The Woodworking Shed Monthly Roundup - May 2025
A round up of this month's content and a few top picks from other woodworkers curated by The Woodworking Shed!
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Monthly Woodworking Roundup!
Welcome to another monthly roundup from The Woodworking Shed! These roundups are published on the last Friday of the month and cover all of the content published by The Woodworking Shed that month.
I've introduced this monthly newsletter to summarise the content published by The Woodworking Shed each month. So if you missed a few, or if you're new, this will help you get caught up!
I'll also be sharing a few top picks from other woodworkers that I've read this month!
The Woodworking Shed May Roundup
A Dive Into the World of Bench Planes
Planes! One of the final missing pieces to my toolkit, before I could buy them I needed to understand them! In this post I cover the basics everyone needs to know:
Starting a New Woodworking Project
My next woodworking project kicked off unexpectedly with a new requirement for a storage shed. This post covers the shed design and plans:
Finally Buying Bench Planes
May finally saw me adding bench planes to my woodworking toolkit but which ones did I buy and why? Don’t let me spoil it:
Keeping Things Sharp
The final piece in my beginner’s woodworking toolkit, a sharpening system. In this post I dived into the different systems out there and share which sharpening system I’ve added to my toolkit:
The Shed Build Begins
The perfect way to end the month, getting back on the tools and getting started with my new project, the storage shed. See how I’m getting on:
That’s all for May from The Woodworking Shed. I hope you enjoyed the content! Keep scrolling for the top picks.
See you in June for another Roundup!
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May Woodworking Top Picks!
Here are some of the best posts I've seen this month, published by other woodworkers!
It would be rude not to share them and spread the woodworking love. Make sure to check them out!
In no particular order:
talks about how he uses math to determine the shapes he creates and his collaborations with artists! Don't miss it! is one of my regular readers, he's starting up his own Substack and fixing up his workshop ready for some serious woodworking. Definitely one to keep an eye on! makes a sharpening caddy. Dinkles vlog is well worth checking out! She's very real and provides lots of interesting insights into her woodworking.
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