW #358 Miter Box Restoration #2... Partapalooza! - 06-30-2014 02:11 AM | 10 comments

  Well it took a week to get to it but I finally have everything clean and ready for masking and pa...

• Hand Tool Journey #35: Stanley SW #358 Miter Box Restoration #1.. Here we go again.. - 06-23-2014 03:21 AM | 5 comments

  This is a project that has been waiting long enough. I actually started tearing down this one mo...

• Hand Tool Journey #34: Stanley SW #246 Miter Box Restoration #7.. Done Finally.. - 06-21-2014 06:12 PM | 21 comments

  I finally finished my SW #246 Mitre Box. I still need to sharpen the saw up but everything is cl...

• Hand Tool Journey #33: Stanley SW #246 Miter Box Restoration #6.. Well Frack.. - 05-01-2014 12:23 AM | 5 comments

  So…. yesterday we stopped short of filling the stray hole and redrilling. Today I went abo...

• Hand Tool Journey #32: Stanley SW #246 Miter Box Restoration #6..Metal Fabbin it Up in Here.. - 04-29-2014 11:31 PM | 8 comments

  So yesterday we left off with a clean and reassembled mitre box with a few missing accompaniments...

• Hand Tool Journey #31: Stanley SW #246 Miter Box Restoration #5.. All Cleaned Up Just Waiting On Missing Parts.. - 04-28-2014 05:16 PM | 15 comments

  I spent the day yesterday putting Humpty Dumpty back together again. I brought everything inside...

• Hand Tool Journey #30: Stanley SW #246 Miter Box Restoration #4.. Watching Paint Dry and Other Things.. - 04-27-2014 12:30 AM | 6 comments

  I have been lucky the last couple days with a few hours of shop time and good weather (a combo th...

• Hand Tool Journey #29: Stanley SW #246 Miter Box Restoration #3.. Deck is good to go.. - 04-22-2014 11:52 PM | 3 comments

  Progress today was slow but eventful. I mainly only have time in the morning during the boys mor...

• Hand Tool Journey #28: Stanley SW #246 Miter Box Restoration #2.. Tear Down.. - 04-21-2014 09:07 PM | 7 comments

  Late last night while waiting for Game of Thrones to come on (don’t judge me!) I spend a c...

• Hand Tool Journey #27: Stanley SW #246 Miter Box Restoration #1.. What have we got here? - 04-21-2014 03:47 PM | 8 comments

  Just received a Sweetheart era #246 Miter Box. It is in decent working order but really needs a ...

• Hand Tool Journey #26: Hand Tool Journey #25: Repairing my Stanley #19 Block Plane No.2.. - 01-01-2014 05:08 PM | 4 comments

  This morning I checked and the epoxy was cured so I went about cutting off the rod.. Then ...

• Hand Tool Journey #25: Repairing my Stanley #19 Block Plane No.1.. - 01-01-2014 03:40 AM | 10 comments

  This week I started restoring my what I thought was a Stanley #18 block plane that turned out to ...

• Hand Tool Journey #24: Carvers Vise #3 - 12-15-2013 01:34 AM | 4 comments

  OK. Been a bit since I did some work on this but today I FINALLY found some shop time to get mor...

• TheIdiotGaloot.com #1: Your Basic Tool Kit..What is in it and Where to get them.. - 11-29-2013 09:09 PM | 3 comments

  I have kicked off our first series in getting down to the basics. This post covers what exactly ...

• TheIdiotGaloot.Com ... Yet another woodworking blog launched.. - 11-28-2013 04:50 PM | 2 comments

  Nothing special here but I finally decided to graduate into an independent woodworking blog. I h...

• Hand Tool Journey #23: Carvers Vise #2 - 11-24-2013 08:32 PM | 6 comments

  Late last night I ended with some small boards getting glued into larger boards. Well this mor...

• Hand Tool Journey #22: Carvers Vise #1 - 11-24-2013 07:29 AM | 11 comments

  This is something I have been planning on building for a few months now. I have been putting it ...

• Tool Cabinet Build #12: Aww Crap... Gonna need help hiding this mistake... - 11-14-2013 02:27 PM | 18 comments

  Well, this morning I had an “Aww Piss” moment over my morning coffee. I was sittin...

• Tool Cabinet Build #11: Tonguing and Grooving The Night Away... - 11-14-2013 03:21 AM | 4 comments

  So I finally finished cleaning up and installing the missing parts for my #45 and couldn’t ...

