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About this site
Established in September 2008, this site contains 248,000 words of original content (through December 2022), not including comments, and more than 1300 original photographs.
Here you will find plenty of serious woodworking instruction, information on tools, shop setup, and wood, along with musings about the craft. All for you to enjoy for free.
Heartwood is one of the longest running continuously active woodworking weblogs on the internet, now with 5.5 million visits and 18.5 million page views (actual human visits, not bots, crawlers, etc.).
I am always delighted to hear from fellow enthusiasts and anyone exploring fine woodworking.
Recent Posts
- More on the Ruler Trick, part 1
- My favorite finishes, part 7 – the others
- My favorite finishes, part 6 – nothing
- My favorite finishes, part 5 – clear water-based
- My favorite finishes, part 4 – oil-varnish mix
- My favorite finishes, part 3 – varnish: brush-on/wiping combo
- My favorite finishes, part 2 – wiping varnish
- Really now, why should you bother?
- My favorite finishes, part 1 – shellac
- Pin the mortise and tenon joint?
- Edges, arrises, chamfers, round-overs
- Preppin’ Weapon sanding blocks and an idea
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