This little primitive looking stool is one of the earliest pieces I built which my mother still has so it's well treasured. It was built with little more than an axe, a hard point saw, bit & brace and a chisel. It certainly isn't grand nor something to be proud of...
I've always found that Helen and I make a good team and I'm certainly very lucky to have her many skills at my disposal. She's the sort of person who can put her hand to pretty much anything she needs to learn but her specific training was in design and technical...
The first European Woodworking Show was a marker for Maguire Workbenches because it was the very first time that we dragged ourselves out of the workshop to showcase the benches in public. It was a very dauting experience indeed but it was at least a little reasuring...
I’ve often found that the most rewarding things in life come from learning something new. Of course it’s always been said that knowledge is power but I think for me it’s much more to do with setting small personal challenges and being able to reach them; there’s...
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7lnfW4iT6o] Extras: Use Your Holdfast As A Tail Vice Shown In This Quick Video Bench Dogs - Round or Square? Improve The Grip Of Your Holdfasts for better work holding In this quick video I demonstrate my method for...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkFkrow843A&feature=youtu.be Many people have asked us what can they expect from our videos? Will they be on a separate website, on a DVD and do they have to pay for them? Well to be honest these are questions that we have been...
Since announcing about our online videos at the beginning of the year we've been taking advantage of every spare moment we can find to bring our plans together. We've kept pretty quiet about them for a while now as we wanted to get our ideas clear and create something...
After what turned in to an extensive session of building the Little John workbenches we received some lovely feedback, appreciation and photos from our customers as they were being put to work by their new owners. The comments below were sent through to me earlier...
For those of you who think a workbench should be rough and ready, you may well cringe at the bench I have to show you today. In fact when this customer enquired with a request that the workbench should be built from cherry, even I thought it was pushing things a bit...
Since learning metric measurements in school I've always been a user of the millimetre and never questioned its suitability. Richard was also taught metric first but as soon as he was out in to the practical world of work he adopted the use of imperial finding it much...
Related Posts:
Dear Helen, I know I'm difficult to work with, and my idea of business is not that of the rest of the world. But if you could listen I'd be most grateful. This evening I watched a car park pretty much on top of a restaurant, so they didn't have to walk far. A lady got...
Cutting joint after joint isn't the best way to learn. At least not in my opinion. After a lovely sunny, Sunday afternoon, all you've got to show is twenty-odd, randomly dovetailed corners. Some neat, some shite, some alright. You'll sit and think about these...
A Glue That Slides I get asked a fair old bit, why do you use liquid hide glue? People often follow up; so that it doesn't feel like their asking a daft question, by answering it themselves. Normally the most obvious answer is "so it'll be easy to restore later on"....