• Tool Cabinet Build #10: Tambour and Rabbets... Oh My.. - 11-12-2013 03:57 PM | 10 comments

  The glue is dry on the canvas backs for the tambour doors. Pulled them out of the jig yesterday ...

• Tool Cabinet Build #9: Tambour Part 3.. - 11-11-2013 12:43 AM | 9 comments

  I was able to squeak in a few hours of shop time today so I finally got back to work on the tool ...

• Tool Cabinet Build #8: Starting To Take Shape Now.. - 10-26-2013 08:31 PM | 7 comments

  It has taken longer than I had hoped to get an update here but I wanted to wait till I had some t...

• Tool Cabinet Build #7: Refocusing, Reorganizing and Sliding Dovetails.. - 09-23-2013 04:55 PM | 8 comments

  I realized yesterday morning that I was getting way ahead of myself trying to make the saw till w...

• Tool Cabinet Build #6: Tambour Part 2.. - 09-22-2013 03:31 AM | 3 comments

  Today started out really productive but life intervened and production tapered off in the after n...

• Tool Cabinet Build #5: Tool Layout and Tambour Doors 1.. - 09-21-2013 05:30 AM | 16 comments

  Had an unexpected early day at work today (which was nice after nearly 2 weeks of 15+ hour days) ...

• Tool Cabinet Build #4: 3 down 1 gluing plus a Bonus Handtool Tip of The Day... - 09-17-2013 05:13 PM | 8 comments

  Over the last couple of days before and after work I have had an assembly line of sorts going on ...

• Tool Cabinet Build #3: Makin' Sawdust Finally... - 09-16-2013 04:22 AM | 9 comments

  I spent the weekend cleaning up the mess left from my workbench build and this evening I got star...

• Tool Cabinet Build #2: Design Solidified Finally... - 09-14-2013 06:55 AM | 10 comments

  This morning before work I finally got a plan together for this cabinet. It hits all the design ...

• Around The Shop.. #1: Sharpening Station Build #1 - 09-05-2013 04:17 AM | 5 comments

  A while back I purchased some whetstones from LV. Up till now I have been doing the scary sharp ...

• Tool Cabinet Build #1: The Beginning Stages.. Plans and Poplar.. - 08-31-2013 03:15 AM | 9 comments

  Well, now that my workbench is finished I can finally start on some badly needed tool storage and...

• Workbench Build #44: Dog Holes and The Sliding Deadman - 08-26-2013 03:19 AM | 5 comments

  Last night after flattening the bench I couldn’t wait any longer to get some holes drilled ...

• Workbench Build #43: Finishing the Base and Flattening the top.... - 08-25-2013 01:17 AM | 7 comments

  I FINALLY found enough free time between work shifts to get the back 2 legs and side stretchers a...

• Workbench Build #42: Attaching the Base #1.. - 08-22-2013 03:14 PM | 9 comments

  I got started attaching the base to the top last night. Only got about halfway through it becaus...

• Workbench Build #41: Leg Vise #2.. Another Item Off The List... - 08-20-2013 03:45 PM | 7 comments

  Once the chop was shaped it was time to get started attaching the hardware to it and making some ...

• Workbench Build #40: Leg Vise #1.. Started the Chop... - 08-17-2013 04:15 AM | 9 comments

  Today was almost a wash. Had errands to run this morning and the boy had a Dr appointment this a...

• Workbench Build #39: Stretchers and Shelf - 08-16-2013 08:11 AM | 5 comments

  Now that I have a list I suppose I have no excuse not to at least attempt to finish this thing. ...

• Workbench Build #38: Final Assembly of the Top... - 08-11-2013 05:34 AM | 9 comments

  I couldn’t wait till tomorrow to put the top together. This did not go without it’s ...

• Workbench Build #37: Finishing up the Toolwell... All downhill from here.. I think.. - 08-10-2013 09:34 PM | 12 comments

  We last ended with the second dovetail and the end caps mortised for the tool well ends. After a...

• Workbench Build #36: Back at it.. Fitting the Tool Well... - 08-05-2013 08:13 PM | 12 comments

  Well, now that I am done distracting myself with mallets, saw benches and cleaning it is time to ...

• Hand Tool Journey #21: New Mallet No. 3.. Advise Needed.. - 07-31-2013 07:49 PM | 14 comments

  I had a bunch of errands to run today which have kept me out of the shop. I just now had a chanc...

• Hand Tool Journey #20: New Mallet No. 2 - 07-30-2013 08:09 PM | 3 comments

  Spent the night in with the family last night. Which was fine because I wanted to let the glue s...

