Woodworking in America: Stephan Cheney

We’re interviewing makers from all 50 states. Today we’re featuring Stephan Cheney a Lakota woodworker of the Kul Wicasa Oyate in South Dakota. He currently lives in the Wiyot Territory in [...]

Woodworking in America: Richie Robinson

We’re interviewing makers from all 50 states. Today we’re featuring Richie Robinson, a grad student from Hawaii. How did you get started woodworking? Who were your mentors? I can’t recall exactly [...]

Maine Coast Workshop: Pressing On

A global pandemic derailed William Brown’s 2020 plans for his new woodworking school, but he’s not giving up. When I last spoke with William Brown, it was January 2020 and he was [...]

Woodworking in America: Katie Williams

We’re interviewing makers from all 50 states. Today we’re featuring Katie Williams, a woodworker from South Carolina. How did you get started woodworking? Who were your mentors? I️ was originally [...]

Air Force Woodshop

Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared in the May 2008 issue of American Woodworker I share my workshop with about 12,000 others. It’s the military woodshop at Offutt Air Force [...]

Woodworking in America: Milton Mizell

We’re interviewing makers from all 50 states. Today we’re featuring Milton Mizell, a box builder from Florida. How did you get started woodworking? Who were your mentors? Growing up, I watched my [...]

Woodworking in America: Larissa Huff

We’re interviewing makers from all 50 states. Today we’re featuring Larissa Huff, a maker and woodworking instructor from Pennsylvania. How did you get started woodworking? Who were your mentors? [...]

Woodworking in America: Sophie Glenn

We’re interviewing makers from all 50 states. Today we’re featuring Sophie Glenn, a furniture maker and metalworker from Mississippi.  How did you get started woodworking? Who were your mentors? [...]

Torben Helshoj

From apprentice to craftsman to fine toolmaker, he’s always had a passion for woodworking. Torben Helshoj’s passion for woodworking started when he was a boy watching the skilled craftsmen in the [...]

My Normal Workshop

I’m sure I’m not the only reader who is astounded by the pristine, seemingly unused shops that frequently appear in this department. Here are a couple of pictures of my shop, showing the [...]