I’ve been quite for awhile now with school and everything but I’m hoping to jump back into everything now. Here’s a video i shot on template routing for the aprons of the Tea Table i made. This is a really good example because of how wavy the legs are and how crazy the bubinga is. Hopefully you guys like it!

Here’s a quick video that I shot on laying out the pieces that i will be cutting out of my Big Bubinga Slab. If you get one thing out of this video i hope that it is cut your board to fit your pieces and not your pieces to fit your board. It’s very important and can make a world of difference in any project. Enjoy!!

In this episode i give an overview of sharpening as well as the sharpening methods that work best for me… i also talk a little bit about technique and how finding the sharpening system that works for you is the best thing that you can do. also i mentioned sharpeningsupplies.com which is a great great website for getting all things related to sharpening. I highly recommend that you give them a try. Its a great one stop shop for anything that you need. So i hope you guys enjoy this episode, and i hope to see you again next week.

In this episode i talk about applying hardware to curved drawer fronts using my bow front desk as an example. It is a very good skill to have that is not difficult but knowing the basics will allow you to apply hardware to any front whether it is curved or not. I want to thank Horton Brasses for the hardware and advice on what hardware to use! Ive used a few of their hardware pieces before and it is really great quality stuff! If you plan on ordering hardware for curved surfaces from them then make sure to specify that the front is curved and they will include a double nut as well as a larger hole in the post for the bail. Hope you guys enjoy the episode!

there have been a few setbacks to getting the milling lumber video up and i have to refilm half of it so i figured that i will release the bent laminations video. bent laminations are intimidating but in this video i go over all the infomation nesecary to allow you to try it yourself. Also my cousin Pat shows off his new quitar that hes been working on with a little help from me. Hope you guys enjoy it and remember to post any comments, questions, critiqeus, or suggestions.

In this episode i talk a bit about lumber. There is so much to know so for now i pretty much stick to the basics. The idea of this episode is to give you an understanding of your lumber at the lumberyard as well as understanding grain structure and how to use your lumber. All in All just to give you a better understanding of your wood! This video is a little more on the intermediate side but i remember that when i was just starting out woodworking a video very similar to this helped me out alot so i relayed that same information as long as added all the information i think you should know to start off with. Like i mentioned in the video i will also do later blogs more on matching grain and the like and will point it out on projects in the future. So i hope that you guys like it, and stay tuned for milling lumber which i will put out mid next week!

P.S. I just realized that i forgot to include how to measure board feet. ehhhhh. Can’t believe i forgot that as its one of the biggest things you need to know when shopping for wood. It is simple measurement though. multiply the length by the width by the thickness (all in inches). Then divide by 144 and that is the amount of board feet that is contained in the board.

Welcome to the second episode of the Teen Age Woodworker. Today im going to show you around my shop. Now i have a pretty small shop like i am sure is the case for many of you out there and such as an all basements and garages there are many obstacles and things that you need to plan your shop around. So i am hoping that my shop can give you guys some ideas. I also show the wood that i will be using for the bow front desk. Sorry for the choppy video quality. My friend and i are still experimenting with the different settings on the camera as well as video files to get the best balance between quality and loadability. the AVI was to big to load so we had to go with Mpeg which is why the video quality is this way. We hope to improve it some by the next episode. But i hope that everyone likes it and feel free to post any comments or questions that you have!

in this first episode i go over my plans and goals for the Teenage Woodworker series. I also outline my plans for the next few weeks. My next video will be a shop tour which i hope to have up at the beginning of next week so i hope everyone likes it and i hope to see you them!!

Welcome to my blog. I am hoping to make this the new permenant home for my blog, where i will show everyone what goes on in my shop and how i do thing. I am hoping to keep a relatively intermediate level and try to show new things so you can learn somethign everytime you come to my blog. I will be having a shop tour up pretty soon to show everyone around my shop. So thanks for looking at my blog, and i hope that you come back again!