Cobbler Mountain Woodshop

Recently, I completed this king-sized pencil post bed.  The wood is tiger maple.  The finish is Charles Neil's New England Maple, which ...

Recently, I completed--with the assistance of my friend Jeff Fleisher --a pantry shelf of my own design inspired by the Greene & Greene ...

Previously I've written about the business I operate with Jeff Fleisher , called Shenandoah Tool Works , and the woodworker's mallet...

Today was the sixth and final day of the wooden bodied planemaking class with Scott Meek .  The class, held in Scott's basement workshop...

On the fourth day of the Scott Meek class on making wooden planes, we shaped the wedges that will hold our blades in place and then began t...

In yesterday's class, we made the cross pins, against which the wedges will secure the blade in place, and cut the cheeks off the sides ...

We made great progress in constructing our planes today. Those blanks, like the Osage orange shown, that were glued with epoxy, came out of ...