Dan Shapiro's Blog

An astute reader noticed that I never followed up on my butcher block project. Here, then, is my final analysis on the matter.

Just got back from a quick trip to Seoul, South Korea . While there, I attempted to find a woodworking store, to no avail.

I was looking for a good review on router bits recently. A major woodworkers magazine claimed to have done a comprehensive review on 12 brands of router bits. Their conclusion? More expensive bits cut better. Saywhat? So when I stumbled on a non-moronic review of router bits yesterday I thought I should share.

Time to buy myself some non-horrible chisels. I did some homework, and I’m sharing the results with you.

Basically, Frank built a 6′ long rotisserie out of a couple of bicycles, a washing machine motor, and some stainless steel.

Today Amazon’s got a good price on a Porter Cable Random Orbital Sander.

The good folks at Feedburner are troubleshooting the missing newlines in the new feed. Thanks for your patience!

I’ve just converted this site’s syndication to a Feedburner-managed smartfeed. I’m now going to explain why you should care, for different levels of geekiness. Read until it stops making sense or you stop caring.

The challenge is basically this: what is the best way to glue up multiple hardwood boards to make a nice flat tabletop?

I grabbed a big crescent wrench to get some more leverage. As I was tightening it, the wrench slipped off and my fingernail slammed into the neighboring pipe clamp.