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Clutter-Creator #1: Stuff for Someday
In my last post, I explained how the book Making Space, Clutter Free by Tracy McCubbin has helped me see that a lot of the clutter in my workspace isn’t going to be solved by getting more storage. I’m going … Continue reading
Posted in storage
Tagged clutter, declutter, de-clutter, Tracy McCubbin, making space, clutter free, cluttered, decluttering, de-cluttering
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Getting to the Root of the Clutter Problem
What if I told you that the clutter problem in your workspace has nothing to do with storage space? If your workspace is normally too cluttered to work effectively in, or if you regularly have to move piles of stuff … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews, storage
Tagged clutter, clutter free, de-clutter, declutter, making space, Tracy McCubbin
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Essential Tools (For Me), Part 4: Joinery Planes
There are two kinds of “essential” tools: all-purpose tools that you use for all kinds of jobs, and specialized tools that you use for just one operation. Up to this point in this blog series, I’ve featured tools in the … Continue reading
Essential Tools (for Me), Part 3: Spoon-Making Tools
Because spoon making has been such a big part of my woodworking, I think it’s appropriate that I write my 350th blog post about the tools I use to make spoons, spatulas, and other wooden utensils. These are by far … Continue reading
Posted in Wood and Woodwork, Woodenware
Tagged card scraper, carving gouge, coping saw, draw knife, drawknife, gouge, Heritage School of Woodworking, Homestead Heritage, Paul Sellers, Pfeil, spofford brace, spoke shave, spokeshave, spoon carving, spoon making, wooden spoon, wooden spoons
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Essential Tools (to Me), Part 2: The Dovetail Saw
I don’t have a favorite tool. I really don’t. My “favorite” tool is whichever well-made, ergonomic tool will do the job I need to get done at the moment. But if I had to pick one, favorite tool out of … Continue reading
Posted in Wood and Woodwork
Tagged back saw, backsaw, Blackburn Toolworks, dovetail saw, dovetails, favorite saw, saw building, saw kit, saw making
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Essential Tools (to Me), part 1: The Stair Saw
A few years ago, I realized I had stopped acquiring tools. Well, more or less. There are always one or two additional tools on my wish-list, and I pick up a new tool (or replace an inadequate one) every so … Continue reading
Posted in Wood and Woodwork
Tagged dado, dado joint, dados, hand tool, handtool, stair saw, stairsaw
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How to Not Grow a Business
Most successful businesses have a growth mentality. But I don’t want to grow anymore. I want my craft market enterprise to shrink gracefully. Continue reading
Posted in Market, Musings, Wood and Woodwork, Woodenware
Tagged business, craft market, farmer's market, farmers market, growth, Market, price, pricing, production schedule, production time, shrinking gracefully, spoon making, time, value, vendor
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The Ukulele Spoon
Did you ever have one of those odd bits of wood hanging around the shop that is pretty useless but just nice enough not to throw away? For example: Quite a few years ago, I brought this little piece home … Continue reading
Posted in Woodenware
Tagged mahogany, mahogany spoon, spoon carving, spoon making, treen, ukulele spoonn, woodenware
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Don’t Destroy Yourself
I sometimes hear dedicated hand-tool woodworkers praise the way that woodworkers of yore built splendid pieces of furniture without the aid of power tools, with the implication that we, too, should work in that totally “unplugged” way. I used to … Continue reading
