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New Video: ‘Peter Galbert Teaches Milk Paint’ –
A finished black-over-red Windsor chair, by Peter Galbert Peter Galbert (author of “Chairmaker’s Notebook”) has just released the first of his two-part video series: “Peter Galbert Teaches Milk Paint.” (The second part, which will go in-depth on using more colors, will be available in May and is included in the purchase price). I just finished…
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A Fairy Tale for the Frenzied Woodworker –
The carpenters at the Heinzelmännchenbrunner in Köln. While you work feverishly to finish a commission for a customer or gifts for family and friends do you sometimes find yourself giving the side eye to those acquiring gifts with the mere click of a button? Perhaps you are feeling a bit Heinzelmännchen-ish? Let me explain. Although…
Hand Tool Chest Contents: No 2. Screw Drivers –
Can you help us Find a WINNER? Go here. I have just been fitting the handles to my own new tool chest. Near the end of the job, fitting components with screws is satisfying and tricky. One slip and the surface is scarred. Overtighten and the screw head is burred or worse it snaps off….
Woodworking Classes: Don’t Forget to Remember –
These last couple weeks I have been participating in a (personally) exciting experiment with furniture maker David Savage. Last week I taught a class at his school on making a traveling tool chest very similar to the one on the cover of the August 2015 issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine. David was a student in…
If I Could Give Every Woodworker One Tool… –
The goals for the first day of the “Hand Tool Immersion 101” class at the Marc Adams School of Woodworking were simple: Sharpen a 1/2” chisel to perfection. Sharpen and set up a block plane so it could take fine, fine shavings. Grind, sharpen and set up a jack plane. Of the three goals, I…
DON’TS for Makers of Models and Moulds –
DON’T start your job until you have it well fixed in your mind, or you may get in a mess later on. DON’T trouble the foreman with foolish questions. He has troubles of his own. Besides, you may expose your own ignorance; but DON’T try to get along without really necessary information which the foreman…
Chair Chat: Stick Chairs & Trinocular Crest Rails –
Yesterday Chris and I had a Q & A session about stick chairs, the Hall’s Croft chair, chair design and more. It was only towards the end of the evening portion of our chat, and after he had consumed two beers, that it was necessary to redact a line or two. Suzanne: The last time…