Woodworking with vintage tools

Steam bending solid pine to use as edge banding for a Montessori style toddler table.

A Moxon vise is a great way to temporarily add raised work holding. This design can be easily added and removed allowing the low bench to have even more flexibility.

From the Teacher's Handbook of Sloyd, creating round overs using a block plane and a spokeshave.

Basic set up to get kids started in woodworking and off the tablets.

Project 1 of 50 for the beginner hand tool woodworker. The projects move from simple carving to complex furniture.

Based on educational sloyd of Otto Salomon, how to teach children woodworking to help them develop mind and body.

Otto Salomon wrote the Theory of Educational Sloyd to promote the idea that children need to be taught handiwork. Not as preparation for a trade or to develop artisans but rather to help children develop mind and body. Here we describe the methods used in Sloyd Instruction.

Otto Salomon wrote the Theory of Educational Sloyd to promote the idea that children need to be taught handiwork. Not as preparation for a trade or to develop artisans but rather to help children develop mind and body. We review what Saloman hoped to achieve through Sloyd.

Otto Salomon wrote the Theory of Educational Sloyd to promote the idea that children need to be taught handiwork. Not as preparation for a trade or to develop artisans but rather to help children develop mind and body.

Using a pipe clamp with a vise to hold small pieces on the low bench.

Is Sloyd still relevant today? Can it help children excel in science and math? Let's talk about it.

Using the vintage plane and spokeshave to fix mistakes made with handtools.

Table for my coffee maker from reclaimed 2X6.

Bought a pair of holdfast for the low bench

Don't make the same mistakes I made

Get started in woodworking on the cheap.

Reflections on 2022 and thoughts on 2023

I have launched a new Channel Do a Good Turn featuring woodturning. This was posted as my first video on that channel.

New shop announcement!

Shop made saw guides for more accurate cuts

Making a half lap joint using a table saw is relatively simple and accurate. Using hand tools requires some practice. After 4 attempts I finally have a reasonably decent joint. Feel free to chime in with tips and advice.