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There were literally thousands of timbers and planks to deal with: joists, sills, posts, studs, rafters, braces, headers, jambs, all heavy and needing to be sawn and set in place quickly so that sheathing, siding, sub-flooring, flooring, decking and trim could go down.
On day one I learned about positioning the […] How many products have you seen that devote a line to explain pronunciation?
These photos were provided by someone inquiring whether I had information about this electrically-powered device which was manufactured @1930 by my grandfather’s and great uncle’s company mentioned in this post a year ago. If anyone does, please pipe up. […] You need a reference face, a reference edge, and an understanding of how to work around the lack of ideal straightness and flatness. Rough sawn stock in the cabinet and furniture shop gets worked with machinery and/or bench planes and made accurately four square, generally. When I choose to build larger structures with rough sawn […] April and its cool wet weather gave way to a glorious warm and dry May. It was time to begin building on top of the recently laid block walls.
My wife and I hired Dave Bollinger to run the job. I was to be his “gopher/slave.” He was only a couple of […] April was the month to complete work on excavation, well-drilling, digging trenches, and installing the utility pole, as described in the previous post. The masonry work on the basement (which would eventually be my woodshop) followed. We hired mason John DeRidder, another honorable tradesmen.
The good ones take the time to […] As the previous post described, we’d purchased land, decided on a house site, and begun a driveway. Then deep snow covered the ground for three months during which time we could hike around the property with our pooches and imagine building the house and living a rural life. It was a time to plan what […] It is obvious that on wide pieces, like the sides of a jewelry box, where the width exceeds the capabilities of the miter fence to hold it steady, and/or the piece is wider than the plane iron is tall, the Donkey Ear will come into play. Yet, those two criteria are not the only […]
The sun slants in at a December angle, illuminating the cherry table top and the hand made coffee mug, its maker’s stamp highlighted. The appealingly designed logo G S is for master mudman Greg Seigel, recently departed friend from Kentucky.
My day begins sitting up in bed holding a warm […] It seems that woodworkers are a group of folks that generally revere the days of old. Remember this past August? Man, that was so yesterday that I feel I can talk about it with appropriate woodworking reverence. I built a “sofa end table,” for want of a better term, smack dab in the midst of […] Following up on the previous post about my dad’s work history, I have joined a blacksmithing and metalworking forum, www.iforgeiron.com, because of a link to the Henry Vogt Machine Company. Check these pictures out. On the forum is one member, a senior machinist, who has contributed a personal history of working for the HVMC […] |
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