Hand Tool Woodworking Shop Notes

The embryonic stage of a classic six board chest. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chad-lemay/message

Three year olds don't care about woodworking. I make a nameplate for a co-worker. I also make a napkin holder. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chad-lemay/message

I made a thing in one afternoon! It's a wine caddy. Now I can hold a bottle of wine and two glasses with one hand, freeing up my other hand to do all kinds of activities. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chad-lemay/message

A lack of direction leads to dovetails and carving. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chad-lemay/message

I suddenly need a shooting board, so I build one out of twelve inch wide mahogany. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chad-lemay/message

I cut and fit my first half blind dovetails for the Shaker inspired serving tray. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chad-lemay/message

I put my apprentice through the paces on dimensioning stock for the next serving tray. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chad-lemay/message

Recap and stock prep for a run of cherry coozies. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chad-lemay/message

Recap of all the glorious work I have done. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chad-lemay/message

I finish the staked saw bench and start to make a pizza peel. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chad-lemay/message

I launch an Etsy shop and mangle my draw knife. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chad-lemay/message

I finish reaming the mortises and fit up one leg. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chad-lemay/message

I sort out the top and ream a mortis, maybe. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chad-lemay/message

I make cauls and dimensions stock. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chad-lemay/message

I get sharp and cut myself and dimension some stock. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chad-lemay/message

I work on updating our 6 foot ruler and finish a coozie. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chad-lemay/message

I tack up the latest bend, proving the latest method. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chad-lemay/message

I try to review what I have been doing and bend another coozie. Then I just screw around. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chad-lemay/message

First shop time since Christmas. New toys! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chad-lemay/message

I bent the sides yesterday and came sooo close to finishing up today. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chad-lemay/message

I completed the assembly of the shaker style box! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chad-lemay/message

I bend up another box, this time using a method of my design, and I get sharp. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chad-lemay/message

You try to make a shaker box. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chad-lemay/message

I think I finally know what sharp is. Also I bent and split a shaker style box, but this time I didn't have a kiniption(sp?) fit. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chad-lemay/message

I ruined a shaker style box and two tools, all at once. Should have stayed in bed. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chad-lemay/message

I fixed the boiling pot lid --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chad-lemay/message

I actually boil water successfully. I also manage to bend a shaker style box and tack up the sides. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chad-lemay/message

I try to make my boiling water boil. I start a new straight edge. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chad-lemay/message

I'm trying to make a straight edge out of mahogany. Update on the serving tray, and new burners for the Shaker box project. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chad-lemay/message

I bang out a finger template for the shaker style box. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chad-lemay/message

I put the finishing touches on the serving tray and bang out a shop appliance with some life changing wood. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chad-lemay/message

I put the final coat of finish on the serving tray and try to figure out the geometry of shaker box fingers. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chad-lemay/message

I resaw material to 3/16" and then I manage to put together a dovetail joint. Miraculous. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chad-lemay/message

I actually operate a power tool with success. I ground almost all my blades and honed two of them. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chad-lemay/message

I sharpen my gouge and start another ruler. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chad-lemay/message

I made 2 strops, and they're glorious. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chad-lemay/message

I can't believe I started and finished a project in one day. I made a box with no joinery for my wife. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chad-lemay/message

I finished the latest ruler and sharpened an old spokeshave. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chad-lemay/message

I cut the mortise for the nameplate and glued it in place. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chad-lemay/message

trial and error finish. emphasis on error --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chad-lemay/message

I finish up the name plate and lay on some stain. I'm getting so close. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chad-lemay/message

I carved the wrong date into the 6 foot ruler. This is my clever fix. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chad-lemay/message

The 6 foot ruler looks like it could be finished. It's carved and painted and planed. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chad-lemay/message

I carve the numbers 4, 5, and 6 at a blistering pace of 34 minutes each, on average. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chad-lemay/message

What I've been doing other than woodworking, and basically regrinding my chip carving knife. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chad-lemay/message

I carve the number 2, exclusively with a chip carving knife. I was pleasantly surprised with the results. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chad-lemay/message

starting another 6 foot ruler --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chad-lemay/message

I fit the dovetails. Big deal. I'm moving on. #handtoolwoodworkingshopnotes --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chad-lemay/message

chopping out and pairing the pins --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chad-lemay/message

I switched to weird dovetails to try to salvage the napkin holder. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chad-lemay/message

I try to knock out a napkin holder in one night. It goes fine until the end. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chad-lemay/message