woodworking – Page 2 – Wanderings in the Labyrinth

an outdoor woodworking shop, set up on a bed of gravel, probably under a deck or patio attached to a house. On the left is a low, Roman-style woodworking bench as described by Christopher Schwarz in the book INGENIOUS MECHANICKS; on the right is a six-board tool chest. In the background is a saw bench and a saw bent, for setting up boards for easy hand-sawing.

2 May 20252 May 2025 Andrew

Wood: Goodly Progress

an outdoor woodworking shop, set up on a bed of gravel, probably under a deck or patio attached to a house. On the left is a low, Roman-style woodworking bench as described by Christopher Schwarz in the book INGENIOUS MECHANICKS; on the right is a six-board tool chest. In the background is a saw bench and a saw bent, for setting up boards for easy hand-sawing.

1 May 20251 May 2025 Andrew

Wood: case work

an outdoor woodworking shop, set up on a bed of gravel, probably under a deck or patio attached to a house. On the left is a low, Roman-style woodworking bench as described by Christopher Schwarz in the book INGENIOUS MECHANICKS; on the right is a six-board tool chest. In the background is a saw bench and a saw bent, for setting up boards for easy hand-sawing.

30 April 202530 April 2025 Andrew

Wood: Dovetails

silverpoint photograph of an assembled saw-bent (a little wooden frame paired with a saw bench for hand-sawing boards of wood)

16 November 202416 November 2024 Andrew

Wood: Framing Up

A tenon and mortise shown together against a background of dry leaves.

6 November 20246 November 2024 Andrew

Wood: tenon

6 October 20246 October 2024 Andrew

Wood: Sawbench

4 July 2020 Andrew

Wood: Adirondack chair #2

13 June 202014 June 2020 Andrew

Wood: Leg Day

9 June 2020 Andrew

Wood: Dry-Fit the legs

1 May 2020 Andrew

Wood: bench in progress