Category Archives: Projects

January 29, 2012
10:05 pm
by: Torch02

Arts & Crafts Bookshelf – Designing

A few weeks ago, Michelle mentioned that she wanted a new cabinet for the kitchen to keep all her cookbooks. So as a bit of a warm-up project in my new shop, I offered to build her one. I decided I wanted … Continue reading →

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January 22, 2012
4:49 pm
by: Torch02

Planning the New Year

If you’ve been reading this blog for any time, you’l know that I’m terrible with deadlines or timeliness, at least when it comes to woodworking and blogging. So a mere three weeks into the new year, I have my 2011 … Continue reading →

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November 16, 2011
9:01 pm
by: Torch02

Turn for Troops 2011

This past Saturday I visited my local Woodcraft to participate in “Turn for Troops” as part of Veterans’ Day Weekend. I’ve never jabbed a sharp rod into spinning wood turned before, but I had an inkling that I might enjoy … Continue reading →

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September 28, 2011
7:54 pm
by: Torch02

Gottshall Block 2: Electric Boogaloo

If you follow the Popular Woodworking Editors’ Blog, you might remember Bob Lang writing a series of posts about a hand tool exercise called the Gottshall Block. The block is an exercise in layout and handwork, the idea being to … Continue reading →

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July 24, 2011
9:52 pm
by: Torch02

Planning the Shop Floor

The next step in building up a shop in the garage is to put in a wood floor. The floor will server two purposes: 1) provide a more comfortable surface to stand/work on, and 2) provide some insulation against the … Continue reading →

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March 15, 2011
9:59 pm
by: Torch02

A Different Kind of Greene (& Greene) Woodworking

A few weekends ago I made a journey up to cozy Manchester, CT for quite the woodworking trip. The day started off quite well, with traffic allowing me to get from Northern Virginia through New Jersey in a scant four … Continue reading →

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January 2, 2011
12:14 am
by: Torch02

The Next Challenge – A Dovetail A Day

Several weeks ago I came across a one of Chris Schwarz’s blog posts where one of his reader’s had followed his path in cutting a dovetail joint each day. This struck me as a great idea for my crazy self-challenge of … Continue reading →

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November 5, 2010
1:50 am
by: Torch02

What Happened to the Fall?

Had everything gone according to Hoyle, you would have seen several posts over the past few weeks walking you through the steps as my Build Challenge entry was progressing. I did make some progress, such as roughing out the legs on … Continue reading →

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October 9, 2010
11:36 pm
by: Torch02

Layout and Dimensions

This has been a highly productive week, where I got shop time Monday (took the day off to recover from WIA), Friday afternoon, and today. Those shop sessions gave me enough time to prep and dimension almost all of the … Continue reading →

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September 26, 2010
9:35 pm
by: Torch02

Tick Marks to Templates

Design sketches – checks. Materials – check.  Now it was time for some serious shop time. For the complex curves that I had in several places on this piece, I knew I would need a few steps between my initial … Continue reading →

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