Popular Woodworking
Hand Tool Starter Kit
For a long time, there were really only a couple options to get started using planes and other hand tools: shell out big bucks for new, premium-quality tools that are ready to cut out of the box or learn how to restore old tools before you ever take blade to wood.
1 min |
December 2020
Popular Woodworking
An Unusual Retirement
In Conversation with Plane Maker Karl Holtey
10+ min |
December 2020
Popular Woodworking
Vintage Pharmacy Cabinet
An Homage to the Past by Embracing the Present.
10+ min |
December 2020
Popular Woodworking
Milling Your Own Lumber
Whether a hobby or a small business, it's a woodworker's dream job.
10+ min |
December 2020
Popular Woodworking
Plans vs Proportions
Adapt a furniture plan with your eye.
8 min |
November 2020
Popular Woodworking
The Clear Spring School Workbench
A perfect platform for teaching woodworking to kids.
2 min |
November 2020
Popular Woodworking
Troubleshooting Planes
Practical solutions to common plane problems.
6 min |
November 2020
Popular Woodworking
Japanese Street Vendor Stool
This intriguing utilitarian design is at home most anywhere.
8 min |
November 2020
Popular Woodworking
Dragonfly Side Table
Angles and an artful inlay set this Arts & Crafts-inspired design apart.
10 min |
November 2020
Popular Woodworking
Hancock Shaker Village Daybed
Recreated from a photograph and measurements, this design feels both modern and timeless.
10+ min |
November 2020
Popular Woodworking
Router Carving
Ready-to-carve 3D images make it easy to produce finished machine carvings or hand tool ready roughouts.
4 min |
November 2020
Rock&Gem Magazine
Sanding and Polishing Thundereggs
Two basic lapidary machines can be used to sand and polish thunderegg halves quickly. Both involve sanding the pieces dry.
2 min |
November 2020
Rock&Gem Magazine
Studying Nature's Impact on Ancient Civilization and Tuning In Online to Make Sense of Meteorites
Okmok. In remote Alaska. A strange name and a strange place for what some scientists and historians now say caused the downfall of the Roman Republic and the Egyptian Ptolemaic Kingdom shortly after the demise of Julius Caesar.
3 min |
November 2020
Rock&Gem Magazine
San Diego Mineral & Gem Society & Museum
CELEBRATING, SHOWCASING, AND PRESERVING NATURAL AND COMMUNITY HISTORY
10+ min |
November 2020
Rock&Gem Magazine
THE SAN DIEGO NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM Hot Pink Tourmalines, Kunzites & Fossils
At the famous Balboa Park in San Diego, just south of the San Diego Mineral and Gem Society & Museum, is the San Diego Natural History Museum (SDNHM) — or the Nat as the locals call it. SNDNHM is one of the most significant natural history museums in the country.
4 min |
November 2020
Rock&Gem Magazine
PATRIOTIC PRIDE
Exploring Jerry Muchna’s Salute to America in Faceted Quartz
7 min |
November 2020
Rock&Gem Magazine
Marvelous Micromounts
TURNING TO “MICROS” FOR A UNIQUE EXPLORATION AND APPRECIATION OF ABUNDANT MINERALS IN FRANKLIN, NEW JERSEY
7 min |
November 2020
Rock&Gem Magazine
JOHN SINKANKAS
Award-Winning Mineralogist, Gemologist, Mentor, and Military Veteran
8 min |
November 2020
Rock&Gem Magazine
Diane's Oval
One of the many benefits of being a lapidary artist is the opportunity to spend time doing something you love to create one-of-a-kind art and jewelry to sell to someone who finds it enchanting or to give as a gift to someone special. It’s a win-win, whatever the reason or result.
3 min |
November 2020
Rock&Gem Magazine
Bluebird Chrysocolla
Bluebird Chrysocolla comes from an old copper mine in Gila County, Arizona.
2 min |
November 2020
COINage Magazine
U.S. MINT BULLION SALES SKYROCKETED 2,000%
GOLD ROSE TO OVER $ 2,074 PER TROY OUNCE IN AUGUST 2020
4 min |
October - November 2020
COINage Magazine
Hot On the Heels of Coin Dealers Peddling Fakes; Rare Coin Market Weathering Pandemic Well
Acting on a tip from the Anti- Counterfeiting Educational Foundation (www.ACEFonline. org), federal and local California law enforcement agents now are investigating the attempted sale of $400,000 of counterfeit coins including a fake example of the historic 1879 Coiled Hair gold $4 “Stella” that brought $300,000 at auction last year. The seller also is a suspect in an earlier case involving fakes, according to Doug Davis, director of the ACEF Anti- Counterfeiting Task Force (ACTF).
5 min |
October - November 2020
COINage Magazine
The Market's Fine, What About The Hobby?
Mentoring May Be Missing With Pandemic Problems
2 min |
October - November 2020
COINage Magazine
Coin Collectors and Investors are - STILL IN THE MONEY
Higher Gold and Adapting to the Internet Have Created Stunning Interest
10+ min |
October - November 2020
COINage Magazine
All That Glitters Isn't Gold
PLATINUM IS BOTH A MONETARY ASSET AND AN INDUSTRIAL METAL
3 min |
October - November 2020
Crochet!
Rustic Shells Afghan
Drape this afghan over an armchair for a splash of color during the holiday season.
2 min |
Winter 2020
Crochet!
Crochet Your First Sweater 101
Learn the ins and outs of making your first sweater! Then try out what you learned while you stitch the One Cable Wonder Sweater!
9 min |
Winter 2020
Crochet!
Shadow Arrow Cardi
This striking cardigan boasts graphic stripes that are made from an easy-to-stitch pattern worked on the diagonal. It will ensure that you stand out in a crowd no matter where you wear it!
6 min |
Winter 2020
Crochet!
Stylish Winter Accessories
Keep your ears and hands cozy with this textured set. Made using only one skein of yarn, but take note that the designer played “yarn chicken” and won with only 4 feet of yarn left over!
3 min |
Winter 2020
Crochet!
Cozy Christmas Morning Afghan
Featuring front post and half double crochet stitches, this textured afghan ups the cozy factor when snuggled up in your favorite chair!
3 min |