Next year I’ll be teaching two classes on using Google SketchUp for designing woodworking projects, and a new class about making authentic Arts & Crafts period details. In April, I’ll be teaching for the first time at Annapolis Woodworks, in Annapolis, Maryland, with a weekend workshop on SketchUp, April 21-22. In August, I’ll be returning … Read more
Graham Blackburn has joined the list of expert woodworkers instructing at this year’s Woodworking in America Conference (Sept. 30-Oct. 2 at the Northern Kentucky Convention Center). He has kindly agreed to step in at the last minute for David Charlesworth, who, we’re sorry to announce, has been hospitalized for pneumonia. In addition to teaching at … Read more
With just 15 days to go until Woodworking in America 2011 commences, we still have room for more people. So, we’ve decided to offer one-day passes. Single-day passes are now available for either Friday or Saturday (there are no passes for the Sunday half-day) for $175 each. A one-day conference pass gives you full access … Read more
Do not tell my wife this, but one of the best parts of teaching woodworking is getting to travel. Since I started teaching woodworking six years ago I have seen many places that I’ve always wanted to visit: Germany, Maine and Portland, Ore., to name a few. But perhaps the most gorgeous setting for a … Read more
I had the inestimable pleasure of talking with Shannon Rogers (The Renaissance Woodworker) a few nights back about Woodworking in America 2011 – for which Early Bird registration ends at 11:59 p.m. this Sunday night, Aug. 14 – sign up now! We discussed the sessions I’m teaching, what I’m most excited about in terms of … Read more
Today my worst nightmare as a teacher came true during a dovetail demonstration. As I knocked together the components of the joint under the watchful eyes of 18 students and two video cameras at the Marc Adams School of Woodworking, I realized that the joint I cut was probably the gappiest one I’d cut in … Read more
When I call my students “maggots,” I do it in only the kindest, most loving way possible. After all, most of them are at the very beginning of their journey on handwork. If I wanted to be cruel I would call them “pupae” or “assistant maggots.” Today, the maggots and I worked on joinery planes, … Read more
