Now that I am in my new shop, I have to start re imagining the space. Going from a two-car garage where it was all mine to a one-car garage that will have to share the garage with a car, well, ...
This past Friday morning, Rhonda and I sat in a judge’s chambers and finalized the divorce. That chapter in my life has closed, and with it, there was one other major item which needed to be fi...
http://tomsworkbench.com/2017/04/09/you-say-goodbye-and-i-say-hello-2/
It has been nearly 16 months since my last post to Tom’s Workbench. Since then, a lot has changed in my world. I grew some more gray hair. My oldest son graduated high school and went off to co...
Nine years ago, I was but a wee lad, bright-eyed and bushy tailed full of vim and vigor. Marc Spagnuolo, my woodworking svengali, asked if I would be interested in writing a few guest posts for ...
http://tomsworkbench.com/2015/12/10/first-things-first-and-this-is-the-last/
Our final Last Minute Elf winner comes from our friend Doug Moulder who just blew me away with his entry. Again, very simple (once you get the hang of it) and elegant. Here’s two sets of Shaker...
http://tomsworkbench.com/2015/12/10/mele-kalikimaka-from-the-shop/
Day three of the Last Minute Elf, and we have a stunner of a project for you from our friend Mike Boulant. I’ll let Mike tell you a little bit about these honeys: These photos are 2 dartboard c...
http://tomsworkbench.com/2015/12/09/up-on-the-workbench-quick-quick-quick/
You know, for the past eight plus years I have been doing this blog, I have been thoroughly impressed by the creativity of the readers when they have sent in projects for contests and when they j...
Wow, can you believe that we are now in the Last Minute Elf week? Where has the year gone so far? Now that we are just 17 days away from Christmas, 18 days from the start of Kwanzaa and we are ...
No, it wasn’t time when the kids went back to school. Nor was it the time when the carved pumpkins were on the porch. It wasn’t even time when the turkeys lay in the brine, or after those bro...
Tomorrow is Thanksgiving here in the United States, and I would be remiss if I didn’t go ahead and continue my tradition of offering up what I am most thankful for. To think, I have been keepin...