tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80532951468814491832024-02-06T22:18:57.380-05:00The Corner WorkshopHandmade in the corner of my basementSean Wisniewskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03313678638244522941noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8053295146881449183.post-20339348405762263172013-01-01T08:27:00.000-05:002013-01-01T08:27:13.563-05:00A New [Woodworking] Year
I found this pic on Toolemera's site. Love it.
I'm not much for resolutions. In fact I'm not big on planning or goals in general. That is likely a stumbling block in my path as a woodworker, but that's a subject for another day. The reason I bring that up is because I don't intend to etch a list in stone and hold myself to certain events and experiences I may Sean Wisniewskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03313678638244522941noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8053295146881449183.post-79856549544141505632012-11-29T21:32:00.001-05:002012-11-29T21:32:53.497-05:00Turnings: Curvilear Bowls
Having never turned a bowl or plate before, I decided to try a form of segmented bowl with splines intersecting in the bowl blank. Wait, what?!?
Yep, that's kind of a them for how I work. Never done it before? Just sketch something up that thought in your head and go for it. It does help that I've got a decent eye for how stuff works and I work with CAD on a daily basis. AdmittedlySean Wisniewskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03313678638244522941noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8053295146881449183.post-90684399818713569872012-11-10T08:40:00.000-05:002012-11-10T08:44:26.970-05:00WIA 2012 Spotlight: Frank Klausz
Frank touching up his work
Frank Klausz came to WIA to spread his knowledge in dovetail joinery. As an extremely talented and successful cabinet maker, he knows a thing or two about joinery. His Hungarian accent and stern sense of humor makes for an enjoyable lesson.
If you're new to dovetailing you may not know of the age old argument of: which end is correct to cut Sean Wisniewskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03313678638244522941noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8053295146881449183.post-31231423436937663562012-11-06T18:04:00.001-05:002012-11-06T18:04:49.431-05:00Woodworking in America - Midwest Edition 2012
The MWA crew pose on Megan's 'Gloubo'
Well, WIA was a blast again. It was a whirlwind of fun, games, and woodworking. I'm still processing all that I was exposed to. I need to go thorugh notes and photos and hopefully make sense of it all. Stay tuned . . .Sean Wisniewskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03313678638244522941noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8053295146881449183.post-53427089753054146302012-02-12T08:13:00.000-05:002012-02-12T08:13:23.835-05:00Get Woodworking: Take the plunge!
This week has been brought a massive amount of advice to woodworkers thanks to Tom at tomsworkbench.com. The thought is for woodworking bloggers to put up posts and videos to help those interested in woodworking get an idea of how to get started. It's a great idea and we all have our own twist on the craft. Check out Tom's blog to get links to a wealth of online Sean Wisniewskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03313678638244522941noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8053295146881449183.post-15549651289993663952011-11-11T20:32:00.000-05:002011-11-11T20:32:59.812-05:00Boxes, a lesson learnedIt was holiday gift time again, and I wanted to make spline mitered boxes. Simple form, shouldn't be too hard to make. I went to my lumber supplier and picked up some shorts of curly and birdseye maple. I had some cherry left over and plenty of thin scraps for the splines.
The original idea was for a roughly 6"x4" lidded box with recessed hinges. All the stock was milled Sean Wisniewskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03313678638244522941noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8053295146881449183.post-11833606077820491302011-11-05T08:09:00.000-04:002011-11-05T08:09:21.768-04:00The [drill] doctor will see you nowI've been on the hunt lately for hand drills. I've never owned one, first used a brace and bit at WIA 2010. I did pretty well and really think it's a good skill to have in a hand tool shop. I'll likely fall back on my corded friends purely because they're so much more convenient, but I love to learn new skills.
I shopped around for a while and pulled the trigger on a Millers Sean Wisniewskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03313678638244522941noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8053295146881449183.post-72629785740451392832011-10-28T05:27:00.000-04:002011-10-29T04:26:42.581-04:00Oh, Scrap!Every once in a while I look around and wonder, "when am I going to use that?" I'm not talking about that Little Orphan Annie decoder ring in my sock drawer. I use that all the time. I'm talking about the leftovers and scraps in my shop.
I have all sorts of scrap. There's the usual rough lumber pieces left after initial project milling. Then there's the cutoffs Sean Wisniewskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03313678638244522941noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8053295146881449183.post-45568190471927858282011-10-21T20:21:00.002-04:002011-10-21T20:23:51.088-04:00My workholding just got a lot betterMy shop is evolving.
The work I've done in the past has been don on the top of a shop made cabinet. It's a little over 24" deep and 32" tall, a typical cabinet, but not a typical work surface. The main trouble is there is nothing to hold anything down. A concoction of wooden handscrew clamps held down with f-clamps or quick clamps has been my vise and any planing has been doneSean Wisniewskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03313678638244522941noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8053295146881449183.post-41666567340836432522011-10-14T19:41:00.002-04:002011-10-14T19:44:33.582-04:00My first real woodworking project Now, I'm not exactly a spring chicken. I framed and trimmed houses for years before trying to make anything out of hardwood. There's a fair amount of precision involved in trimming a house, and I'm damn handy with a coping saw and crown molding.
I got my first inspiration, as many others have, from Marc at thewoodwhisperer.com. He made a great video Sean Wisniewskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03313678638244522941noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8053295146881449183.post-26845984210016364302011-10-07T21:41:00.002-04:002011-10-07T21:41:30.802-04:00Just the beginning . . .
Hi, I'm Sean.
I've been thinking about doing this for a long time, and have decided to finally start a blog. I am a hand tool enthusiast in the process of setting up shop in the corner of my basement (hence the title). This past weekend I attended Woodworking in America for a day, hanging out in the marketplace. The night before there was a meetup at Keystone Bar of Sean Wisniewskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03313678638244522941noreply@blogger.com4