Spirit Hill Woodworks

A revised video about the bench risers is on YouTube: Four-plus minutes of pure joy. Watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j...

Here is an excellent, short video that mostly is about cutting dovetails. There is an astonishing quantity of b.s. propagated about ...

Another post, another jury-rigged photography doohickey. ( Uh, that's not my foot! ) A few months ago, I bought one of these ....

Today I attended IWFS 2016 just a few stops down MARTA from where I lay my head at night. Here are a few photos and a few thoughts. ...

I have been teaching classes at Highland Woodworking long enough that there's at least one class which another great teacher developed,...

Here's a quick job I knocked together for one of our instructors. This sort of work is fun for me. Instructors at the science center oft...

This weekend I needed to make a lectern to set on my desk in the office so I can stand while I work, but I also didn't want to miss the...

Once in a while someone asks me for advice on what to give their woodworking loved one for Christmas. In the past, my standard advice...

Here's another hand tool jig. This one is more specific than the dovetail paring jig I showed in the last entry, because it's ...

I've been thinking lately about hand tool jigs for very specific operations. If you've used hand tools much, you've learned abo...

A few people have asked me "What happened with your Shop Stool Build-Off entry?" I wrote about building it in this recent post , b...

I improvised a scribing tool out of a 1-2-3 block, an eye screw, and a pencil yesterday. It's not ground breaking, but it's a nice...

Here's a quick post in praise of 1-2-3 blocks. They come in pairs, they're quite affordable, and I think you should at least know ...

The easiest way to bore holes for 35mm hinges (a/k/a cup hinges, concealed hinges, or Euro hinges) is with a drill press, and one of my othe...