In fairytales, it’s a true love’s kiss that breaks the sleeping spell. In nature, it’s often warmth from the sun. The moss has felt it. Sugar maples are feeling it. Who’s next?
Last fall, wood frogs hunkered down in the duff to wait out winter. In order to wake up early, they don’t dig very deep. Even in the relative warmth of the subnivean zone, this means that the frogs must tolerate being frozen. In the depths of winter, up to 65–70% of each frog’s total body water is ice (any more than that and they’re dead). With the kiss of sun and rain, wood frogs thaw from the inside out.
Interesting dovetail layout tools
Do your dovetails go wrong at the dreaded transfer? If so, collinear marking might be the answer you ve been looking for.
A few months ago, I received an email from a manufacturer asking if they could quote something I said on Shop Talk Live, our podcast. This has happened before, and I always want to make sure it isn’t viewed as an endorsement of a product. The quote they were hoping to use was “
“Outside of sawing technique, most dovetailing issues can be traced back to a bad transfer from the tail board to the pin board.” I have likely said that many times on the podcast, so I can’t deny that one! Go ahead, I’ll stand behind that quote.
When to use screws
After I wrote about nails a few months back, I received a couple of emails asking why I use nails instead of screws in furniture projects. The short answer is that I don’t; I use both. But if there’s no compelling reason to choose one over the other, I typically use nails simply because I prefer the way they look. (I’m talking cut nails or square-shanked nails, not wire nails.)
Before I discuss my “compelling reasons,” let’s take a brief look at the mechanical holding differences between the two: shear strength vs. grip strength. Shear strength is the amount of force a fastener can handle from the side. Because furniture nails can bend a little bit, they have superior shear strength to screws. Screws are more brittle and can break under shear forces (or more likely, split the top piece of wood on which they’re being used). Grip strength (or tensile strength) is the ability of a fastener to pull two pieces of wood together (or the amount of vertica
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Courtesy of Lake Champlain Chocolates Vegan truffles from Lake Champlain Chocolates Is your Valentine a vegan? Good news: Lake Champlain Chocolates launched its first-ever line of vegan chocolate truffles this week, expanding its offerings for plant-based partners, pals or paramours just in time for one of the chocolate industry s biggest days of the year. As online sales grew during the pandemic, the Burlington-based company noticed more customers seeking out vegan products, Lake Champlain Chocolates Meghan Fitzpatrick told
Seven Days. That s been one of the big traffic drivers, but we just had our bars and our dark chocolate snack bites, she said. We wanted to offer something a little more indulgent and luscious and delicious.