by hupka | Sep 10, 2021 | Information
Am I Going Crazy? You may have been wandering around your local big box store recently and noticed something unexpected. The price of wood…is dropping?! We found ourselves in Home Depot recently and saw 2×4’s priced at almost pre-pandemic levels! Now...
by hupka | Sep 9, 2021 | Information
An inevitable byproduct of woodworking is a growing collection of large bags of sawdust. Sanding, sawing, planing, jointing, etc; It seems no matter what you’re working on you are in some way creating it. Over the years we’ve come up with different ways to...
by hupka | May 27, 2021 | Information
When the world shut down due to the spread of COVID-19 there were few who would have been able to predict the widespread and long-lasting effects it would have. It seems to have impacted every facet of life in some way. For the purposes of this post we’re going...
by hupka | Aug 21, 2020 | Furniture, Information, Restoration
Restoration Surprises I don’t believe I have ever started a restoration and had it go exactly as planned. Regardless of how well you inspect and prep the piece beforehand, you will undoubtedly find unexpected challenges along the way. Often they will present as...
by hupka | Jun 2, 2020 | Air Cleaner, Information, Palm Sander
Sanding Smooth New woodworkers often like to celebrate a tool purchase no matter how large or small it might be. Actually, let me correct that statement slightly. ALL woodworkers often like to celebrate a tool purchase no matter how large or small it might be. That...
by hupka | May 14, 2020 | Cherry, Epoxy, Information, LIve Edge, Slab
Epoxy Project Time Another epoxy project to show off today. This one was a live edge cherry build that we filled with shells for an avid hunter. We first cut the final length of the cherry so we could build a box to contain the wood and the epoxy during the pouring...
