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Cutting dados and rabbets in the basement workshop
Later this week I’m releasing the first of the construction videos for our current project build “The 8 drawer tall dresser.” Among the topics you’ll see in the video I’m sharing my current technique...
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Christophe Pourny’s “The Furniture Bible”
I’m so far behind on getting something posted about Christophe Pourny’s new reference book “The Furniture Bible: Everything You Need to Know to Identify, Restore & Care for Furniture” that I’m...
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Get Woodworking Week 2015
We’re now right in the middle of “Get Woodworking Week” 2015 and it’s off to a great start! A huge thanks to Tom Iovino of Tom’s Workbench for taking the time every year to plan it and put it...
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539 Madison’s Dresser Pt 3 “Sides, sides, everywhere are sides”
It’s time to get started with the actual building of Madison’s tall dresser, and the first steps in the process is making the sides for the body. Parallel dados for the win These consist of two wide,...
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Shop Woodworking’s “Arts & Crafts Ultimate Collection”
It’s nearly the end of the month and I just realized I forgot to mention that this month’s Shop Woodworking Value Pack is the “Arts & Crafts Ultimate Collection” According to the description on...
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540 Madison’s Dresser Pt 4 “Drawer Frames”
We’re making progress with the 8 drawer tall dresser I’m building for my daughter Madison. In today’s episode we’re moving on to building the drawer frames for the dresser. Drawer frames are a crucial...
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Simultaneous glue-up concerns
It’s not unusual in the basement workshop to find myself doing simultaneous glue-ups on identical components, in fact I do it quite frequently. Typically the reason is because of a lack of clamps, and...
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Wood Talk Giveaways
You know you love winning stuff, especially things related to woodworking. What you might not know is that we love giving away stuff…simply because we know you love it! 1 lucky winner will receive a...
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The Highland Woodworker Episode 17
If you haven’t seen it yet the latest episode of The Highland Woodworker is ready and waiting for you. As always, Charles Brock and the crew bring us some great woodworking related content that’s...
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541 Madison’s dresser pt 5 “More drawer frame stuffs”
Just when you thought you were finished, they pull you right back in again! Actually I was never really finished, once I had the drawer frames glued up I still had a little more work to do on them...
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SawStop Brake Cartridge Swap
When it comes to the topic of my SawStop there are three very frequent questions I get. One is regarding whether I still like it. My answer is a resounding “YES, I absolutely love it!” Dado brake...
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542 Madison’s Dresser Pt 6 “The Glue Up”
With all the drawer frames built, and assembled it’s time to glue them into position in their corresponding dados between the two sides. Glue ups aren’t all that bad on a small scale, but when you have...
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543 Madison’s Dresser Pt 7 “Standing on her own”
She’s light on her feet When I first came up with the basic design for Madison’s dresser I knew I wanted to incorporate turned feet into it. I’m still as novice a woodturner as anyone can be, but as...
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Beaded shiplapped back coming soon
If you’ve been following along with the 8 drawer tall dresser build you already know I’ve made a few minor changes to the existing plan (available in our Digital Downloads Store,) nothing major, just a...
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Plywood versus solid wood for drawer boxes
I’m very near completing Madison’s tall dresser, at this point the only thing complicated I have left to complete is the construction of the eight drawer boxes. Originally I intended to build them...
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Post-April Fool’s Day Wrap-up for Woodworkers
I decided to wait until AFTER April Fool’s day to share some of my favorite gag videos and posts that were floating around the internet yesterday. I didn’t want anyone thinking I was pulling their leg...
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Dining table with a TWIST
I don’t know about you, but I’ve been to a few dinners where I’d love to have something in the way of me having a conversation with the person at the other end (usually this is at a holiday meal with...
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IDrive online backup offer for fans of Matt’s Basement Workshop
I’m so old school, my idea of a secure backup is relying on my stash of external hard drives and placing them on the high shelf out of reach. So much information on these two alone! This has worked...
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544 Madison’s Dresser Pt 8 “Drawer Construction”
The end of the tall dresser build is almost here. One of the final things left to do, other than apply the paint, is to build the drawers. So that’s what we’re doing in today’s episode, it’s all about...
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Workbench and Blacksmithing Collections at Shop Woodworking
How’s that old adage about April showers go? “April showers bring May flowers.” I don’t how that has anything to do with woodworking or what I’m about to share with you, but I imagine taking advantage...
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David Picciuto and the X-Carve by Inventables
Have you seen the Drunken Woodworker – David Picciuto’s introduction to the new X-Carve CNC from Inventables yet? David did a short video demonstrating one of the many things you can do with the...
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“Let’s talk about me” over at Wacky Wood Works
A huge thanks to Nighthawk at the Wacky Wood Works website for interviewing me and including me as a “Featured Maker.” Wacky Wood Works with Nighthawk at www.wackywoods.co.nz It’s purely a coincidence,...
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The Highland Woodworker Episode No. 18
While you’re waiting for me to release the final episode of the Tall Dresser Build, take an opportunity to checkout the latest episode of The Highland Woodworker featuring an interview with Matthew...
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Why the chipped edges?
Courtesy Wikipedia Recently I received an email from a viewer who was running into an issue with a benchtop jointer he purchased. The viewer asked “when I try to run the edge of my piece of wood over...
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538 Madison’s Dresser Pt 2 “Sorting the Stacks”
Now that the design, and dimensions of Madison’s Dresser have all been worked out in the planning process it’s time to order the lumber, and sort through the stacks looking for just the right pieces...
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