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There is a new product from Vogt Toolworks, an after- market fence for drill presses and band saws. To read about it and see videos click here. My production is limited at the moment due to my accident in July but I am back on my feet and making progress. Basic […] Two weekends ago a friend and I hiked to a wondrous section of the Johns Brook, a boulder strewn Adirondack mountain brook that flows into the Ausable River in the Keene Valley. Our destination was a section known as the “Devil Slides,” a run of waterfalls, pools, and flumes about three hundred yards long culminating […] A puppy in the living room above my shop hasn’t whined, whimpered, or barked from the noises of a shop vac or high speed cutting tools. The sound of a back saw or coping saw sets him off, however. […] My customers sketched a top for their coffee table. I drew it out full scale for one half of the mirrored design and determined that the miter angle was 62 degrees. An auxiliary jig platform for the Vogt Shooting Board was indispensable in fitting all the pieces. The veneers were bandsawn […] Wondrous things happen on the world wide web and, for me, this story is one. I have written several blog posts about my inventor father, C. W. Vogt (1891-1973), and with the collaborative research of my sister, Sarah Vogt, have successfully established that he was indeed the creator of the Votator, a breakthrough process that […] My paternal grandfather, Adam Vogt (1862-1946)), had an early professional career in Louisville, Kentucky, as a jeweler and horologist. In researching my family I’ve come to know about his later careers as a manufacturer (written about in this blog post) and realtor. Little, however, about his life as a clock maker has come to […] With the boreal winds barreling down our backs and snow endlessly falling, deep winter can be an excellent time to work on development projects. The distractions are few and one might as well hunker down in the shop. This winter’s project has just been completed. The No-Rock Runway from last year has evolved, in […] Screens, sidings, and doors were next. I had new (and expensive) siding made up to match the clapboarding on the house made for me years ago by a now deceased sawmill owner. He died helping a friend saw a branch off of a yard tree. The screen doors were built from Spanish […] West side of house during construction in 1980. This past summer’s project was to build a screened- in porch over the existing deck on the west face of our house, which covers the entrance door to the basement shop. The west side takes the hot afternoon sun throughout the summer and the heavy […] In honor of my father’s upcoming 122nd birthday December 30th, here are two new items to add to the published research about his legacy as an inventor: an article I wrote for the Louisville Historical League this summer “Clarence Vogt, Prolific Inventor from Louisville” (click here) which finally tells his story to the folks of […] |
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