Frontier Carpenter

Some random projects of this summer. The shrink pot is made out of Chinese Elm and to my surprise is watertight. The spoon is carved out o...

Recently I purchased a DVD from Popular Woodworking featuring Peter Ross forging a dovetail hinge. As with other Peter Ross DVD’s, it was w...

Finally, the weather is getting nice so  I've  been able to get back into my forge for some tinkering around. The first project I m...

Whitwer Site This weekend I explored a cabin site built by Nicholas Whitwer an immigrant from Rohrbach Switzerland. Mr. Whitwer lived i...

I finally found a Conestoga wagon jack I could afford. I love these things because of their history, age, and the blacksmith skills it took ...

Came across this video on sash construction from the Arnold Zlotoff Tool Museum. Great video check it out at   http://www.arnoldzlotofftoolm...

My latest project is a smaller version of a Moravian spring pole lathe. I've seen pictures of this lathe in some of Roy Underhill’s boo...