Rob is the editor at Canadian Woodworking & Home Improvement and a studio furniture maker.
About a year ago I wrote about a trim job I was doing around the house. And last week I wrote about lugging my beast of a mitre saw around, much to the dismay of my poor back. The topic of this week’s column fits in right between those two.
Decades ago, most hand-held power tools and portable machines were on the small side.
In this video Rob Brown shows how he made the pulls for his "Make Integrated Cabinet Pulls" in the October/November 2023 issue of our magazine.
Many of you likely have spent some time watching “The Woodwright’s Shop” on TV. This PBS program was hosted by a charismatic man named Roy Underhill, who wore a jaunty hat and had loads of woodworking knowledge.
I think I’ve gotten more splinters over the past six months than I have working wood in the previous 10 years.
I’m sure all of us take a lot of time, energy and attention to complete a project to the best of our abilities. Sure, some get more attention than others, but I find it hard to cut corners on even the simplest project.
If you have a small patio a project like this will give you a place to pull up a chair and have a meal or drink outdoors.
Victoria, British Columbia furniture maker and teacher Sandra Carr on live edge, breaking out lumber and the benefits of teaching.
Sometimes introducing a decorative element to a joint is all that’s needed to add beauty to a project. Learn how to make a joint look even more attractive with these simple steps.
Workbenches are the focal point of many workshops, but they don’t work alone. Accessories make a workbench more efficient, useful, accurate and enjoyable.
The simple lines of this planter will suit just about any yard, though you can slightly modify the look depending on the finish you apply.
Mowing your grass has never been easier.
Riding bikes is a whole lot of fun for kids, and this jump will crank up the fun even more.
Last week’s post about the hammer my father made in machine shop class in the late 1960s, and that I still use today, generated a lot of interest.
All woodworkers love tools. Sometimes, I think many of us love woodworking tools more than the actual woodworking.
A few weeks ago, I wrote about the time my daughter and I spent in the shop building a model of a mosque for her school project.
With my column a couple of weeks ago sharing the mosque model my daughter and I made for her school project, it reminded me of some of the furniture models I’ve made in the past.
By their nature, doors are very functional. Drawer fronts might not have the same level of importance, but they still provide an attractive, clean look on furniture and cabinetry.
Rob and his daughter build the Faisal Mosque, the fifth largest mosque in the world - well, a maquette of the mosque.
It turns out putting a square peg in a round hole is possible, and it actually worked quite well.
It’s one of the final pieces of the puzzle as you build a piece of furniture, a jewelry box or other piece of woodwork: adding some sort of foot to the piece.
In my post two weeks ago (“How beautiful are live edge slabs?”) I received a few comments about some of the details of how I flattened the slab for the bar top.
We all love solid wood. Its grain, colour, warm texture and workability have drawn all of us to build so many great projects with it. In the woodworking world there are a few general approaches to working with wood and other materials that run contrary to what many woodworkers feel is best.
After a few of the obvious basics (tape measure, screw drivers, pencil, eye protection, etc.) these are the tools you'll need next if you're just getting into woodworking.
