About a decade ago, a fellow woodcarver and master knife maker, Rich Notto, gave me a cute little wooden safety pin he’d made. It’s an unusual gift I hold dear to this day. Unfortunately, he passed away less than a year later and I never did find out where he got the idea. I’ve since looked around and never found another quite like it. To perpetuate this marvelous curiosity in his honor, allow me to introduce today’s useless piece of woodworking fun: the wooden safety pin! Wooden safety pins are very easy to make with basic tools and require less wood than you’d need to print this article. Let me show you how it’s done! Read More
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How To Make A Log Cabin Birdhouse – An Easy And Fun Woodworking Project
I was going to be a lumberjack until the foreman told me I couldn’t cut it and gave me the axe. Trust me, it’s better this way. Logging is hard work! This crafty little birdhouse will kindle that pioneering spirit in a way that even a beginner can appreciate and take pride in. Stick around to see how you can build your own log cabin birdhouse with only a few basic hand tools, sticks from the yard and glue; no joinery, fasteners or heavy equipment required. It’s fun to make and you won’t even break a sweat. Read More
