I finally made some progress on the New Yankee Workshop workbench

I started the workbench build back at the beginning of the year by cutting all the 2x4's down to length.  My wife bought me a

My new dado set

I installed my new 8" dado set into my Skilsaw 3410 contractor table saw today.  It turns out that the arbor will only accommodate 1/2"

The first thumb chair is done!

I finally finished the first thumb chair!  Why do these projects always seem to take so long? I forgot to put the pocket holes for

Table Saw Blade Selection

I went to Lowes yesterday to pick up a small detail sander with a gift card from my wife.  While I was there I took

Last minute Valentine’s present. A gift box!

Back in November of 2012 I picked up a few 1x6x24 1/2" thick boards so I could enter A Simple Design of Ocala's box making

Thumb Chair update

I was able to work on the thumb chair and it is progressing nicely. The plans call for 1x12's for the seat and back but my

Let’s make a thumb chair

There are several woodworking sites that I follow on Facebook and one of them is Ana White's.  She runs a DIY blog and gives out

Adventures in planing

I have never touched a block plane in my life.  I picked up a $10 one at Home Depot the other day so I broke

My first workbench

I was going through some files on my computer and found a couple of pictures from when I built my first workbench a couple of

The New Yankee Workshop workbench build has started!

I've been watching a lot of episodes of The New Yankee Workshop on YouTube lately and one of my favorites is their woodworking workbench.  I found