Tag Archives: bandsaw

Meet My Dumb Apprentices

Posted on September 17, 2021 by literaryworkshop

When I began working wood in earnest more than 15 years ago, I was working almost exclusively with hand tools, by choice but also by necessity. Most operations–smoothing boards and joining them together–were fun and even efficient with a fairly … Continue reading →

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Folding Outfeed Table for My Bandsaw

Posted on August 6, 2019 by literaryworkshop

I don’t enjoy working with powered machines nearly as much as I enjoy working with hand tools, but I do rely a lot on my bandsaw for cutting down big pieces of wood into smaller pieces.  My main bandsaw is … Continue reading →

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Making Wooden Spoons (Quickly)

Posted on November 16, 2014 by literaryworkshop

Our local art museum, the Mobile Museum of Art, is hosting an arts-and-crafts fair next month.  I don’t usually sell my work at craft shows, but the table fee was reasonable, so I signed up. The problem is that I … Continue reading →

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