Wood Craft
Civil War Footlocker
A friend is a Civil War reenactor. That means he spends his weekends putting on his Sargent’s uniform and going out to march, shoot, camp, and generally be miserable with his unit! You should check them out HERE. (If perhaps you don’t think these guys like being miserable, think about wearing all that wool for [...]
New Table Saw Revolutionizes Shop Safety
This new brand of table saw will be coming to my shop as soon as I can afford it. Amazing technology that ramps up the safety on what is perhaps the one, most dangerous tool in my shop. Watch the video – It’s amazing.
Handy and Green
What do these pictures have in common? The hat racks on the left began life as the redwood stays in a market umbrella just like this one on the right. I hate – literally HATE – to waste good wood. I think it’s a sin for any wood with life left to be thrown away, [...]
Antique Chairs
A set of six antique chairs; 75 – 100 years old; three generations in the family… in poor shape from a previous repair. A non-flexible, epoxy-type glue used some years ago wouldn’t allow the flex and give that these old, poplar chairs need. The old glue had broken and in some places, actually cracked the [...]
Civil War Breadboxes
Replica boxes that look identical to the pine boxes used to ship “hardtack” bread to Army units during the Civil War. One of the needs this client had (a Civil War Re-enactors Unit) was for boxes that looked authentic, yet had enough strength in their construction to be hauled around to outdoor events. These boxes [...]

