Five Lessons from the Staked Chair Project
I moved to Kentucky/Cincinnati on July 1st, and by the 15th of the month, I was already starting out on building the furniture for my new house here. Josselyn (my partner) and I had committed to [...]
Make a Wood and Brass Panel Gauge
By: Bob Rozaieski Learn how to work with brass and make an indispensable tool for hand work. If you rip your stock on a table saw, your uses for a panel gauge are limited. If you make your rip …
Building the 4-Hour Outdoor Morris Chair
Here’s an outdoor chair that you can build in a weekend, or if you are willing to take David Thiel’s word for it, in four hours! It’s made of pine and common materials, stuff [...]
Make Custom Built-In Cabinets Like a Pro
Building cabinets is a sub-set of woodworking that uses different skills and knowledge, but as any woodworker knows, putting in your own cabinetry is well worth the effort. Built-in cabinetry, or [...]
Editor’s Note: Doing More with Less
We all face constraints. In the woodworking world, there are three that I’m always balancing: time, tools and space.
New Furniture Exhibit Memorializes Chicago’s Lost Ash Trees
Seth Keller shares some highlights from a new furniture exhibit meant to memorialize the many Chicago trees lost to the Emerald Ash Borer.
Simple Live-Edge Slab Table
Slab, or live-edge furniture is all the rage, and I like it! If you think wood is one of the most amazing things ever created, then how can you not like a piece of furniture that retains so much [...]
Understanding Bench Planes
Bench planes come in a wide range of lengths and widths. Do you need them all? Which ones are most useful? And if you only had to buy one....
A Coffee Table From a Burl Slab, Part 3
See the completed burl slab coffee table, plus learn how Yoav and his student Helder ensured this highly irregular table stays level.
Quality Beyond the Machinery
We’re wrapping up our eight-week series on CNC Designed for Woodworkers and the series has taught me a lot about CNC and changed my thinking to appreciate how beneficial this technology can [...]
Modified Traveler’s Tool Case
"I was looking for a tool tote to set beside my shave horse when doing demos with the SCA East Kingdom Foresters Guild. I attached the cover with hinges and added tool slots for use when working. [...]
The Best Height for a Workbench
This is an excerpt from The New Traditional Woodworker by Jim Tolpin. In traditional Western-style woodworking, the workbench was central to nearly all the woodworking processes. This is where [...]
