Collin Knoff

1 week ago | test.popularwoodworking.com | Collin Knoff

Welcome to The Splinter Report, where I gather the assorted interesting and amusing things I’ve seen in the woodworking world. This week we’re looking at bad stock photography, nail guns, and building a chair from bulls%$t. Metabo HPT Release 5 New Nail Guns: It’s been a quiet week in the tool launch space, but not entirely dead. Metabo HPT launched 5 new nail guns on their MultiVolt system, mostly with a focus on construction, but with some carpentry applications mixed in.

1 week ago | test.popularwoodworking.com | Collin Knoff

Welcome to The Splinter Report, where I gather the assorted interesting and amusing things I’ve seen in the woodworking world. This week we’re looking at the antithesis of a normal YouTube Video, a garden cart from 1988, and trying to figure out what exactly constitutes a tool chest. Blue Spruce Toolworks Launches Woodworker’s Straight Edge: A lot of woodworking and tool setup is about making sure something is dead-flat. But how do you do that without something flat as a baseline?

1 week ago | popularwoodworking.com | Collin Knoff

Welcome to The Splinter Report, where I gather the assorted interesting and amusing things I’ve seen in the woodworking world. This week we’re looking at the antithesis of a normal YouTube Video, a garden cart from 1988, and trying to figure out what exactly constitutes a tool chest. Blue Spruce Toolworks Launches Woodworker’s Straight Edge: A lot of woodworking and tool setup is about making sure something is dead-flat. But how do you do that without something flat as a baseline?

2 weeks ago | popularwoodworking.com | Collin Knoff

Welcome to The Splinter Report, where I gather the assorted interesting and amusing things I’ve seen in the woodworking world. This week we’re looking at bad stock photography, nail guns, and building a chair from bulls%$t. Metabo HPT Release 5 New Nail Guns: It’s been a quiet week in the tool launch space, but not entirely dead. Metabo HPT launched 5 new nail guns on their MultiVolt system, mostly with a focus on construction, but with some carpentry applications mixed in.

2 weeks ago | popularwoodworking.com | Collin Knoff

We’re interviewing makers from across the country. Today we’re featuring Mehedi van Hattum, a woodworker from New Mexico. How did you get started woodworking? Who were your mentors? My biggest inspiration and mentor in life is my father, who is a master woodworker/carpenter. I grew up apprenticing under him, learning his craft and working in his shop through high school and college. What do you think is your best or favorite work? What kind of work do you do the most?