From Rob's Bench

Rob Brown with Dec Jan 2021 issue with Christmas ornaments

Studio furniture maker and Canadian Woodworking magazine editor Rob Brown’s weekly blog – entertaining, informative and educational. Get our free shopNEWS newsletter to read Rob’s Blog every Friday.

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November 4, 2021

Shop hazards: dropping clamps, swearing and being safer…in that order
October 28, 2021

Winter is coming, and take a close look and tell me what you see
October 21, 2021

David Haig: master of simplicity
October 14, 2021

Wooden spoons: sometimes the simplest things take the longest
October 7, 2021

Hand-cut dovetails are overrated, but they can also be satisfying
September 30, 2021

Jason Schneider, an Anishinaabe youth and gluing end grain
September 21, 2021

Upstairs storage, online exhibition, women of woodworking
September 15, 2021

I have enough shop space, but only if I’m organized
September 9, 2021

Apparently, my table saw posed the biggest challenge
September 2, 2021

Hoping my new shop will work out
August 26, 2021

When accuracy is a bad thing, two types of woodworkers, do trees have faces?
August 19, 2021

How accurate do we need to be?
August 12, 2021

Kid’s working wood and a Newfoundland maker
August 5, 2021

Wooden medals for the “Kidlympics”
July 29, 2021

Adding patina and a wild epoxy project

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From Rob's Bench

Shop hazards: dropping clamps, swearing and being safer…in that order

Winter is coming, and take a close look and tell me what you see

David Haig: master of simplicity

Wooden spoons: sometimes the simplest things take the longest

Hand-cut dovetails are overrated, but they can also be satisfying

Jason Schneider, an Anishinaabe youth and gluing end grain

Upstairs storage, online exhibition, women of woodworking

I have enough shop space, but only if I’m organized

Apparently, my table saw posed the biggest challenge

Hoping my new shop will work out

When accuracy is a bad thing, two types of woodworkers, do trees have faces?

How accurate do we need to be?

Kid’s working wood and a Newfoundland maker

Wooden medals for the “Kidlympics”

Adding patina and a wild epoxy project

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