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There are three spots still open in the “precision sawing” class I’m teaching at Roy Underhill’s school this summer – July 18-20. The classes I teach at The Woodwright’s School are a lot of fun [...]

Among my students last semester was one of the worlds best turners, and arguably the best turning teacher I have met. During this term Andy was more my teacher than my student. Before meeting [...]

For those of you who live in holes (which may be a fair percentage of all 5 of my readers), I thought I’d mention that the guys in the Hay shop in Colonial Williamsburg have started a blog. [...]

Perhaps the bookstand article called for more matter and less art. My director once joked about my PBS efforts as being a “woodworking show – and less!” And it’s true – I tend [...]

If you are having trouble with the Roubo’s Folding Bookstand article from the February 2011 issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine, I urge you to attempt to lay out the joints on some wood [...]

TURNED FROM A OFFCUT OF OF A LOG,THIS WOOD I DO NOT KNOW WHAT IT IS AS I BOUGHT A SACK OF LOGS FOR £5 IT HAD A MIXTURE IN.. THE SACK OF LOGS IS MAINLY FOR LOG FIRES.BUT NOW …

THIS TOOK A BIT LONGER TO DO AS ITS NOT A STRAIGHT SPANNER,HOLE IS 1/4 INCH AND SHAFT IS 1/4 INCH. ONE END IS 5/8  AND OTHER IS 9/16 OVERALL.AS I DONT PLAY GOLF BUT DO GET THESE ODD GOLF …

THE HOLE IN THIS DONNAY BALL IS 3/8 INCH! THIS IS A SOLID CORE UNLIKE SOME BALLS THAT HAVE RUBBER IN THEM!!.WHICH IS NOT SAFE TO DRILL  AS THEY ARE MORE PRONE TO EXPLODING.THE SPANNER SHAFT [...]

When I released my Compwood arm bows from the clamps this morning, I saw a little bit of springback. It was less than I’d get with other bending techniques, but it was more than I expected. [...]

While at Purchase College I taught a class labeled "Applied Design". What we did was to go through a ratcheted-up four assignment curricular that culminated in designing and building a [...]

In the mid-1860s a carpenter in Sussex, England named Ephraim Colman had a brilliant idea, to make a chair with an adjustable back. The idea was sketched by Warrington Taylor, and adapted by [...]

Premeditated cedar slaughter satisfies. By Joe Asnault Page: 64 From the October 2010 issue # 185