Nova Galaxi DVR Upgrade

So I went and did it. I sold my General International midi lathe, but of course after close to three months without turning, I could not just sit there and do flat work. My sanity would have been jeopardized. I turned around to what I hope will be my last lathe. The Nova Galaxi DVR....

On a different note…

I know that this post is not related to woodworking, but I just thought it a good idea to share something that animates me. We will all be affected by cancer in one way or another during our life, and contributing something to that cause has been one of my objectives for quite some time....

Gift project, napkin rings

Gift idea: Making napkin rings out of wood

Wooden Chess Board and Set, Dividers

Making dividers for the drawers

Bandsaw Box

They call those bandsaw boxes, but anyone who has built them knows they should be called sandpaper boxes. Or bleeding knuckles boxes. I tend to collect wood, I must confess. I let it sit there on a shelf until I have an idea of a specific project for a specific piece. About two years ago,...

Hit the jackpot last summer!

Free wood is any woodworker's candy. But finding one of nature's gem AND realizing it is free is incomparable. Last summer, the city started doing some major repair work to a park behind my home. The employees felled a number of trees that had grown dangerous, and as I walked by one of them on...

Buying Quality Tools

When I moved into my house some 12 years ago, I was just a pen pusher. But my passion for musky and pike fishing had always had me dream of making my own fishing lures. Then, I bought a lathe. No one had warned me that a lathe should be the last tool one buys,...

Woodworking and Gardening Project: Raised Garden Bed #2

When the construction glue was dry, I proceeded to add cross sections of 2×4 to support the soil. Then, I used galvanized rabbit warren fencing for the bottom of the bed. I cut it to size and covered it with two layers of gardening textile. I could then start putting in the soil.  This bed...

Woodworking/gardening project: Raised garden bed

I am not a gardener, but an avid woodworker. I am also an avid cook, and having a summer supply of fresh herbs (especially mint for the mojitos by the barbecue!) is something I always appreciate. With recent changes in the design of my patio, I thought it time to make the raised garden bed...

Woodworking/landscaping project: Garden Archway #2

The weather has not been too stable here lately, except for the steadiness of having showers each day. Hence the garden archway project did not evolve all that much for quite some time (at least in the perspective of one who is used to finishing projects fairly rapidly as there is always another one waiting)....