Latest project is a custom oak kitchen cabinet. As with all my projects, I start with a sketch, usually on any piece of paper I have at hand – With this sketch, I discuss with the client any changes and confirm measurements, and then go from there… With...
I was asked today where the picture at the bottom of the newsletter is from? It is actually a cropped image form Plate 11 from A.J. Roubo’s “L’Art du menuisier” You may recall this is the gentleman who’s bench I modeled mine on in the French Bench Build. Here is...
I have been a long time reader of Chris Schwarz’s Blog and one of his latest post ‘being in the moment’ struck a chord. Enjoy “The most useful woodworking classes I took in college were actually in the religion department. Though I was a...
One Saturday late in July 2014 I called up a friend and fellow woodworker John and asked if he was doing anything. I told him I was heading to Avoca NY, about 2 hour drive west. While Avoca is in the heart idyllic country, it is no tourists destination, but people...
There are many wood finishes, but none so extreme as Shou Sugi Ban (or Yakisugi) an ancient Japanese exterior siding technique that preserves wood by charring it. Traditionally, Sugi, (Cryptomeria japonica or Cupressus japonica) commonly called Japanese cedar, was...
