Not a lot has changed since 2021, relatively speaking. Many of the pain points I had then, I still have. But I have acquired a few new things that are proving useful and improving my work. Back wall now The back wall is almost completely...

I did a quick fix on my assembly/work/outfeed table, because it badly needed it. Most of the table worked fine, but the top … the top had problems. It’s only 3 years old, but it has developed a really nasty sag in the middle,...

I’ve wanted a jointer for a long time. Never bought one. The main reason for that was floor space. A floor model jointer needs a lot of space on either side to actually use, and typically it goes against a wall or behind another...

We recently had a home energy audit, prompted by a winter in which the downstairs (main floor) would be 10-15 degrees colder than the upstairs. The main takeaways from that were (A) my furnace, which was original to the house in 1997,...

Sorry, I couldn’t resist! So, recently I mentioned needing to find projects to use up my leftover wood pile. This is the first one: This is the cover page from Rex Krueger’s plans, which my mallet is based on. Rex goes into...

It’s a little late this year, I know. My excuse is that I was busy in November/December and the shop was never clean enough to do this. (Not that it’s pristine now, as far as that goes.) So, here is the good, the bad, and the...