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Close Grain: Portable Workbench, part 3

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Woodworking in the digital age. Friday, September 3, 2010. Portable Workbench, part 3. Go back to part 2. Now that the workbench has been built, here's how to use it. Most people are more familiar with a bench that has some kind of built-in vise. Instead, this one uses a variety of simple work-holding methods. The dog holes and thick front skirt make it quite versatile. I highly recommend the Gramercy Tools holdfast. I also highly recommend the Veritas Wonder Dog. Ripping a piece to width, again with the...

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Close Grain: Building A Moxon Double-Screw Vise

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Woodworking in the digital age. Sunday, July 10, 2011. Building A Moxon Double-Screw Vise. My Moxon double-screw vise, based on Chris Schwarz's design. Chris Schwarz did several blog posts last year about building a version of Joseph Moxon's "double-screw vise". I immediately wanted to build one. He refined his initial design, resulting in an article in the December, 2010 issue of Popular Woodworking. I recently built a bench-on-bench. Another solution to the same problem. So why build this one? This map...

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Close Grain: Intro Hand Tools

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Woodworking in the digital age. Introduction (Skip to Table Of Contents). Welcome to the online version of my course, Introduction to Hand Tool Woodworking. This also serves as a supplement to the classroom course, which you can read about in this blog post: Fall 2011 Class: Intro Hand Tool Woodworking. The post also provides a little motivational background. Practice the basic skills separately. Once you're comfortable with them, you can integrate them into finished projects. This approach means...You a...

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Close Grain: Popular Woodworking University: Intro To Hand Tools

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Woodworking in the digital age. Friday, May 8, 2015. Popular Woodworking University: Intro To Hand Tools. Welcome to Intro To Hand Tools! I'm very excited to announce my new course at Popular Woodworking University. The new site for online classes from Popular Woodworking Magazine. The course is Intro To Hand Tools. For registration details and a 3-minute introductory video. The Fall 2015 session is now open, running through January 21. You can read some reviews of the now-completed first session here.

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Close Grain: Building A Gramercy Bow Saw

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Woodworking in the digital age. Wednesday, June 30, 2010. Building A Gramercy Bow Saw. Wow, summer's here and the time is right for . everything! Too many things competing for too little time. I'm a little behind on posting projects here. Back when I ordered the Gramercy holdfasts for my Roubo workbench. I also ordered the parts to build one of their bow saws. This consists of the blades and brass pins. Joel has all the plans and instructions. Posted on the website. Checking the Woodery website, I finall...

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Close Grain: Apartment Workbench

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Woodworking in the digital age. Monday, December 23, 2013. When I was demonstrating at the Lie-Nielsen Hand Tool Event earlier this month. Talking to a number of people, I realized there's a whole class of potential woodworkers out there who are missing out due to some combination of severely limited space, funds, or skills. The prototypical example was the lady who was a grad student living in a tiny city apartment with her husband and knew nothing about hand tools. Introducing The Apartment Workbench.

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Close Grain: For Veterans

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Woodworking in the digital age. Captain Joseph O. Thornton, USMC. JOTMOST: Where Every Wednesday Is Veterans Day. My name is Steve Branam. I'm a software engineer and woodworking hobbyist in Ayer, MA. For the last several years I've been hearing a series of disturbing news reports on NPR. These concern the difficulties US veterans face when returning home: unemployment compounded by severe injuries, Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), and difficulty getting care. The stud...

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Close Grain: Habitat For Humanity: Nashua Children's Home

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Woodworking in the digital age. Sunday, July 24, 2011. Habitat For Humanity: Nashua Children's Home. This is a little different from my usual woodworking. It's more general construction and carpentry work than fine joinery. But it's still building stuff and learning. Our admin assistant at work had forwarded an email requesting volunteers from companies in the area to assist with a Habitat For Humanity. Project replacing the handicap ramp at Nashua Children's Home. Competitor before going off to MIT for ...

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Close Grain: Hand Tool Instruction

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Woodworking in the digital age. If you'd like an online video-based course on using hand tools, you can take my course Intro To Hand Tools. At Popular Woodworking University, the online class website for Popular Woodworking Magazine. A complete episode guide is available here. For those who live within driving distance of eastern Massachusetts, I offer four options for personal instruction. The schedule varies depending on venue. Click on these to jump to more detail below:. If you'd like to teach classe...