Keeping with the Popular Woodworking connection on this topic, I have the bucket list selection of yet another editor for the magazine. Read more »
A little Monticello in Connecticut?
Sometimes you find a project that just calls out to you. When Bob Van Dyke of the Connecticut Valley School of Woodworking asked if I’d be willing to travel to his school and teach a tall case clock class, I knew exactly which clock I wanted the class to make. Read more »
The gem of Freehold, NJ
At this point I know someone is out there thinking this is going to be a post about Bruce Springsteen but you’d be wrong. Believe it or not, there’s something else in Freehold that deserves National attention (I never really liked Springsteen all that much anyway).
The woodworking bucket list
Every time I do a show or event, someone asks me what I like to make the most or if there’s something I’ve always wanted to make but haven’t. Having spent the last few weeks working on ideas for the 2011 class schedule for the Acanthus Workshop got me thinking even more about the projects I’ve always wanted to tackle.
Inlay Adventure
As I work my way into the world of video I discover many things. The lesson learned from creating this blog entry is; don’t try to interview someone with a really cool new hand tool at The Woodworking Show in Reading, PA when their booth is fifty feet from the Woodmiser booth. Read more »
Further greetings from the road
The last few weeks has seen me doing shows in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Virginia. And oh what a long strange trip it’s been… Read more »
At last!
It’s been a long time coming. There’s been lots of blood, sweat and tears shed but it’s finally here. What is it you ask? Read more »
Greetings from the road
The show season is in full swing. Last weekend was the show in Baltimore, Maryland and this weekend I’m in Columbus, Ohio. Read more »
The Woodworking Shows 2010
Now that the holiday season has come to a close with all it’s hectic furniture production, I thought I’d get a chance to relax a bit and take a break…yeah, right.
A long time coming
Having spent quite some time working on a new website for the cabinet shop, the time has come to begin rolling it out. Read more »
Stringing and things
Did you ever have one of those weeks? You know, where you try to do something simple and it quickly becomes rather complex. That’s where I’ve been for the last ten days. Fortunately, I think I’m back on the path. Read more »
De-Mystifying Secret Drawers: part 2
For the second secret, I’m heading to a furniture form ripe with possibilities for hidden compartments: the fall front desk. This one’s a simple, down and dirty secret drawer.
It’s a Secret, part II
With the recent publication of my article entitled “It’s a Secret” in Popular Woodworking Magazine (click here to read the article online), I’ve gotten lots of comments and questions about secret drawers.
The Norm of woodworking
There’s been a lot of talk lately about Norm Abram shutting down The New Yankee Workshop. All this hoopla really got me to thinking about woodworking in general.
WIA – A behind the scenes account
Last weekend’s Woodworking in America Conference was a great time. The bloggers are all over the various moments they encountered. I wanted to give you a bit of the view from the other side of the coin as well as give you the step by step instructions on how to make the stringing tools I made for the event.
I was a bit busy to be taking pictures but I thought I’d share some of my thoughts on the preparations I made for the event. I also wanted to give you some idea of my thoughts on all the presenters that I met. Read more »
Episode IIIV: The Huey Strikes Back
Our tale begins in a workshop far across my driveway. The first day of the class under their belts, this class of stellar students seeks to fully understand the ways of The Schwarz. In a vain effort to achieve complete oneness with the work, they draw their Shinto rasps and prepare for battle.
Yes Mr. Schwarz, there are handtools in Hueyland
This week is one I’ve long awaited. It’s the first time I’ve had my longtime friend, Glen Huey, in the shop. We’ve known one another for the better part of two decades but, until recently, neither of us had been in the other’s shop.
Six and a half weeks (give or take six weeks)
Just an update on what’s been happening around here in the last month and a half…or so. This is, after all, a woodworker’s journal. So, I guess I ought to be occasionally filling the world in on what I’ve been doing. Read more »
Classy woodworking
The best thing about having classes in my shop is the people I get to know. Most are fairly intelligent, witty, naturally curious and creative. Sounds like most woodworkers you know, doesn’t it? Read more »
The end is near!
Just a reminder that the Wood Talk Online contest is coming to an end very soon.