Synopsis: Robert Webb needed to house stereo and TV components, and so he decided to build a Craftsman-style cabinet. To allow sound and heat to escape—and remote-control signals to enter—he designed the doors with vertical spindles rather than solid panels. Instead of chopping lots of mortises into the rails, he cut grooves in the rails … Read more
Most us simply brush sawdust and shavings off the workbench and onto the floor, to be swept up later. To make things easier, I hung a kitty-litter bin on the underside of my bench, on a pair of simple, sliding supports. I sweep sawdust and shavings into it and push it back under the bench. … Read more
I’ve been a full-time woodworker since graduating from the Professional Crafts Program in Wood at Haywood Community College in Clyde, N.C., in 1980. I’ve made thousands of tables, benches, bookcases, rocking chairs, and accessories. One of my favorite items to make has been the three-legged stool. I’ve made well over a thousand of these over … Read more
When I know the exact number of degrees I need for an angled layout, I fit the protractor head onto my combination square. It works well enough, but the fine lines are hard to line up, and the blade on my square is just 12 in. long. This new Protractor T-Square from Woodpeckers solves those … Read more
Ben, Vic, and Amanda catch up, answer listener questions, and talk about how they’re wrapping up 2024.
Asked to describe himself, Steve Latta might say, “I represent the makers, the artisans, the craftsmen of our field. I’m a guy that worked really, really hard to gain mastery of an age-old skill in an era of automation.” His recent Baltimore card table in mahogany—with veneers including Carpathian burl, crotch walnut, plum pudding mahogany, … Read more
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