He’s Mad!

The Mad Carpenter

Category Page for: Woodworking

The Bedroom Desk 3

December 20th, 2009 at 4:18 pm » Comments (1)

Remember the desk? Last worked on it way back in August... Anyway, I finished it last Monday, and here's the final part. Because it's finished. This here is the pile of wood ...more »

The Bedroom Desk 2

August 16th, 2009 at 12:55 am » Comments (2)

What's on the schedule for today? More of the same. Almost exactly the same in fact - I made a mirror image of what I made yesterday, then cut the ...more »

The Bedroom Desk

August 15th, 2009 at 11:59 pm » Comments (1)

And we're off. So after rough cutting my 17 foot lengths of material down to a manageable size I started marking out and cutting the back upright. This piece, and ...more »

Prospective Project #2

August 12th, 2009 at 10:43 pm » Comments (3)

And here is my second prospective project. This is a desk for my room that has to fit in a very confined space: 80cm by 80cm. It's between the end ...more »

Prospective project #1

August 10th, 2009 at 4:39 am » Comments (1)

I have the house to myself this weekend. I'm considering doing a project. Google sketchup is a fantastic program to use when you're thrashing out some details. The picture is ...more »

Tool Review: Challenge Xtreme Impact Drill

July 12th, 2009 at 12:51 am » Comments (0)

Hello there are welcome to the second of The Mad Carpenter's tool reviews. Today we have a look at the power drill, one of the corner stones of the woodworking ...more »

BP Thursday

June 25th, 2009 at 3:59 pm » Comments (0)

So today is bit devoid of information, so I'll give you something else: Autocad design after the Jump. It's a coffin. more »

The Other Mad Carpenters

April 20th, 2009 at 12:15 am » Comments (0)

In a moment of idle contemplation, I googled "The Mad Carpenter" and apparently it has shown up in a lot of places before I got to it. I don't see this ...more »

Tool Review: Challenge power screwdriver

March 11th, 2009 at 5:17 pm » Comments (1)

Hello and welcome to the first of, hopefully, many tool purchases and reviews. As an amateur carpenter there is seldom greater a joy than purchasing a new gizmo or whirlygig ...more »

Guess who got mentioned on national radio?

January 23rd, 2009 at 9:11 pm » Comments (4)

That'd be me. I was mentioned on the Ray Foley Show yesterday. On Today FM, one of the national radio stations of Ireland. So there you go. Minor fame. Don't discount local publicity ...more »

The Mario Cube: Phase 2

January 9th, 2009 at 7:47 pm » Comments (3)

Welcome to the second installment of the Mario Cube project. When I last updated youse, the box was a mere skeleton. But now, the box is covered in skin, the hinges are ...more »

1 UP! The Mario Cube Project

January 7th, 2009 at 7:59 am » Comments (8)

Hello St. Louis! That is, if there's anyone out there from St. Louis reading this... Anyway, you may have been wondering: why, on a blog called "the mad carpenter" has there not ...more »