• Hand Tool Journey #19: New Mallet No. 1 - 07-29-2013 09:20 PM | 4 comments

  A few months ago I made a simple mallet out of an oak cut off and a 1” dowel. It has done ...

• Workbench Build #35: Endcap Part Deux.... - 07-26-2013 09:10 PM | 6 comments

  Now that the wagon vise is sorted out and functioning quite well I might add (am having too much ...

• Workbench Build #34: Wagon Vise is Alive! - 07-24-2013 10:07 AM | 8 comments

  Well, after the setback I spent most of this morning and a few hours after work finishing this up...

• Workbench Build #33: Going Backwards Again.. But for a Good Cause.. - 07-22-2013 08:40 PM | 8 comments

  Last night a fellow LJ asked a question that had me pondering all night at work. He asked why on...

• Workbench Build #32: Wagon Vise Cont'd...Again... - 07-21-2013 08:16 PM | 7 comments

  Well, I didn’t get as far as I had hoped yesterday but progress was made… I final...

• Workbench Build #31: Wagon Vise Cont'd...... - 07-20-2013 06:32 AM | 17 comments

  So, we left off with this pile of steel waiting to be turned into a wagon vise… I st...

• Workbench Build #30: Wagon Vise Build is a Go Finally.. - 07-19-2013 08:40 AM | 10 comments

  This has been a relatively slow week build wise. I had a series of 15 hour nights at work which ...

• Workbench Build #29: Finishing one endcap and cutting my first dovetails.. - 07-14-2013 05:57 PM | 5 comments

  Yesterday started with the bench side of the Toolwell. I glued up the back wall the night before...

• Workbench Build #28: End Caps and Tool Well Started.. Two Steps Forward and Whatnot.. - 07-13-2013 12:43 PM | 4 comments

  Well, yesterday was almost a wash. The day started strong. I got everything setup to rip the ben...

• Workbench Build #27: Top Trimming and Prepping for the Deadman.. - 07-11-2013 05:08 AM | 6 comments

  First things first I trimmed the tenons that I left long flush with the top. My HF flush cut saw ...

• Workbench Build #26: Standing on it's own 4 legs... - 07-08-2013 05:59 AM | 7 comments

  Time for some catch up and an update. Most of you who follow the workbench thread on the forum h...

• Workbench Build #25: Forward Progress finally... Top Glue Up done and Legs started.. - 06-08-2013 06:27 PM | 7 comments

  So, it has been a few months since I have done any work on the bench. I think I needed a mental...

• Hand Tool Journey #18: Shop Made Dovetail Layout Compass.. Part 6.. Project Complete! - 06-02-2013 09:33 PM | 1 comment

  Just wanted to post a completed update to this chapter of the blog. Thanks for following along!

• Changing Table Build.. #5: Done! Kinda... - 05-18-2013 03:50 AM | 0 comments

  Annnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnd I think it’s done. It still needs a coat of wax but other than th...

• Changing Table Build.. #4: Nearly There...Plus My First hand cut Mortise and Tenon joints - 05-17-2013 06:09 AM | 4 comments

  Trucking right along here. The bulk of tonight’s work was trimming the table top and carvi...

• Changing Table Build.. #3: Coming along now.. - 05-16-2013 11:56 PM | 7 comments

  I made a lot of progress yesterday. I was able to finish up both side panels and today after wor...

• Changing Table Build.. #2: Now time for something completely different.. - 05-15-2013 05:56 PM | 8 comments

  OK, so the original plan has hit some bumps and our DR has moved our due date up to this Sunday s...

• Hand Tool Journey #17: Shop Made Dovetail Layout Compass.. Part 5.. Bring Out Your Rasps! - 05-12-2013 05:18 PM | 12 comments

  Happy Mothers Day! Just a quick update this morning. I had planned on keeping this update til...

• Hand Tool Journey #16: Shop Made Dovetail Layout Compass.. Part 4.. Almost There.. - 05-12-2013 04:05 AM | 10 comments

  Well I have a fully functioning Layout Compass now :D. All that is left is to do the shaping of ...

• Hand Tool Journey #15: Shop Made Dovetail Layout Compass.. Part 3 - 05-10-2013 09:52 PM | 8 comments

  I’m pretty excited right now. I just finished attaching the legs to the hinge and so far n...

