When you’re a professional writer, people tend to give you cranky manual typewriters as gifts. They don’t expect you to use them, per se. But they do expect you to...
Before I hung out a shingle to become part of the world of reproduction furniture making, a large portion of my work was producing bookcases and built-in units for new...
Construction on the bed wrapped up on Sunday. There was little time in the shop on Saturday, but luckily the wife, my inpatient customer, was busy all day Sunday and...
Drawings can only get you so far when you're designing a piece. Sometimes, when I'm stuck, I leave the drawing board and make full-size parts. Here's a sample joint I...
In July, Popular Woodworking Books will publish “Grove Park Inn Arts & Crafts Furniture.” If you’re not familiar with the location (host site for the annual Arts & [...]
Someday, someone is going to invent a battery-powered scratch awl. I know this is true because I have seen toolmakers go to ridiculous extremes to sell us something new. A...
Like most woodworkers, I’ve been to my fair share of woodworking shows. I’ve bought the $5 router bits that fell off a truck. I’ve been wowed by the Sham Wow....
DOGWOOD HUTCH*** PowellCorvallis, OR Pacific dogwood (Cornus nutallii); locally harvested and air dried, beveled glass, shellac and wipe-on poly. “The dogwood boards were [...]
MUSIC BENCHCurtiss C. Bohall11 7/8" T x 15"D x 22"LCherry, brass“My wife needed a bench for her new keyboard. It had to have wheels with a top that was easily...
A fellow at the Philadelphia Furniture Workshop Open House video taped my demo and posted it to YouTube.com. It’s here I thought it was nice of him to ask permission...
