This time I make some panel clamps to make glue up easier.  I use the hardware from Lee Valley to make one them devise my own homemade hardware and built 2 more.

This time I make some panel clamps to make glue up easier.  I use the hardware from Lee Valley to make one them devise my own homemade hardware and built 2 more.

Episode 203 Panel Clamps

Yep you read it right.  I needed a flyswatter at the lumber yard so I went the typical woodworker route and split out some Hickory then shaved it for the perfect thing and flexible handle then cross laminated Maple, Oak, and Walnut veneers then finally created a fretwork rose pattern on the face.  Y'know like you do.

Yep you read it right.  I needed a flyswatter at the lumber yard so I went the typical woodworker route and split out some Hickory then shaved it for the perfect thing and flexible handle then cross laminated Maple, Oak, and Walnut veneers then finally created a fretwork rose pattern on the face.  Y'know like you do.

RWW 202 Artisanal Flyswatter

Shannon is back now that his site update and product launch at the Hand Tool School are behind him.  He is working on a Sapele inlaid plaque, a newly restored Jack rabbet plane, and preparing his classes for Woodworking in America.

Shannon is back now that his site update and product launch at the Hand Tool School are behind him.  He is working on a Sapele inlaid plaque, a newly restored Jack rabbet plane, and preparing his classes for Woodworking in America.

Shop Update 9/2/16

If you have followed any of my blogs or podcasts for long you will know of my aversion to jigs and guides of any sort.  But I wanted to be fair in my assessment and make sure that I put in some time with these dovetail guides by David Barron before jumping to a conclusion.  I hope you will gain some insight from this review and find it to be a fair and balanced review.

If you have followed any of my blogs or podcasts for long you will know of my aversion to jigs and guides of any sort.  But I wanted to be fair in my assessment and make sure that I put in some time with these dovetail guides by David Barron before jumping to a conclusion.  I hope you will gain some insight from this review and find it to be a fair and balanced review.

RWW 201 Barron Dovetail Guides

This little stool is taken from the pages of Christopher Schwarz' book "Campaign Furniture".  It is make from riven Teak with a Shellac and Beeswax finish.  The hardware is from Lee Valley and the gorgeous leather seat is from TX Heritage Woodworks.

This little stool is taken from the pages of Christopher Schwarz' book "Campaign Furniture".  It is make from riven Teak with a Shellac and Beeswax finish.  The hardware is from Lee Valley and the gorgeous leather seat is from TX Heritage Woodworks.

RWW 200 The Campaign Stool

These simple to make pencil boxes are great to use up some scrap wood and use simple half lap joinery and a sliding lid.  I add a few other things to spice them up but mostly they should be simple and unadorned to match the aesthetic.

These simple to make pencil boxes are great to use up some scrap wood and use simple half lap joinery and a sliding lid.  I add a few other things to spice them up but mostly they should be simple and unadorned to match the aesthetic.

RWW 199 Pencil Boxes

RWW 198 Woodworkers Fighting Cancer Table and Chairs

When your project throws unusual angles at you don't panic.  Creating a custom angle shooting board is as simple as keeping your off cuts.

When your project throws unusual angles at you don't panic.  Creating a custom angle shooting board is as simple as keeping your off cuts.

Chips 'n Tips 13 Refining Odd Angles

In this video I drawbored the breadboard ends into place, smooth planed the entire table, then applied a varnish finish using EnduroVar by General Finishes.

In this video I drawbored the breadboard ends into place, smooth planed the entire table, then applied a varnish finish using EnduroVar by General Finishes.

RWW 197 Picnic Style Dining Table Part 5

If you are going to join a cooperative farm club and get fresh produce each week, you might as well pick it up in style with a hand made crate and vintage peach crate labels.

If you are going to join a cooperative farm club and get fresh produce each week, you might as well pick it up in style with a hand made crate and vintage peach crate labels.

RWW 196 The Peach Crate

I'm a woodworker who uses only hand tools to build furniture and other projects.  Come along and watch me embrace my woodworking A-D-D and build without harming any electrons.

Where did you go. Wood talk doesn’t keep you so busy as to not make new episodes!

Hello

I really enjoy your podcast and may even try to get to the stepping stone museum this summer!

