by hupka | Jun 30, 2018 | Band Saw, Care and Maintenance, Information
The bandsaw is one shop tool that finds its way into many homes. Not everyone will have a lathe or a planer but often the home hobbyist will have a bandsaw. Keeping that tool happy and useful is extremely important. We hear a lot of stories about people who are...
by hupka | Jun 29, 2018 | End Table, Furniture, Information
Not every project calls for the finest grade of important blood wood or figured black walnut. We recently posted an image of a table we made for a client that was solid hardwoods start to finish. There was a lot of feedback asking about cheaper or lighter solutions...
by hupka | Jun 20, 2018 | Information, Walnut
Sometimes you can take on a project and just wing it. Other times it requires a little more consideration and planning. This was the diagram we used to create a custom round picture frame out of walnut. The frame had certain requirements that had to be met which...
by hupka | May 2, 2018 | Events, Information, Leesport
Sunflowers are growing in abundance at the woodshop at ES&S Woodworking. So much so that we will transport them for sale at the Leesport Craft Show on Saturday May 12th for all to enjoy. The flowers pictured here are still in progress and will make an excellent...
by hupka | May 1, 2018 | Information, Mahogany
Some folks just have expensive tastes. Shop manager Benson is certainly one of them. That mid day snack is a cutoff of African Mahogany. While not the most expensive species that we use in the shop it is definitely among them. African mahogany has a nice tight...
by hupka | Apr 13, 2018 | Custom, Events, Information
There are many perks to having a well appointed wood shop at our disposal. When we can’t find the furniture we’re looking for we just build it. When something breaks we rarely need help to fix it. In this case we got an opportunity to play with history....
