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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, 2020
- 2 min
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, 2020
- 2 min
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, 2020
- 1 min
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, 2020
- 2 min
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, 2020
- 1 min
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, 2020
- 3 min
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, 2020
- 1 min
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, 2020
- 2 min
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, 2020
- 3 min
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, 2020
- 1 min
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, 2020
- 2 min
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, 2020
- 1 min
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, 2020
- 1 min
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, 2020
- 2 min
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, 2020
- 2 min
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, 2020
- 1 min
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, 2020
- 2 min
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, 2020
- 1 min
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, 2020
- 1 min
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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