by hupka | Sep 2, 2016 | Country, Garden Tools, Information, Lathe
We will have a whole series of lathe turned handles for garden tools for sale at the Arts Barn Festival on the 25th of Sept. Most of the handles will be turned from pine, cherry, maple and walnut. However, we will have some specialty glue ups as well as a few Celtic...
by hupka | Sep 1, 2016 | Cutting Boards, Information
When a cutting board has been finish sanded for the final time and wiped free of any dust it is then ready to be coated in a generous amount of food safe mineral oil. This oil permeates deep into the fibers of the wood and allows it to remain presentable while still...
by hupka | Aug 30, 2016 | Bloodwood, Cheese Board, Cutting Boards, End grain, Information, Purple Heart
Fresh batch of 16 more cutting boards, trivets and cheese boards under clamps and ready to be surfaced and shaped. We are incorporating more of the purple heart and bloodwood that we posted about earlier this week as well as some beautiful cherry we received from DRB...
by hupka | Aug 28, 2016 | Bottle Topper, Cheese Board, Country, Cutting Boards, End grain, Events, Frames, Information, Kitchenware, Lath, Lathe, Wall Mount
We should have almost 70 cutting boards prepped and ready to be displayed at the Arts Barn Fall Festival on September 25th in Orwigsburg. Come on down and check them out along with the wine bottle toppers, garden tools, pizza cutters, ice cream scoops, cheese knives,...
by hupka | Aug 26, 2016 | Band Saw, Information, Osage Orange
I was recently lucky enough to come across some Osage Orange wood in much larger quantity than I normally find it. Generally we acquire small pieces around 1.5″ square and maybe 12″-18″ long. However the log pictured above measures over 10″...
by hupka | Aug 22, 2016 | Events, Information, Maple, Planer, Woodshop
This rough cut maple was sitting in the garage for months now soaking in the sunshine through the windows and collecting all manner of dust and dirt. I needed some clean maple the other day so I brought it down to the shop and ran it through the planer. I love using...
