Category: Woodworking

When you own knives you need to keep them sharp. For that purpose I made this simple double sided paddle strop. It has top grain leather on one side, suede on the other side. That makes this paddle strop very versatile and perfect for honing the blades of your wood carving knives, pocked knives or

A while ago I made a leather strap cutter on this channel. Since then many people have asked me how the blade is installed exactly, since this wasn’t clear from the video. I hope this video shows better how to install the blade in the handmade leather strap cutter. Be sure to also check out

In this video I am going to make a knife filing jig. That’s a simple device that helps you file perfect bevels onto knife blanks when you don’t have a belt grinder. It’s also really easy to make out of some plywood boards and some assorted hardware you might have lying around. This knife filing

In this video I will be showing you how to make a soap cutter for soap making. This device will combine a soap cutter and soap mold in one. This interesting woodworking project will yield a very nice working soap cutter that can be used for cutting homemade soap, as demonstrated in this video on

My old strop needs a replacement, so in this video I will make a brand new double sided paddle strop using basic woodworking techniques. Both sides will have vegetable tanned leather attached to it: top grain up on one side, suede side up on the other side. This paddle strop takes a coarse and fine

When you need to cut leather straps, you need a strap cutter. I like to build my own leather working tools, so in this video I will show you how to make a leather strap cutter. It is an easy woodworking project, for my leatherworking hobby. The result is a wonderfully working strap cutter that

In this video I will show you how to make a hexagonal penny table with epoxy glaze. This size is ideal for use as a side table. I have been collecting Euro cent coins since introduction of the Euro as currency in Europe. I have over 8000 coins now so it was time to do

For already two years I had this idea to make a rack for my strawberry plants. I love strawberries and want to grow a lot of them every year. In this video I will show you how to build a vertical gardening strawberry rack so that you can grow a lot of strawberries on a

My next video will be about soap making using the cold process. Before I can do that, I need to make soap molds for the soap to cure in. Making soap molds is not difficult and can be done in one afternoon. In this video I will be making two molds out of plywood. They

In this video I show you how easy it is to make a wooden toy plane from beautiful scrap pieces of wood. I don’t own much woodworking tools and I want to show you that you don’t need a lot of fancy tools to get amazing results. This is illustrated by the wooden toy airplane