by hupka | Apr 24, 2017 | Information, Planer, Woodshop
A planer is one of the most useful tools you can have in your wood shop. ES&S purchased our latest model from Grizzly Industrial in 2016. But there are very few things cooler than seeing a piece of equipment approaching it’s 100th year of life and still...
by hupka | Apr 20, 2017 | Dust Collector, Woodshop
One of the most interesting consequences of the many different types of projects we do at ES&S Woodworking isn’t even noticed until cleanup time. Emptying one of the dust collectors recently showed this sedimentary sawdust. Looking over it shows the maple we...
by hupka | Mar 28, 2017 | Dust Collector, Information, Woodshop
Not every day in the shop is filled with success. For instance, you might take the bag off of your dust collection system to clean it out and forget to put it back before running it again. This has the added effect of blasting a cloud of dust and wood chips all over...
by hupka | Mar 24, 2017 | Information, Woodshop
Benson is handling his primary job responsibility in the shop; making large pieces of wood into smaller pieces of wood. He’s quite talented.
by hupka | Mar 9, 2017 | Block Plane, Information
Not every job requires an expensive new electric toy from Grizzly or Craftsman. This block plane has been in my family for decades and I just used it recently to subtly shape some molding I was installing at my house. I could have used any number of newer methods to...
by hupka | Jan 24, 2017 | Woodshop
Small changes can make a difference. One of my sisters made some curtains for under the workbenches in the small shop where most of the country crafts are made. I love how they clean up the look of the shop! These colors should hide the saw dust well too.
