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MWA Podcast - 5 Questions with Craig Becker of Silent Mill
In this week's episode, Craig tackles the five questions. And I experience my first "FAIL" as a host.
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MarkBuildsIt
Dec 4, 20202 min read
Student's Desk: 3-1/2 Ways to Adjust the Fit of a Tapered Dovetail Batten
As I was thinking about the geometry of this joint, I realized there were at least three ways to adjust it so that it fits the way you...
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MarkBuildsIt
Dec 3, 20202 min read
Student's Desk: Dovetail Batten Test
What I want to achieve with this design is a desk that can be broken down and reassembled with few tools. This leaves me with just a few...
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MarkBuildsIt
Dec 2, 20201 min read
From Guest to Guest Host
If you've been listening to the Modern Woodworkers Association Podcast lately you may have noticed something was missing. Or maybe it's...
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MarkBuildsIt
Dec 1, 20202 min read
Watch your mouth.
Every once in a while I'll pick up a hand plane that I was just using and it will refuse to cut. If I'm working my way through a pile of...
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MarkBuildsIt
Nov 28, 20201 min read
A Guest Appearance On the MWA Podcast
I was recently interviewed by Kyle Barton and Sean Wisniewski for the Modern Woodworkers Association Podcast. We recorded two episodes of...
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MarkBuildsIt
Nov 25, 20203 min read
Staked Student's Desk: A Last Minute Addition
I had the idea to add a pencil rail to the back edge of the desk top. I've seen them used in many of the danish desks I studied when I...
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MarkBuildsIt
Nov 24, 20201 min read
Now Showing: Bonus Shave Horse Episode
Preparing Stock Without a Tablesaw I wanted to make the process of building a Shave Horse from my kit as accessible as possible, so I...
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MarkBuildsIt
Nov 23, 20202 min read
Staked Student's Desk: Glueing Up the Top
Yesterday I opened up registration for the new Workbench Class (at Home). I am grateful for those of you who signed up and were willing...
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MarkBuildsIt
Nov 20, 20203 min read
Making Sample Parts
I've always resisted making sample parts. Most of the time, when I have something in my head, I can successfully turn it into a real...
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MarkBuildsIt
Nov 19, 20201 min read
There Is No Perfect Place
After shipping the latest workbench commission this week, I took stock of the mess in my shop caused by months of neglect. I can tell...
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MarkBuildsIt
Nov 18, 20202 min read
Registration for the Winter 2021 Workbench Class (at Home) Opens This Saturday
This Saturday, Nov. 21st at 10am CST you'll be able to enroll in the pilot for my Workbench Class (at Home). This class will be limited...
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MarkBuildsIt
Nov 14, 20201 min read
Don't Try To Be Perfect, Just Try To Be Better.
We're working really hard to teach this to our seven year old right now, but it's a lesson I'm still struggling with myself. I've been...
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MarkBuildsIt
Nov 13, 20201 min read
Lay Out a 60" Split-Top Without a Tail Vise
Sometimes they're nice to have but it's not hard to get by without a tail vise. I did without one for three or four years and now that I...
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MarkBuildsIt
Nov 12, 20202 min read
Lay Out a 60" Split-Top Workbench
I had someone ask how I would lay out the top of a smaller workbench recently. They had ordered plans for a bench but it was 84" rather...
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MarkBuildsIt
Nov 11, 20202 min read
You can take my tail vise, but I'm keeping the dog holes.
Some of you may know Ric Archibald. He once declared himself "The Champ." Then he actually won the Hand Tool Olympics at Woodworking In...
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MarkBuildsIt
Sep 26, 20201 min read
There's Still Time...
to sign up for and attend the Workbench Class At Home information meeting. It's today at 2:00pm CST. Register for the event here and I'll...
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MarkBuildsIt
Sep 15, 20202 min read
Now Showing: Build A Pinhead Shave Horse - Episode 1
Writing the build instructions is the reason it took so long to get my Shave Horse kits ready for sale. The drawings were easy. Jeff...
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MarkBuildsIt
Sep 12, 20201 min read
Is This Class for you?
Workbench Class At Home Probably. But It won't be for everyone. Let's start with who it's NOT for. - Someone who doesn't have an internet...
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MarkBuildsIt
Sep 8, 20201 min read
Reading Face Grain Without Cathedrals
I'm finding that interesting things happen when I have a camera set up in the shop all the time. As I was preparing to joint the stock...
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