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...ed it. After 24 hours I used a gray scotch pad and cleaned in between coats. To me it was the longest part of the project. Wood Species: The bench is Red Oak. The inlay is Mahogany and White Maple (dyed black) Project Description: My inspiration? Spagnuolo of course! His videos are very educatio...
...#8217;ve tried? Any reasonable alternatives? - (Torch) Any good sources for older quick-release vises? - (Imaginos) (pretty Benchcrafted specific) The wagon vise on the split top Roubo is perplexing me. It looks like the hardware is either identical or very similar to a slide L block tail vise. It s...
A deep red mahogany finish doesn’t have to be the result of a complicated process. I’ll show you how I use a simple two-step method to revitalize my mother in law’s old beat up rocking char. First, a coat of General Finishes Merlot Water-Based Dye. Second, a coat of General Fin...
...his piece as part of a Furniture Design class in the architecture school during my undergrad, even though I was a finance major. The piece is made of red oak and walnut and the table tops stand at 12″ and 24″ respectively. I started out with all rough lumber, 5/4 red oak, and 8/4 walnu...
...o be desired with lots of skips, stutters, and stops. Despite being an independent film, the video quality is actually great, as it was filmed with a Red One camera. Unfortunately, the same level of attention (or money?) was not paid to the audio. Most times it sounds like a room mic was used and...
... be painted white with tapered legs. I chose poplar construction for the legs and aprons because it takes paint beautifully. The table top was to be red oak to match the existing cabinetry, but I wanted something special in the design. I went through some books and found a frame and panel design ...
...nce the thickness was established, I needed to trim the rough ends of the slabs. Seems simple enough, but at 4″ thick, this operation required a little extra planning. The Benchcrafted plan mentions that they use their miter saw for this task, making a pass on one side and then flipping the sl...
This week’s shop comes from Kevin in MA. Let’s check his place out to see why he says its odd: “My name is Kevin and I’ve been watching your podcast in Worcester MA. I’m sending you these photos of my humble and odd little shop for the shop of the week segment. I...
...arning a little history about our property, we found out that this building served as the small town fire house back in the horse and buggy days. The wagon itself was kept in this building and the horses were kept in the stable located nearby. Armed with this knowledge, I decided the building woul...
This week’s question comes from Don who writes: “Just discovered the Wood Whisperer and your site and videos are great. Besides we’re neighbors. I have a small shop in Las Vegas and we make Adirondack furniture from Western Red Cedar. My question is this. I round over all parts o...
...s I thought you’d be interested in seeing. Padauk and Ash Table Tennis Table – Although the title reminds me of “The Department of Redundancy Department”, the table itself was quite awesome. This was easily the largest project in the competition and with its loud contrasts,...
This Viewer Question comes from Mark. He writes: My question has to do with a bookcase I am building. I consider myself a novice woodworker. I certainly learn from my mistakes and this may be another one. I am building this bookcase from solid red oak. It has three fixed shelves that I have glued i...