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I think you missed the operative word... retirement. Why would he want to start a business now? ;)

I went through the same dilemma when I retired and moved to New Mexico a few years ago but finally realized that what I should build is what is native to my new home. One doesn't often find furniture...

Until I saw a showing of a new woodworking program on my local PBS station and located this thread I was amazed that a new woodworking show to replace NYW had finally aired. Little did I know that it...

Mike,

I went through the same thing about 3 years ago and used Visio to plan my shop. This is what I came up with. Feel free to use anything you see in the plan. One thing you'll notice. I'm also...

Well, it took me a while (lots of projects in between) but it is finally finished. I probably should have made more in progress photos but with all the other tasks I had around the house including a...

And I will continue to wear my tool belt in "homage" to Norm. Fortunately, I have two 80 gig Tivo hard disks full of NYW programs.

John, it is actually it is a mixture of QSRO and straight grain RO and I was able to chisel out enough of the split and fabricate a patch to fit. Before I can glue it in I have to stabilize both...

I finished the drawer and thought I'd post a photo of it. Well, it is almost finished. I ordered a vacuum press kit from Veneersupplies.com and the parts will be here tomorrow. I've already completed...

I use what was suggested in Jon Eakes "Fine Tuning Your Radial Arm Saw" book. There are a great many excellent tips in it. Buy it if you can find a copy.

"Now we want to cover the table “base”...

David, I'm afraid that this may be one of those Monty Ward type pieces with applied carvings, as a matter of fact I had to re-glue a couple of pieces that had come loose.

George, the piece I am...

I also have one of the Pootatuck original models and I too searched for a couple of years to find it. I wasn't willing to settle for one of the knockoffs. I'm a bit of a purest when it comes to...

Personally, I'm devastated. I first took up woodworking in a high school shop class and never really got hooked again until NYW. I have watched just about every episode and have many of them recorded...

I finally got started on the repairs. After some careful carving and fitting with my chisels I was able to fit some matching wood I had on hand to the chipped corners. After the glue dried I used my...

Bill, you just saved me a bunch of money. I was ready to buy a new tap and die set because I was going to build Norm's circle cutting jig and drill and tap my BS. Now I think I'll build your design....

I have a Steel City 8" jointer and 15" planer and after reading some of these posts I was concerned about the company so I just made a call to them. It took about two rings for someone to answer. I...

Brian, that would be the easy way but I've never been known to do things the easy way. I have some old QSWO that should match so I think I'll attempt that method. Wish me luck.

The piece is part of my wife's childhood memories and as such she will never sell it so its value as an antique is meaningless to her. We have no children so leaving it as an heirloom also isn't...

I thought the piece was red oak. I compared it with the oak I have and it seemed the same. Maybe what I have is in fact white oak afterall. I'll be taking the door/desk area to Woodworker Supply next...

Since this is a family heirloom that will stay that way I will carefully do the repairs by adding wood to the chipped corners and trying my hand at carving. Fortunately I have some old QSRO that was...

My wife inherited a "secretary" from her parents that is in need of some repair and restoration. I am definitely not very accomplished at this but I thought I'd attempt a bit of the work, at least...

Norm would be proud. Great job. Maybe someday my skills will measure up.

Learning how to make this would be a great excuse to buy some new tools!:)

Hey, that looks like the fence around my property; Alice and her Cheshire cat are my neighbors, by the way.

Chris,



Sorry to disagree with you. That is what we used to call the "shotgun" approach. It does nothing but guarantee a lot of wasted film or digital memory. A better method is to think...

I have a Stihl 361 and when I first got it I tried splitting a couple of old 12" diameter posts and it was very hard on the saw. It created a lot of smoke and I quickly abandon the task.

I did...