Making Shavings: Buddy's Woodworking Saga

Hi again, everyone. It’s been a bit longer between posts than I wanted it to be, but as I mentioned in my last post we’re moving. Actually, we moved, past tense, and it was much more chaotic than we originally expected. Then again, what move isn’t? Anyway, we’re moved into […]

After the move, I’m back again!

June 21, 2015 in Shop Setup tagged Brown County IN / moving / setting up shop by Making Shavings: Buddy's Woodworking Saga

Hey all. I’m sorry that it’s been so long since I’ve posted anything on here. I feel like it’s safe to say something now (without fear of jinxing things), but since about the first of the year, my family and I have been getting ready to move. We’re in the […]

Sorry for the absence…

March 1, 2015 in Uncategorized tagged Brown County IN / McLaren Family Crafts / moving / setting up shop by Making Shavings: Buddy's Woodworking Saga

Happy New Year! Did everyone enjoy their holidays? Our family did, despite the fact that my kids and I were passing around some kind of bug. Started the last day I had to go to work before Christmas, and my youngest is just getting past the final few days of […]

Christmas gift interlude

January 11, 2015 in Turning tagged CA finish / Christmas / fine writing instrument / gift / ornament / pen / turning by Making Shavings: Buddy's Woodworking Saga

Happy holidays! It’s that time of year again! Anyone have exciting plans? We’re busy at work, so I don’t get a lot of time off, but we still had three days of Christmas for our little family – ours and both mine and my wife’s families. Plenty of fun […]

Gluing and Clamping the Roubo top – finally!

December 30, 2014 in Uncategorized by Making Shavings: Buddy's Woodworking Saga

Back for more? Great! When we last talked, I was discussing why I needed to build a workbench and why I chose the style that I did. As I mentioned last time, the majority of my inspiration for my bench came from Chris Schwarz’s Workbenches book. In this book, Chris mentioned […]

Starting the Roubo: Stock selection, sawing and planing

December 17, 2014 in Uncategorized tagged Chris Schwarz / Marc Adams School of Woodworking / quality workbench / Roubo by Making Shavings: Buddy's Woodworking Saga

Welcome back for episode two! It’s been a while since I last posted, so it’s past time for an update! As I mentioned in my first post, I’m in the process of working on a Roubo workbench that I will use as my primary bench. I’ve found out the […]

Why a Roubo bench?

December 2, 2014 in Uncategorized tagged bench top / quality workbench / Roubo / workbenches by Making Shavings: Buddy's Woodworking Saga

My name is Buddy, and I’m co-owner of McLaren Family Crafts in Franklin, Indiana. I co-own the business with Margaret, my wife. She does crochet, cross stitching, sewing, latch hooking, or anything that strikes her fancy. Me? I do woodworking and make fine writing instruments. I plan to craft fine […]

Hello, blogging world!

November 6, 2014 in Uncategorized tagged Graham Blackburn / Marc Adams School of Woodworking / McLaren Family Crafts / Michael Fortune / woodworking tools / writing instruments by Making Shavings: Buddy's Woodworking Saga