The other day I received a newsletter from The Book Depository in my mailbox where they anounced 11.000 (yes, that is eleven thousand) free ebooks available for download. Wow!
I instantly jumped on their website and started searching for woodworking books… but sadly, there was only one woodworking book in thousands of free ebooks. Continue reading this post…
I wanted to make a series of posts about wedged tenons, but never got past the first one… And now Brad Ferguson just made my live a lot easier with his latest post where he covers a few other wedged through tenons. Continue reading this post…
After yesterday’s post I thought it would be nice to write a little more about the wedged tenon I’m using to attach the side rails to the posts on my crib project.
This wedged tenon is usually called tusk tenon, where a wedge shaped key crosses the through tenon to lock things in place, making the joint sturdy and allowing the piece to be disassembled. Continue reading this post…
In the last few days I’ve been busy designing a traditional crib for my baby daughter and thought it would be a nice feature project for the blog. You can download the 3D SketchUp model for free and check all the measurements and joinery details for yourself.
This project will be my first furniture piece and I feel nervous just to think about it. For one I have never build anything of this size and I want to try a few new things both in terms of construction and finishing. Continue reading this post…
