Braving the Amazon

– Update: Amazon has unceremoniously discontinued their 30 day price protection policy. Bad Amazon! That’s a very BAD AMAZON!!! Monitoring the cart prior to buying is still somewhat useful. – Tools, tools, tools… just never have enough of them do we? Well don’t get discouraged. You can melt that plastic

My greatest love…

My greatest love involves my girlfriend. She introduced me one day to Oreo Thin Crisps by Nabisco and it was love at first bite. I simply can not get enough of these heavenly treats! Nabisco please take notice of my unadultered love of your Oreo Thin Crisps. You may also

Subtle Social Cues

After dating the girlfriend for the past year I decided it was time to do the ever-so-dreaded (I mean eagerly-anticipated if your reading this sweetie!) introduction of her to my parents. Interestingly enough… while I’m 37 years old, this is the first time I’ve brought someone home to meet my

When you know you're commited (or perhaps need to be).

I’ve recently encountered a few situations that have given me pause with the realization of the fact that I’m clearly in an obsessive state with regards to woodworking. I will list some of the signs to look for as a PSA (Public Service Announcement) for others out there to detect

There will be blood

I knew that router bits were dangerous as they spin at speeds of 30,000 rpm. But did you know that bits traveling at 0 rpm can be quite dangerous as well? I learned this as I simply attempted to remove a bit that was stuck in it’s case. I had

Soup De Jour – Rust Soup

Mmmmm…. Nothing better than some rust soup when you’re trying to restore old tools. If you collect old woodworking tools, one thing you will not be able to avoid is dealing with rust at some point or another. I got my hands on a sweet Siegley 8 jointer plane. These

Wood of the Day – Spalted Maple

Here’s a block of spalted Maple. The spalting is the result of fungi invading the wood and taking up occupation. Or rather… the fungi are spreading democracy to the wood. The dark lines or “zone lines” are where different colonies of fungi are fighting for territory with one another. From

Where have you been?

Summiting Everest? Tagging some endangered turtle somewhere? Starting a cult? No, sadly none of these is correct. Or is it “are correct”? Or did you understand what I meant and I’m just wasting your time now asking you about usage? Whatever… I’m learning to work wood these days, not to

I'm getting wood.

Yup, it’s finally happening. For the first time in my life I’m getting wood from eBay (though, to be fair, it has given me a semi several times in the past). Below are various pictures of my newly purchased lumber. All are Black Walnut which is a relatively easy species

Greetings Fellow Wood Zealots!

Welcome to Wood Zealot’s Workshop. On the way is content related to woodworking, featuring my various exploits in my woodworking shop.