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Thursday’s Safety Giveaway Winners
Congratulations to our next set of winners!
Douglas Hall won the Power Tool Safety Switch. I use something very similar at my router table and its fantastic. Nice and easy to shut off with your knee.
Brian Rogers won the 5-Piece Push Block Set. Keep your hands out of the danger zone! And [...]
Thursday’s Safety Week Links
Woodworker’s Guide – A Fire Extinguisher for the Workshop
Adam Cherubini – Adam has a bunch of hand tool safety posts. You don’t want to miss this stuff! Check it out!
Renaissance Woodworker – Even Wood Shavings Can Bite
Sandal Woods Blog – Al has even more posts up for Safety Week! Check them out!
Tom’s Workbench [...]
Wednesday’s Safety Giveaway Winners
Congratulations to our next set of winners!
Doug Massey won the Gorilla Gripper. I have one of these myself and it really is a great back-saver when moving large sheets of plywood!
Shawn Riggle won a sanding/drywall respirator. If you’ve seen my recent video, Dust In Time, you know why you need one of these [...]
Wednesday’s Safety Links
Hump day. But at least its a “safe” hump day!
Woodworker’s Guide – Chainsaw Safety Course
Tom’s Workbench – Who Was That Masked Man?
Sleepy Dog Wood Shop – My Worst Woodworking Accident
Splintered Board Podcast – Woodworker’s Safety Week 2009
Stu’s Shed – Fire Prevention and Fire Fighting in a Shed, Fire in the Galley
Renaissance Woodworker [...]
Tuesday’s Safety Giveaway Winners
Congrats to our first two winners.
Carlton Curt is the lucky winner of the Blockade Noise Isolating Earbuds! Noise stays out, music stays in.
Gary Ray won The Finger Saver! Takes the fear out of cutting small pieces.
And thanks to our Safety Giveaway Sponsor: Eagle America. In case you didn’t know, they sell [...]
Tuesday’s Safety Week Links
And Safety Week rages on! I hope you guys are enjoying all this great content!
Charles Neil – Router Injury
The Renaissance Woodworker – Hand Tools Make Dust Too
John Brien – The Long & Short of Saw Dust
The Ramblings of a Crazy Man – Rewiring a Saw….I Should Be Dead
Matt’s Basement Workshop – Sensible About [...]
Monday’s Safety Week Links
Here is our first set of safety links from the woodworking community. Thanks to all the bloggers and podcasters who are taking the time to share their knowledge on these various safety issues.
Stu’s Shed- Risk Assessment
The Renaissance Woodworker – Working with a Router
The Village Carpenter – Safety is No Joke
Serial Hobbiest [...]
Safety Week 2009
This week, you can expect a strong focus on safety. I’d like to take this time to change our focus from joinery techniques and projects, to keeping our digits intact and the dust out of our lungs. Our hobby (and occupation for some of us) is inherently hazardous. And no one can [...]
Check it out!Voting For Blog Challenge Begins
In case you weren’t aware, I was recently invited to join in a very fun challenge over at Better Home’s and Gardens and I was more than happy to accept. In BHG.com’s words, “We asked five of our favorite home and garden bloggers to create clever weekend projects for outdoor living, using $500 in [...]
Check it out!April Giveaway Winners
Gary Phillips who won a Festool rack systainer in the FesCool Giveaway. Now that’s organization with style!
Janetta Evans was the winner of Fine Woodworking’s Archived Collection on DVD
Congratulations to our winners and a big thank you to the sponsors of our giveaways: Festool and FineWoodworking.com.
Happy Birthday Nicole!!!
Happy Birthday to the woman who puts up with my antics, and let’s me be who I am. Love you cutie! (Can I still put an ad on this post or would that be bad? lol)
Check it out!48 Hour Challenge Update
Head on over to BHG.com to read up on the latest action in the 48 Hour Blog Challenge. This week its all about getting the goods from Home Depot, which as you’ll see turned into a multi-trip process. I just can’t seem to make up my mind, lol. Anyway, check out what [...]
Check it out!48 Hour Challenge Update
We just made our second round of blog posts over at BHG.com, so check that out if you have a moment.
So what am I making? Alan actually guessed it in last week’s post. A barbecue cart. Well, let me be more specific: The Ultimate BBQ Cart!! Sounds much more dramatic now. [...]
Woodworkers Safety Week 2009
The week of May 4th marks the start of Woodworkers Safety Week 2009. Last year was a huge success and this year I am expecting even more involvement from the community at large. In addition to the bloggers we all know and love, we have the involvement of Popular Woodworking and Fine Woodworking. [...]
Check it out!Pre-Safety Week Video
Check out the companion video for my latest article in Popular Woodworking. Although its a bit early, Safety Week 2009 is on its way. And I will have a post here soon letting you know how YOU can help. Until then, enjoy this little video.
Check it out!The 48 Hour Challenge
I was recently invited to join in a very fun challenge over at Better Home’s and Gardens and I was more than happy to accept. In BHG.com’s words, “We asked five of our favorite home and garden bloggers to create clever weekend projects for outdoor living, using $500 in materials from The Home Depot.” [...]
Check it out!March Giveaway Winners
Matt Jancek who won a Festool shop apron and a mini-systainer in the FesCool Giveaway. I have one of these aprons myself and it is incredibly durable…..and sexy!
Tyler Trowbridge was the winner of Malcom Tibbetts’ DVD, Lessons in Segmented Turning Vol. II – Tips, Tricks, and Feature Rings in our Wood Whisperer Giveaway. [...]
42 Facts About Sawdust
Over at the BBC website, they posted a list of “42 Amazing Facts about Sawdust”. I think you guys will enjoy reading this! Thanks Brian for bringing this link to my attention.
Check it out!Finished Aurora Table
After two coats of a dye mix and numerous coats of satin wiping varnish, the Arched Aurora End Table is serving us well in our living room! I would like to thank Darrell Peart for his design and instruction. This was an incredibly fun project and a great learning experience. The table [...]
Check it out!3/30/09 – Live Guild Event with Darrell Peart
During this month’s live Guild event on March 30th (8pm Eastern), we will have a special guest chatter: Darrell Peart. After my regular presentation, Darrell will hang out and answer any an all of your questions in the chat room. You can find out more about Darrell by checking out his [...]
Check it out!Hall Frame Progress
Well this week I started working on my Hall Frame reproduction. I decided to make a prototype on this one. This will help me test out my templates as well as get my inlay skills warmed up. Much like hand-cut dovetails and other techniques that require a certain amount of manual [...]
Check it out!Marc’s Madness Sale
You’ve heard of March Madness sales, right? Well, this is kinda sort of like that, but not really. Its much much cooler. Its the MARC’S MADNESS SALE!!! Everything in the Wood Whisperer Store is at least 20% off! So T-shirts, mugs, hats, and DVD’s are all discounted for the month [...]
Check it out!6 Days to Aurora – Day 6
Well, it looks like 6 Days to Aurora was actually more like 5 days. I stopped by the school for a little bit this morning to get some video footage and to pack everything up. And since we had an extra day, Brad and I decided to take a little trip to the [...]
Check it out!6 Days to Aurora – Day 5
Today was a day of tying up loose ends, which means the black dust was flying! I started by popping in a bunch of the ebony pegs. Then I used this very handy jig for pillowing the ebony inlay on the breadboard ends. The big ebony inlay, if glued all the [...]
Check it out!6 Days to Aurora – Day 4
Today was an absolute blast, for many reasons! We started by fitting the top “anchors”. These 4 pieces of wood not only create a decorate element just under the table top, they also give us a means of securing the top to the base. You can see the front one needs to [...]
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