• Hand Tool Journey #14: Shop Made Dovetail Layout Compass.. Part 2 - 05-10-2013 03:17 PM | 7 comments

  Just a quick update.. I see a lot of views but no feedback.. I’m beginning to think this i...

• Hand Tool Journey #13: Shop Made Dovetail Layout Compass.. Part 1 - 05-10-2013 04:27 AM | 0 comments

  OK, so after my successful handle replacement I have the confidence to try something I have wante...

• Hand Tool Journey #12: Crown Handle Replacement Surgery Done! - 05-07-2013 08:11 PM | 7 comments

  Just finished it up and thought I would share a few more in progress pics that didn’t make ...

• Hand Tool Journey #11: Crown Handle Replacement Surgery.. - 05-07-2013 01:35 AM | 12 comments

  As mentioned in my Workbench Blog I was planning to replace the gents style handle on my 8”...

• Workbench Build #24: Getting Ready To Cut Some Dovetails.. - 05-06-2013 05:29 PM | 12 comments

  Ok, so I got a little distracted with getting my hand plane assortment ready for work. I still ...

• Changing Table Build.. #1: Getting Started - 04-20-2013 04:13 PM | 4 comments

  About a week ago my wife and mother were out thrift store shopping when they came across an old r...

• Hand Tool Journey #10: Stanley SW #3C Rehab.. Done! - 04-08-2013 03:26 AM | 17 comments

  FINALLY! I recieved my replacement SW frog on Friday and went to work getting it cleaned up and ...

• Workbench Build #23: Where we are at since last update... - 04-03-2013 02:32 AM | 2 comments

  OK, so I haven’t had much progress going on since my last update other than finishing up th...

• Hand Tool Journey #9: Stanley SW #3C Rehab.. The During Continued.. - 04-02-2013 04:25 AM | 5 comments

  I am down to waiting on paint to dry with this restoration. Here is a quick breakdown of todays ...

• Hand Tool Journey #8: Stanley SW #3C Rehab.. The During - 04-01-2013 03:03 PM | 2 comments

  Since my last blog post on my #3C rehab I got everything broken down and soaking. I haven’...

• Hand Tool Journey #7: Stanley SW #3C Rehab.. The Before - 03-31-2013 07:43 PM | 7 comments

  I picked up a Stanley no 3C on eBay last week for a whopping $10. It looked rough in the pics an...

• Workbench Build #22: Rough Plan For The Base.. Opinions Needed.. - 03-12-2013 07:00 AM | 17 comments

  Well, I bit the bullet and finally installed Sketchup. I am very far from proficient at it but I...

• Workbench Build #21: Leveling.. Well.. Evening The Top.. - 03-11-2013 02:05 AM | 10 comments

  More progress on the top today. I finally found a full day off of work to spend a good amount of...

• Workbench Build #20: Laminating The Top 2.. - 03-06-2013 02:06 AM | 8 comments

  Sorry about the blog spam today but….. It. Has. Started! FINALLY! I set up my saw hor...

• Workbench Build #19: Clean up and Reset.. Laminating the top Part 1 - 03-05-2013 05:23 PM | 3 comments

  Not much “Progress” over the last couple days unless you consider a good cleaning of ...

• Workbench Build #18: Finishing up The Moxon! - 03-04-2013 02:06 AM | 4 comments

  I banished myself to the shop today in an effort to finally finish up the Moxon vise build for th...

• Workbench Build #17: More Moxon... Finally doing some glue ups.. - 03-03-2013 05:19 AM | 5 comments

  I finally got off my arse and started to finish up this Moxon vise. I really can’t wait to...

• Hand Tool Journey #6: Handplane Madness.. And a New Saw - 02-27-2013 06:58 PM | 7 comments

  It has been a while since I updated my tool blog and it is high time I did. There have been a fe...

• Workbench Build #16: New Crank Handles... - 02-27-2013 12:50 AM | 3 comments

  After finishing up one of the hand cranks for the Moxon vise I realized that the poor excuse of a...

• Workbench Build #15: Moxon 3.. Almost done.. I think.. - 02-25-2013 02:47 AM | 8 comments

  So, have you ever wondered how to plane a large piece of wood for a work bench without a workben...

• Workbench Build #14: Moxon 2... Adventures in wooden Handwheels - 02-24-2013 12:31 AM | 8 comments

  The last update was pretty brief and short of details so I hope to make up for it with this one. ...

• Workbench Build #13: Moxon In Work... The vise to help build the bench. - 02-22-2013 01:52 PM | 0 comments

  Just a quick update before I leave for work. I was trying to clean up one of the legs last night...