Great Podcast

The Renaissance Woodworker

Sometimes the best vise is an invisible one.  Here is a little trick to use when you have to hand plane really thin stock.

Sometimes the best vise is an invisible one.  Here is a little trick to use when you have to hand plane really thin stock.

RWW 137 The Invisible Vise

This time I show a quick and easy trick to fine tune the fit and angle of a long bevel for a case side.

This time I show a quick and easy trick to fine tune the fit and angle of a long bevel for a case side.

RWW 138 Tuning a Long Bevel

This should be a 4 or 5 part series on a dining table I was commissioned to make.  This part is all about the milling of the 10/4 and 12/4 Walnut and gluing up the top panels.

This should be a 4 or 5 part series on a dining table I was commissioned to make.  This part is all about the milling of the 10/4 and 12/4 Walnut and gluing up the top panels.

RWW 183 Picnic Style Dining Table Part 1

Chips 'N Tips is my short form woodworking tip show.  This first episode details how I locate my strop to make using it much easier and more convenient.  Make sure to visit the Chips 'N Tips page on my site to register for free stuff that I'll be giving away each episode.

Chips 'N Tips is my short form woodworking tip show.  This first episode details how I locate my strop to make using it much easier and more convenient.  Make sure to visit the <a href="http://renaissancewoodworker.com/chipsntips" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Chips 'N Tips page</a> on my site to register for free stuff that I'll be giving away each episode.

Chips 'N Tips #

This time I walk through how I prepare several large boards for the power planer by using my hand places to create a reference face first.

This time I walk through how I prepare several large boards for the power planer by using my hand places to create a reference face first.

RWW 182 Hybrid Milling

I'm adding new switch plates to my boring white ones in my newly remodelled shop and though it would be a good opportunity to use up some scrap wood.  Here is how I made them using just a few hand tools.

I'm adding new switch plates to my boring white ones in my newly remodelled shop and though it would be a good opportunity to use up some scrap wood.  Here is how I made them using just a few hand tools.

RWW 181 Making Hardwood Switch Plates

This is the final part of the shop remodel where I set up the new 20" Grizzly planer and move the big piece into place.  I'm excited to start working in my new space!

This is the final part of the shop remodel where I set up the new 20" Grizzly planer and move the big piece into place.  I'm excited to start working in my new space!

RWW 180 Workshop Remodel Part 4

This time I hang the last plywood sheet on the feature wall then hang the tool cabinet.

This time I hang the last plywood sheet on the feature wall then hang the tool cabinet.

RWW 179 Shop Remodel Part 3

This time I hang 3/4" plywood on my stud framework as then wrap my gas line soffit with plywood by capturing an unknown miter angle and cutting the compound angle by hand to match it.

This time I hang 3/4" plywood on my stud framework as then wrap my gas line soffit with plywood by capturing an unknown miter angle and cutting the compound angle by hand to match it.

RWW 178 Shop Remodel Part 2

Preparing the project for the finishin then adding Enduro Var with my Earlex HVLP sprayer.

Preparing the project for the finishin then adding Enduro Var with my Earlex HVLP sprayer.

RWW 195 Display Shelf Part 3

I share some tips for success with your smooth plane

I share some tips for success with your smooth plane

Chips 'n Tips 12 Smooth Planing 101

I finish the construction of the display shelf in this episode by making shelf panels, adding back slats and gluing it all up.

I finish the construction of the display shelf in this episode by making shelf panels, adding back slats and gluing it all up.

RWW 194 Display Shelf Part 2

In this episode I start the build of a simple display shelf made in Maple and designed for a customer.

In this episode I start the build of a simple display shelf made in Maple and designed for a customer.

RWW 193 Display Shelf Part 1

Driving 1" of chisel into the wood to make a mortise is a bit too much like work.  When the mortises get big or in odd locations, boring it out is the better choice.  With a center line, it just got faster and easier.

Driving 1" of chisel into the wood to make a mortise is a bit too much like work.  When the mortises get big or in odd locations, boring it out is the better choice.  With a center line, it just got faster and easier.

Chips 'n Tips 11

Don't have a clamp big enough?  Don't spend major cash on a new clamp but grab some rope and a stick.

Don't have a clamp big enough?  Don't spend major cash on a new clamp but grab some rope and a stick.

Chips 'n Tips 10

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