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HOLY SMOKES!!
Wow, what a day Nicole and I have had! This forced server change literally took up the entire day, since 8am this morning. Its now 12:30am and we are finally shutting down with the site mostly functional. The Guild site is tomorrow’s challenge. As many folks predicted, we couldn’t count on [...]
Check it out!Growing Pains
No, not THAT Growing Pains! I’m talking about our website! Many of you probably noticed the outage yesterday. As it turns out, our traffic is proving to be too much for our shared server. Between all the new visitors and the Guild, things are growing far beyond our expectations. So [...]
Check it out!New Wood Whisperer Shirts
The new shirts are in! We are now carrying two new “shop-friendly” colors: Sports Grey and Chestnut Brown. The shirts also feature the new (slightly modified) Wood Whisperer logo. Get ‘em while they’re hot!!
Check it out!October Giveaway Winners
Congratulations to this month’s Giveaway winners!! And a big thanks to our Giveaway Sponsors, FineWoodworking.com and Eagle America!
The Router Bit of the Month winner: Tim Donahue
Eagle America’s Keepsake Box makes a wonderful gift for someone special and their Build-A-Box Value Package #199-1425 makes this project very easy to do. It includes a beautiful [...]
Happy Halloween!!
Just a little Happy Halloween from everyone at TheWoodWhisperer.com. A few goofy pictures for your enjoyment:
Thanks to Kelly, Andy Hobbs (and Angela), and Sean Wisniewski for their respective Photoshop and pumpkin-carving skills!
If you like these, perhaps you’ll enjoy some of the other photos in our Goofy Gallery!
A Special Day
Some of you may not realize that TheWoodWhisperer.com is actually just a blog. And as such, I reserve the right to post completely off-topic content such as this. Today is mine and Nicole’s 6th wedding anniversary. I know it seems like all we are doing lately is celebrating anniversaries! lol. Unfortunately, [...]
Check it out!Inventory Reduction Sale
The new t-shirts are on order and we need to make room in the “warehouse” (aka my parents’ garage). So we are offering a special clearance price on our Wood Whisperer T-shirts: $6.99!!!
The shirts come in white, gray, and black, and we have a very limited stock. So when [...]
Goodbye to the New Yankee Workshop
Well, I suppose it had to happen eventually. I just received word from various sources, including Popular Woodworking and Wood Magazine, that Norm is retiring from the New Yankee Workshop. Say it isn’t so Norm!!!
Regardless of how you feel about his work methods and tool choices, you can’t deny the influence he has [...]
Woodpeckers Rant
Normally I don’t get involved in other people’s business, but today I’m feeling a little sassy. Yeah that’s right….sassy. I recently received my periodic E-Club newsletter from Woodpeckers. In addition to the great deals within, this particular newsletter contained a few light-hearted tool definitions and I was delighted to see them. [...]
Check it out!October Giveaways
Every month, we have various woodworking items up for grabs, including tools, accessories, and DVDs. The random drawings occur at the end of each month and the winners will be announced on our website. The contest is open to everyone who comments on the site, including our international friends.
What you can win [...]
To Build or To Buy??
This is a question I ponder all the time. How do you know when you should take a project on yourself, or when you should raise the white flag and just purchase the item from a store? Judging from the many emails I receive asking this exact question, I know I’m not alone. [...]
Check it out!Welcoming Rockler to the Family
I would like to give a warm welcome to a new sponsor: Rockler Woodworking & Hardware.
If you aren’t familiar with Rockler, they are one of the most well-known woodworking retailers in the industry. It wasn’t long after I started woodworking that I discovered my local Rockler stores. I lived in Temecula, CA [...]
Check it out!September Giveaway Winners
Two New Websites
I wanted to make a quick announcement about two new projects we have going here at The Wood Whisperer. The first is sort of a pet project of mine: NewToWoodworking.com. Many of you may recall our original New to Woodworking page. It was a place where I organized links to videos [...]
Check it out!Holiday Projects on the Brain
I’ve been spending the last few days contemplating some small and relatively simple projects for the holidays. One thing I knew I wanted to make this year was some kind of keepsake box. No hardware, no metal, but I want the box to still “lock” in some way. So here’s what I [...]
Check it out!Quick Poll for Wood Talk Online
Tomorrow at 9pm Eastern, we’ll be doing a live Wood Talk Online. Part of our discussion will be about woodworking magazine websites. You may not realize it, but each of these paper publications makes a solid effort of providing compelling content on their websites as well. So we’ll be discussing some of [...]
Check it out!Hiding Dados in a Solid Wood Bookcase – Viewer Question
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 into [...]
Teaching Classes at the William Ng School
I receive quite a few emails from viewers/readers asking if I teach classes. Although I no longer offer classes out of my own shop, I do occasionally teach on the road. This January, I’ll be teaching two classes at the William Ng School in Anaheim, CA. You may remember this is where [...]
Check it out!September Giveaways
What can you win?
The Router Bit of the Month (sponsored by Eagle America and inspired by Matt):
Put beautiful hardwood edges on your plywood, particle board or MDF stock thanks to this great bit set. Today people are using plywood or other non-hardwood materials more and more to save money but they should not have [...]
August Giveaway Winners
Congrats to both Dan Cloonan and Greg DeLong, the lucky winners of our MicroJig sponsored Wood Whisperer Giveaway! They both won a ZeroPlay Guide Bar and a MJ Splitter SteelPRO.
If you haven’t been to MicroJig’s site in a while, you should check it out. I just took a gander today and was [...]
Check it out!The Video Archive
One of the biggest struggles in running this site is organizing old information. Once the videos drop off the front page, some folks really have a hard time finding them. So after banging my head into my computer screen for two days (ouch!), I came up with the new and improved Video Archive. [...]
Check it out!Garage Progress
Hey folks. Thought I would give you a sneak peak at my garage/shop progress. I NEED to make this space work so I spent the last week busting my butt in the 115 degree weather trying to figure out where to put everything. And fortunately, I think I am well on my [...]
Check it out!Fun with Podcasts
There are a number of non-woodworking podcasts that I listen to and enjoy and I thought it would be fun to share them with you guys. This is only a small sample and clearly reflects some of my other hobbies.
The HandyGuys Podcast (audio) – Brian and Paul take us on a journey through [...]
TWW Now on TV in Charlotte, NC!
Looks like UNC in Charlotte, NC is now airing episodes of The Wood Whisperer. If you are local, you might want to check the schedule here:
UNC TV Schedule
I will try to keep you guys posted as more and more stations are starting to broadcast the show. Unfortunately, of the nearly 70 or so [...]
Check it out!August 2009 Wood Whisperer Giveaway
With our recent move, it seems the giveaway took a little hiatus. But its back and better than ever! In fact, we have a new system for selecting our winners. All you need to do from now on is comment on one of our posts. Every month, we’ll pick the random [...]
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