• Workbench Build #12: First real issue.. Suggestions needed - 02-21-2013 02:37 AM | 11 comments

  I finally got fed up with tripping over things and wading through a sea of saw dust last night. ...

• Workbench Build #11: Wagon Vise Hardware..Mostly Done.. - 02-19-2013 01:51 AM | 4 comments

  Spent the day piecing together and cutting iron for the wagon vise hardware and skid. As I had m...

• Workbench Build #10: Finished cutting the top and started planning out the wagon vise.. - 02-17-2013 11:25 PM | 6 comments

  FINALLY! Finished rough dimensioning of the wood for the top. In the process have become good f...

• Workbench Build #9: Finally Making Saw Dust! - 02-17-2013 01:52 AM | 4 comments

  After a bit of hemming and hawing over how to rip this wood to size and exactly what size to rip ...

• Hand Tool Journey #5: Building My Beginning Set.. How am I doing so far? - 02-12-2013 06:19 AM | 1 comment

  When I last left you guys I had mentioned that I had “few” tools incoming from fleab...

• Workbench Build #8: Leg Vise Hardware Finished.. - 02-10-2013 07:16 PM | 3 comments

  I spent the morning at the drill press working my way up 1/16” at a time from 1/4” up...

• Workbench Build #7: Picked up the last pieces of the puzzle today.. - 02-09-2013 08:37 PM | 5 comments

  I visited my local orange store today and picked up the materials for the base. I am using 4...

• Workbench Build #6: What have I got myself into! Oak Delivered Today.. - 02-08-2013 02:16 AM | 10 comments

  It was an exciting day here at the Airframer household… While I was at work my wife wadd...

• Hand Tool Journey #4: I have officially fallen down the rabbit hole.. and the Misses has followed me! - 02-07-2013 01:41 AM | 1 comment

  It’s handtoolapalooza! Day before yesterday my wife finally read through some of my blog...

• Workbench Build #5: I've Got Wood! - 02-06-2013 02:20 AM | 3 comments

  I was on the phone with that lumber yard just down the street this morning just asking if they co...

• Workbench Build #4: More work on the vise plus a failed trip to the local mill... - 02-04-2013 05:52 AM | 3 comments

  This morning I went over to my bosses house so we could weld up the bolt bracket for the leg vise...

• Hand Tool Journey #3: One down.. and the next set of victims - 02-04-2013 04:11 AM | 5 comments

  I am not much of a fan of football so today’s game I could give fewer you know whats about....

• Hand Tool Journey #2: Planes, Pains and Automobiles.. - 02-03-2013 08:50 AM | 8 comments

  As I mentioned in the first post of this series. I already own 1 hand plane. It is a Buck Bros ...

• Workbench Build #3: It begins....Kinda - 02-02-2013 12:53 AM | 3 comments

  Ok, so after tossing around some overly complex ideas and trying to reinvent the wheel I have fi...

• Hand Tool Journey #1: Making the Hand Tool Commitment - 01-31-2013 05:57 AM | 9 comments

  So as I plan out my first “Real” workbench I have read dozens of articles, forum thre...

• Workbench Build #2: Styrofoam Modeling.... - 01-30-2013 05:22 AM | 9 comments

  Work has kept me pretty busy this week and I haven’t had time to do a proper sketch of the ...

• Workbench Build #1: Design Requirements - 01-28-2013 04:04 PM | 2 comments

  After doing some reading here and spending some time in my shop I have come to the realization th...

• Drill Press Hold Downs #4: Light at the end of the tunnel and new challanges - 01-26-2013 04:18 PM | 9 comments

  I was finally able to get the clamps finished up and ready for use. All that is left now is to i...

• Drill Press Hold Downs #3: The Scroll Saw Learning Curve... - 01-22-2013 08:10 PM | 1 comment

  I got up early today so I could tackle getting these guys cut out and onto the sanding drum for f...

• Drill Press Hold Downs #2: Forstner Firsts.. - 01-22-2013 05:55 AM | 0 comments

  Picking up where I left off on the last post. I now have a solid block of laminated hard woods a...

• Drill Press Hold Downs #1: The beginning..aka Adventures with glue.. - 01-22-2013 05:28 AM | 0 comments

  This is kinda a funny story. I had finished up my simple little drill press table and needed a s...

• Drill Press Accessories Organizer - 01-21-2013 09:32 PM | 1 comment

  Well I posted the finished project already but thought I would expand on the build with a blog po...

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