In this blog entry I will show how the hope-chest case was glued together. 1. The sides were glued to the bottom and await the next stage: dropping on the two end...
The legs for my hope chest were made from old furniture discarded by Harvard University. Harvard has a place called "Harvard Surplus Center", or as we used to nickname [...]
The last version of the hope-chest was the one that both my clients and I loved the most. It called for a frame and panel construction and a lid that once used...
Hope-chests are wonderfully versatile pieces of furniture. They provides storage and a place to sit at the same time. Because they were traditionally given as wedding gifts, they [...]
Fellow woodworkers, did you know that a jeweler’s saw (fret saw) is not just for jewelers? This revelation was brought to me two or three years ago after I saw how Rob Cosman used...
I love good old tools, ones that were made from fine materials such as brass, steel, and hard woods. As I mentioned in my last posting, these tools can endure much abuse,...
Most of my woodworking tools were bought on ebay. Over the years I learned how to identify the good tools from the mediocre or even the bad ones. I gained experience in [...]
In my first blog entry I showed the revised plans for the oak mallet that my students are building. Here, I will show the process of cutting and gluing the parts together. Once...
The first project I give to my students in the Intro to Woodworking class at 3rdWard NYC is building a wooden mallet. The mallet is perfect because it requires less...
In 2001 I began a two year residency program in furniture making at the Worcester Center for Crafts in Massachusetts. While there I decided to take on a domain of woodworking [...]
