When I teach chairmaking, many students are hesitant to cut the underbevel on the band saw. It’s a straightforward and safe operation. The only trick is learning how to steer the seat. This short video shows how I go about it. Your first underbevel might look a little rough, but by the third one you’ll…
I own some precision measuring tools that are not at all necessary for woodworking but are superb for helping me diagnose problems and describe my world in my writing. One of these tools is a Brown & Sharpe dial caliper, which I use mostly for examining tools and describing results in print (how thick a…
I try to work out all aspects of a design before I build it, but often I come to a fork in the road during construction. Should the chair’s spindles be spaced like this? Or like this? If possible, I mock up each possibility to make my decision. But if the answer is not obvious…
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Campaign birdhouse. It is real. Check it out on my blog at Popular Woodworking Magazine. Share this: Print Email Facebook Tumblr Pinterest Twitter Like this: Like Loading…
This morning Don Williams, Raney “my little spoon” Nelson and I awoke to a gentle Georgia rain. After pulling on some clothes and convening in the kitchen, the talk turned immediately to money. A reader had asked me via e-mail if we were going to sell offcuts of the ancient French-grown oak we were using…
I am teaching a few classes at the Lost Art Press storefront in 2019. I admit I’m a little gun-shy about teaching. I feel quite rusty as a teacher, and I am wary of classroom duties spiraling into a huge part of my life. The year I quit teaching, I was on the road for…
Before you download this draft chapter from my next book, “Furniture of Necessity,” please read the following disclaimers. 1. Woodworking is an inherently dangerous activit… wait, wrong disclaimer. Starting again. 1. This chapter has not been edited by anyone but me. It is rough, both around the edges and in the middle. If an occasional…