Why I finally bought a decent chisel set
Three years of fighting with hardware-store chisels finally caught up with me. Here's what changed once I upgraded.
Sawdust, mistakes, and the occasional finished project.
Hi, I'm Dana — a weekend woodworker documenting builds from a converted one-car garage. No fancy shop, no sponsorships, just an evening and weekend hobby that got a little out of hand. Follow along for project logs, tool reviews from someone who actually paid for their own tools, and the honest mistakes that don't make it into the highlight reels.
See the projectsRecent Projects
Live-edge coffee table
First time working with a live-edge slab. Learned more about epoxy river pours than I ever expected to know.
Floating wall shelves
A weekend project that turned into three weekends. Hidden bracket joinery took longer than expected, but worth it.
Hand-cut dovetail box
Practicing hand-cut dovetails on scrap before committing to the good cherry. Currently on attempt number six.
Latest From the Blog
The coffee table epoxy pour, start to finish
A step-by-step look at mixing, pouring, and (mostly) not ruining a river-style epoxy pour on my first try.
Organizing a one-car-garage shop that still needs to fit a car
Wall-mounted everything, a rolling assembly table, and the storage system that finally stuck.